Chapter 1
The sensational birth of the prize
Chapter 2
Capturing history through lens and pen
Chapter 3
Masters of the written word and stage
Chapter 4
Breaking barriers and modern milestones
YOUR GOAL
Master of The Pulitzer Prize
Ch 2 · Capturing history through lens and pen
schopenhauer Pulitzer Prize Winners
They usually wait for the year to pass by, But Iwo Jima won the prize with the ink barely dry.
schopenhauer Two young reporters brought down a presidency and earned the ultimate public service prize.
schopenhauer Iconic Pulitzer-winning photographs capture human emotion and change public policy.
BETA
schopenhauer Match iconic photos to their headlines to discover how Pulitzer winners captured history.
Fun Fact
Double photo win: In 2020, Associated Press photographers won for images captured during a communications blackout in Kashmir, using creative smuggling to transmit files.
Glossary
photojournalism (noun)
The practice of communicating news by photographs, especially in journalism. In 1945, Joe Rosenthal won the Pulitzer Prize for his iconic photograph of Marines on Iwo Jima.
The practice of communicating news by photographs, especially in journalism. In 1945, Joe Rosenthal won the Pulitzer Prize for his iconic photograph of Marines on Iwo Jima.
Quiz
What war was Ernie Pyle covering when he wrote his Pulitzer-winning dispatches about ordinary soldiers?
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Which photographer won a Pulitzer in 1994 for a controversial photo of a starving child and a vulture in Sudan?
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What is the name of Slava Veder's iconic 1973 Pulitzer-winning photograph of a returning prisoner of war?
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In what decade was the Pulitzer Prize category for photography first introduced?
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Which newspaper won the 1973 Public Service Pulitzer for exposing the Watergate scandal?
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Which news agency won a 2020 Pulitzer for photos taken during a communications blackout in Kashmir?
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What did reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein investigate to win their newspaper a Pulitzer?
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Which Pulitzer category is considered the most prestigious and is the only one that receives a gold medal?