List of winners and their official citations

• 2000: Photographic staff of the Denver Rocky Mountain News
  Rocky Mountain News
  The Rocky Mountain News was a daily newspaper published in Denver, Colorado, United States from April 23, 1859, until February 27, 2009. It was owned by the E. W. Scripps Company from 1926 until its closing. As of March 2006, the Monday-Friday circulation was 255,427...
  
  , "for its photographic coverage of students following the shooting at Columbine High School
  Columbine High School massacre
  The Columbine High School massacre occurred on Tuesday, April 20, 1999, at Columbine High School in Columbine, an unincorporated area of Jefferson County, Colorado, United States, near Denver and Littleton. Two senior students, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, embarked on a massacre, killing 12...
  
   near Denver." (citation, images)

• 2001: Alan Diaz
  Alan Diaz
  Alan Diaz is an American photographer who won the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography for his photograph of the United States Border Patrol's BORTAC team's seizure of Elian Gonzalez....
  
  , Associated Press
  Associated Press
  The Associated Press is an American news agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, radio and television stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists...
  
  , "for his photograph of federal agents removing Elián González
  Elián González
  The custody and immigration status of a young Cuban boy, Elián González , was at the center of a heated 2000 controversy involving the governments of Cuba and the United States, González's father, Juan Miguel González Quintana, González's other relatives in Miami, Florida, and in Cuba, and Miami's...
  
   from his uncle's home."(citation, image)

• 2002: Staff of The New York Times
  The New York Times
  The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
  
  , "for its coverage of the September 11 attack
  September 11, 2001 attacks
  The September 11 attacks The September 11 attacks The September 11 attacks (also referred to as September 11, September 11th or 9/119/11 is pronounced "nine eleven". The slash is not part of the pronunciation...
  
   on the World Trade Center
  World Trade Center
  The original World Trade Center was a complex with seven buildings featuring landmark twin towers in Lower Manhattan, New York City, United States. The complex opened on April 4, 1973, and was destroyed in 2001 during the September 11 attacks. The site is currently being rebuilt with five new...
  
  ." (citation, images)
• 2003: Photographic staff of the Rocky Mountain News
  Rocky Mountain News
  The Rocky Mountain News was a daily newspaper published in Denver, Colorado, United States from April 23, 1859, until February 27, 2009. It was owned by the E. W. Scripps Company from 1926 until its closing. As of March 2006, the Monday-Friday circulation was 255,427...
  
  , "for its powerful, imaginative coverage of Colorado
  Colorado
  Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...
  
  's raging forest fires." (citation, images)
• 2004: David Leeson
  David Leeson
  David Leeson is a staff photographer for The Dallas Morning News. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography in 2004, together with Cheryl Diaz Meyer, for coverage of the Iraq War. He also received the RTNDA Edward R...
  
   and Cheryl Diaz Meyer, The Dallas Morning News
  The Dallas Morning News
  The Dallas Morning News is the major daily newspaper serving the Dallas, Texas area, with a circulation of 264,459 subscribers, the Audit Bureau of Circulations reported in September 2010...
  
  , "for their eloquent photographs depicting both the violence and poignancy of the war in Iraq
  2003 invasion of Iraq
  The 2003 invasion of Iraq , was the start of the conflict known as the Iraq War, or Operation Iraqi Freedom, in which a combined force of troops from the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and Poland invaded Iraq and toppled the regime of Saddam Hussein in 21 days of major combat operations...
  
  ." (citation, images)
• 2005: Associated Press
  Associated Press
  The Associated Press is an American news agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, radio and television stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists...
  
   staff, "for its stunning series of photographs of bloody yearlong combat inside Iraq
  Iraq
  Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
  
  i cities." (citation, images)
• 2006: Staff of Dallas Morning News, "for its vivid photographs depicting the chaos and pain after Hurricane Katrina
  Hurricane Katrina
  Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was a powerful Atlantic hurricane. It is the costliest natural disaster, as well as one of the five deadliest hurricanes, in the history of the United States. Among recorded Atlantic hurricanes, it was the sixth strongest overall...
  
   engulfed New Orleans." (citation, images)
• 2007: Oded Balilty of The Associated Press, "for his powerful photograph of a lone Jewish woman defying Israeli security forces as they remove illegal settlers in the West Bank." (citation, image)
• 2008: Adrees Latif of Reuters
  Reuters
  Reuters is a news agency headquartered in New York City. Until 2008 the Reuters news agency formed part of a British independent company, Reuters Group plc, which was also a provider of financial market data...
  
  , "for his dramatic photograph of a Japanese videographer
  Kenji Nagai
  was a Japanese photojournalist who took many assignments to conflict zones and dangerous areas around the world. He was shot dead in Burma during the 2007 Burmese anti-government protests....
  
  , sprawled on the pavement, fatally wounded during a street demonstration in Myanmar
  2007 Burmese anti-government protests
  The 2007 Burmese anti-government protests were a series of anti-government protests that started in Burma on 15 August 2007...
  
  ." (citation, image)
• 2009: Patrick Farrell
  Patrick Farrell
  Patrick Farrell can refer to:* Patrick Farrell , Canadian Olympic fencer* Patrick Farrell , Garda officer* James Patrick Farrell, Irish nationalist politician* Troy Patrick Farrell, American drummer...
  
   of The Miami Herald
  The Miami Herald
  The Miami Herald is a daily newspaper owned by The McClatchy Company headquartered on Biscayne Bay in the Omni district of Downtown Miami, Florida, United States...
  
  , "for his provocative, impeccably composed images of despair after Hurricane Ike
  Hurricane Ike
  Hurricane Ike was the second-costliest hurricane ever to make landfall in the United States, the costliest hurricane ever to impact Cuba and the second most active hurricane to reach the Canadian mainland in the Great Lakes Region after Hurricane Hazel in 1954...
  
   and other lethal storms caused a humanitarian disaster in Haiti
  Haiti
  Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...
  
  ." (citation, image)
• 2010: Mary Chind of The Des Moines Register, "for her photograph of the heart-stopping moment when a rescuer dangling in a makeshift harness tries to save a woman trapped in the foaming water beneath a dam." (citation, image)
• 2011: Carol Guzy, Nikki Kahn and Ricky Carioti of The Washington Post
  The Washington Post
  The Washington Post is Washington, D.C.'s largest newspaper and its oldest still-existing paper, founded in 1877. Located in the capital of the United States, The Post has a particular emphasis on national politics. D.C., Maryland, and Virginia editions are printed for daily circulation...
  
  , "For their up-close portrait of grief and desperation after a catastrophic earthquake struck Haiti." (citation, images)