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Agence France-Presse has won its first Pulitzer Prize, with Afghan photographer Massoud Hossaini scooping up the honour in breaking news photography.
Hossaini, 30, was awarded the most prestigious US journalism prize for his "heartbreaking image of a girl crying in fear after a suicide bomber's attack at a crowded shrine in Kabul," the Pulitzer committee said Monday. Rest of article here.
The same photo also won prices in Pictures of the Year International and World Press Photo.
The central figure to these photos, Tanara Akbari, the girl in the green dress, has walked with a limp since the blast. On the day of the blast, seven members of her extended family died, including a young cousin. Tanara Akbari told AFP in a recent interview that she hoped to return to school soon. She wants to be a teacher when she grows up. More about Tanara Akbari.
Prize for feature photography was awarded to Craig F. Walker of The Denver Post, for his compassionate chronicle of an honorably discharged veteran, home from Iraq and struggling with a severe case of post-traumatic stress, images that enable viewers to better grasp a national issue. His pictures here.
The Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American (Hungarian-born) publisher Joseph Pulitzer in 1917 and is administered by Columbia University in New York City. Prizes are awarded yearly in twenty-one categories. In twenty of these, each winner receives a certificate and a US$10,000 cash award. The winner in the public service category of the journalism competition is awarded a gold medal, which always goes to a newspaper, although an individual may be named in the citation. - wikipedia
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