LA Times, Washington Post Photographers Win Pulitzer Prizes

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13 June 2011

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In this image from Barbara Davidson's Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage of gang violence for the Los Angeles Times, Tori Rowles (center) is flanked by her brother, Forrest Rowles, and friend, Kat Mokry, at the funeral of Rowles' best friend, Melody Ross, 16, who was killed by a stray bullet.
© Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times

Barbara Davidson of the Los Angeles Times has been awarded the 2011 Pulitzer Prize in Feature Photography for her story on victims of gang violence.

As part of this honor, Davidson was awarded a $10,000 cash prize. Carolyn Cole, also from the Times, was named a finalist for images of the oil spill off the Gulf of Mexico and her documentation of its widespread devastation.

Two photographers from The Washington Post were awarded Pulitzer Prizes in Breaking News Photography for their images showing the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti.

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