- In his will, journalist and newspaper founder Joseph Pulitzer established the Pulitzer Prize to foster excellence in many fields, including journalism. The first awards were given in 1917.
- The Pulitzer Prize for Photojournalism was established in 1942.
- To qualify, a photograph or series of photographs must have appeared in a daily or weekly American newspaper.
- The Picket Line by Milton Brooks of The Detroit News, showing a United Auto Workers strike at the Ford Motor Co. factory in Detroit, was the first recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Photography.
- Approximately 2000 entries are reviewed each year by a panel of distinguished newspaper editors and photographers. They submit recommendations to the full Pulitzer Board, who makes the final selection.
- The Pulitzer Board has the power to deny an award if they feel that none of the entries measure up to the standards of the prize, an option they have exercised only once in 1946.
- In 1968, the Pulitzer Board established two Pulitzer Prize for photography, Spot or Breaking News and Feature, both judged by the same jury.
- The most recent rule change forbids computer manipulation of images apart from standard newspaper cropping.
- Entries may consist of a single photograph or multiple photographs, a single sequence or an album.
- Awards may be given to individual photojournalists or to a newspaper for staff coverage of an event.
- Both foreign photographers and amateurs have won the Pulitzer Prize for Photography.
- The 2005 Pulitzer Prizes will be announced on Monday, April 4, at 3:00 p.m. (EST)
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