Pulitzer Prize

The Pulitzer winners were announced this week. This is one of the big awards for journalism. The Gazette has won for feature writing and has placed in the final round for photography in years past.
Here is some of the work from photojournalists that won this year.


AP Photographer Oded Balilty won in the breaking news category for his work of a lone Jewish woman defying Israeli security forces as they remove illegal settlers in the West Bank.





Sacramento Bee photographer Renee C. Byer was awarded the Pulitzer in feature photography for the series "A Mother's Journey," her portrayal of a single mother and her young son as he loses his battle with cancer.






And Los Angeles Times photographer Rick Loomis along with reporters Ken Weiss and Usha Lee McFarling won for explanatory journalism for their reports on the world's distressed oceans.