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Pulitzer Prize For Feature Photography
The Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography is one of the American Pulitzer Prizes annually awarded for journalism. It recognizes a distinguished example of feature photography in black and white or color, which may consist of a photograph or photographs, a sequence or an album. The Feature Photography prize was inaugurated in 1968 when the single Pulitzer Prize for Photography was replaced by the Feature prize and "Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography", renamed for "Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography" in 2000. Winners and citations One Feature Photography Pulitzer has been awarded annually from 1968 without exception. * 1968: Toshio Sakai, ''United Press International'', "for his Vietnam War combat photograph, ' Dreams of Better Times'." * 1969: Moneta Sleet Jr. of ''Ebony'', "for his photograph of Martin Luther King Jr.'s widow and child, taken at Dr. King's funeral." * 1970: Dallas Kinney, '' Palm Beach Post (Florida)'', "for his portfolio of pictures of Flor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carolyn Cole
Carolyn Cole (born April 24, 1961) is a staff photographer for the'' Los Angeles Times''. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography in 2004 for her coverage of the siege of Monrovia in 2003, the capital of Liberia. Education Cole graduated from the University of Texas in 1983 with a bachelor of arts, majoring in photojournalism. She earned a master of arts from the School of Visual Communication in the Scripps College of Communication at Ohio University. Career beginnings She began her career in 1986 as a staff photographer with the '' El Paso Herald-Post'', a position which she occupied until 1988. She then moved to the '' San Francisco Examiner'' for two years, before spending another two years as a freelance photographer in Mexico City, working with newspapers such as the ''Los Angeles Times'', ''Detroit Free Press'', and '' Business Week''. In 1992, Cole returned to being a staff photographer, working for '' The Sacramento Bee'', before moving to the ''Times'' in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dallas Kinney
Dallas Kinney (born 1937 in Buckeye, Hardin County, Iowa), is a photojournalist who won the 1970 Pulitzer Prize in photography for his photographs of Florida migrant workers for The ''Palm Beach Post''. As a newspaper journalist, Dallas has also worked for the '' Washington Evening Journal'' in Washington, Iowa, The ''Dubuque Telegraph Herald'', in Dubuque, Iowa, ''The Miami Herald'' in Miami, Florida, and ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'' in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Kinney was a student of photographer Ansel Adams in Carmel, California. Kinney has a passion for and continuing desire to create "Ansel Adams-like" photographs as they exist in current times. In addition to the Pulitzer, Kinney has received the following awards: Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, World Press Association/Photojournalism, National Press Photographers Association Regional, Iowa News Photographer of the Year, Florida News Photographer of the Year. Kinney resides with his wife Martha near the North ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Child Birth
Childbirth, also known as labour and delivery, is the ending of pregnancy where one or more babies exits the internal environment of the mother via vaginal delivery or caesarean section. In 2019, there were about 140.11 million births globally. In the developed countries, most deliveries occur in hospitals, while in the developing countries most are home births. The most common childbirth method worldwide is vaginal delivery. It involves four stages of labour: the shortening and opening of the cervix during the first stage, descent and birth of the baby during the second, the delivery of the placenta during the third, and the recovery of the mother and infant during the fourth stage, which is referred to as the postpartum. The first stage is characterized by abdominal cramping or back pain that typically lasts half a minute and occurs every 10 to 30 minutes. Contractions gradually becomes stronger and closer together. Since the pain of childbirth correlates with contractions, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Topeka Capital-Journal
''The Topeka Capital-Journal'' is a daily newspaper in Topeka, Kansas, owned by Gannett. History The paper was formed following numerous name changes and mergers, including the merger of ''The Topeka Daily Capital'' and ''The Topeka State Journal''. Timeline * 1858: The ''Kansas State Record'' starts publishing. * 1873: The ''Topeka Blade'' is founded by J. Clarke Swayze. * 1879: George W. Reed buys the ''Blade'' and changes its name to ''The Kansas State Journal''. * 1879: ''The Topeka Daily Capital'' is founded by Major J.K. Hudson as an evening paper but changes to morning in 1881. * 1885: Frank P. MacLennan buys the ''Journal'' and renames it ''The Topeka State Journal''. * 1888: The ''Capital'' absorbs the ''Commonwealth'', owned by Floyd Perry Baker and his sons, who had earlier bought the ''Kansas State Record''. * 1899: Frederick Oliver Popenoe buys a 51 percent controlling interest in the ''Capital''. * 1900: Charles M. Sheldon, saying " Newspapers should be opera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Lanker
Brian Lanker (August 31, 1947 – March 13, 2011) was an American photographer. He won the 1973 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography for a black-and-white photo essay on childbirth for ''The Topeka Capital-Journal'', including the photograph "Moment of Life". Lanker died at his home in Eugene, Oregon on March 13, 2011, after a brief bout of pancreatic cancer. He was 63. His work appeared in ''Life'' and ''Sports Illustrated'', as well as book projects, including ''I Dream a World: Portraits of Black Women Who Changed America'', and ''Track Town, USA''. He was the graphics director for ''The Register-Guard'' newspaper in Eugene from 1974 to 1982. He received a Candace Award from the National Coalition of 100 Black Women in 1991. Lanker is the father of musician Dustin Lanker. Works * See also *Ruby Middleton Forsythe Ruby Middleton Forsythe (1905–1992) was an elementary school teacher in South Carolina. She was known for providing education to the African-American commu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1973 Pulitzer Prize
The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1973. Journalism awards *Public Service: ** ''The Washington Post'', for its investigation of the Watergate case. * Local General or Spot News Reporting: ** The ''Chicago Tribune'', for uncovering flagrant violations of voting procedures in the primary election of March 21, 1972. * Local Investigative Specialized Reporting: ** The Sun Newspapers of Omaha, Nebraska, for uncovering the large financial resources of Boys Town, Nebraska, leading to reforms in this charitable organization's solicitation and use of funds contributed by the public. *National Reporting: ** Robert Boyd and Clark Hoyt of Knight Newspapers, for their disclosure of Senator Thomas Eagleton's history of psychiatric therapy, resulting in his withdrawal as the Democratic Vice Presidential nominee in 1972 * International Reporting: ** Max Frankel of ''The New York Times'', for his coverage of President Nixon's visit to China in 1972. *Commentary: ** David S. Broder of '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Hume Kennerly
David Hume Kennerly (born March 9, 1947) is an American photographer. He won the 1972 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography for his portfolio of photographs of the Vietnam War, Cambodia, East Pakistani refugees near Calcutta, and the Fight of the Century, Ali-Frazier fight in Madison Square Garden. He has photographed every American president since Lyndon B Johnson. He is the first presidential scholar at the University of Arizona. Early life Kennerly is the son of O.A. "Tunney" Kennerly, a traveling salesman, and Joanne (Hume) Kennerly. His three younger sisters are Jane, Chris, and the late Mrs. Anne Strutzenberg. His interest in photography started when he was only 12, and his career began in Roseburg, where his first published picture was in the high school newspaper ''The Orange 'R'' in 1962. Kennerly graduated from West Linn High School in West Linn, Oregon, in 1965. He briefly attended Portland State College but left at 19 to become a staff photographer for ''The Ore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1972 Pulitzer Prize
The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1972. Information in this article from The Pulitzer Prizes offices. Journalism awards *Public Service: **''The New York Times'', for the publication of the Pentagon Papers. * Local General or Spot News Reporting: ** Richard Cooper and John Machacek of the ''Rochester Times-Union'', for their coverage of the Attica Prison riots. * Local Investigative Specialized Reporting: ** Timothy Leland, Gerard M. O'Neill, Stephen A. Kurkjian and Ann Desantis of ''The Boston Globe'', for their exposure of widespread corruption in Somerville, Massachusetts. *National Reporting: ** Jack Anderson, syndicated columnist, for his reporting of American policy decision-making during the Indo-Pakistan War of 1971. * International reporting: ** Peter R. Kann of ''The Wall Street Journal'', for his coverage of the Indo Pakistan War of 1971. *Commentary: ** Mike Royko of the ''Chicago Daily News'', for his columns during 1971. *Criticism: ** Frank Peters Jr. o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Illinois
Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolitan areas include, Peoria metropolitan area, Illinois, Peoria and Rockford metropolitan area, Illinois, Rockford, as well Springfield, Illinois, Springfield, its capital. Of the fifty U.S. states, Illinois has the List of U.S. states and territories by GDP, fifth-largest gross domestic product (GDP), the List of U.S. states and territories by population, sixth-largest population, and the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 25th-largest land area. Illinois has a highly diverse Economy of Illinois, economy, with the global city of Chicago in the northeast, major industrial and agricultural productivity, agricultural hubs in the north and center, and natural resources such as coal, timber, and petroleum in the south. Owing to its centr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mabley Developmental Center
The Mabley Developmental Center is a state institution for the developmentally disabled located in Dixon, Illinois. It is named for Jack Mabley Jack Arnold Mabley (October 26, 1915 – January 6, 2006) was an American newspaper reporter and columnist. Early life and career Mabley was born on October 26, 1915, in Binghamton, New York, to Clarence Ware Mabley (born Clarence Ware Mable) ..., a Chicago columnist, in recognition of his unstinting support for the project. In 1899, the Illinois General Assembly authorized the creation of the Illinois State Colony for Epileptics under the Board of State Commissioners of Public Charities. However, no funds for construction and operation were appropriated until 1913. In 1909, the Board of Administration replaced the Board of State Commissioners of Public Charities. The Board selected a site north of Dixon and the colony opened on May 1, 1918. In 1917, the Department of Public Welfare assumed responsibility for the colony and retain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago Sun-Times
The ''Chicago Sun-Times'' is a daily newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Since 2022, it is the flagship paper of Chicago Public Media, and has the second largest circulation among Chicago newspapers, after the ''Chicago Tribune''. The modern paper grew out of the 1948 merger of the ''Chicago Sun'' and the ''Chicago Daily Times''. Journalists at the paper have received eight Pulitzer prizes, mostly in the 1970s; one recipient was film critic Roger Ebert (1975), who worked at the paper from 1967 until his death in 2013. Long owned by the Marshall Field family, since the 1980s ownership of the paper has changed hands numerous times, including twice in the late 2010s. History The ''Chicago Sun-Times'' claims to be the oldest continuously published daily newspaper in the city. That claim is based on the 1844 founding of the ''Chicago Daily Journal'', which was also the first newspaper to publish the rumor, now believed false, that a cow owned by Catherine O'L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Dykinga
Jack William Dykinga (born January 2, 1943) is an American photographer. For 1970 work with the ''Chicago Sun-Times'' he won the annual Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography citing "dramatic and sensitive photographs at the Lincoln and Dixon State Schools for the Retarded in Illinois." Career Born in Chicago, Dykinga began his career at the ''Chicago Tribune'', and the ''Chicago Sun-Times'' before moving to Arizona, where he joined the '' Arizona Daily Star'' and taught at the University of Arizona and Pima Community College. Dykinga left the '' Arizona Daily Star'' and photojournalism in 1985. Thanks to the support and inspiration of a friend, he started to work on a book about the Sonoran Desert. The publication of ''The Sonoran Desert'' launched his new career as a nature and conservation photographer. Dykinga is a founding Fellow of the International League of Conservation Photographers. His work appears in ''Arizona Highways'' and ''National Geographic''. He shows at the G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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