Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting
The Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting is a Pulitzer Prize awarded for a distinguished example of breaking news, local reporting on news of the moment. It has been awarded since 1953 under several names:
- From 1953 to 1963: Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting, Edition Time
- From 1964 to 1984: Pulitzer Prize for Local General or Spot News Reporting
- From 1985 to 1990: Pulitzer Prize for General News Reporting
- From 1991 to 1997: Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Reporting
- From 1998 to present: Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting
Hitherto confined to local coverage, the Breaking News Reporting category was expanded to encompass state and national reporting in 2017.
List of winners for Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting, Edition Time
| Year | Name | Publication | Rationale |
| 1953 | Staff | The Providence Journal | "for their spontaneous and cooperative coverage of a bank robbery and police chase leading to the capture of the bandit." |
| 1954 | Staff | Vicksburg Post-Herald | "for its outstanding coverage of the tornado of December 5, 1953, under extraordinary difficulties." |
| 1955 | ' | Alice Daily Echo | "for a series of news stories dealing with the successful attack on one-man political rule in neighboring Duval County, written under unusual pressure both of edition time and difficult, even dangerous, circumstances. Mrs. Brown dug into the facts behind the dramatic daily events, as well, and obtained her stories in spite of the bitterest political opposition, showing professional skill and courage." |
| 1956 | ' | Detroit Free Press | "for his aggressive, resourceful and comprehensive front page reporting of the United Automobile Workers' negotiations with Ford and General Motors for a guaranteed annual wage." |
| 1957 | Staff | The Salt Lake Tribune | "for its prompt and efficient coverage of the crash of two air liners over the Grand Canyon, in which 128 persons were killed." |
| 1958 | Staff | Fargo Forum | "for its swift, vivid and detailed news and picture coverage of a tornado which struck Fargo on June 20." |
| 1959 | ' | The Washington Star | "for her comprehensive year-long coverage of the integration crisis in Virginia which demonstrated admirable qualities of accuracy, speed and the ability to interpret the news under deadline pressure in the course of a difficult and taxing assignment." |
| 1960 | ' | The Atlanta Constitution | "for his reporting of abuses at the Milledgeville Central State Mental Hospital." |
| 1961 | ' | New York Herald Tribune | "for his moving account of the death of Leonard Warren on the Metropolitan Opera stage." |
| 1962 | ' | Deseret News | "for his resourceful coverage of a murder and kidnapping at Dead Horse Point, Utah." |
| 1963 | ' | New York World-Telegram | "for their reporting of an air crash in Jamaica Bay, killing 95 persons on March 1, 1962." |
| 1963 | ' | New York World-Telegram | "for their reporting of an air crash in Jamaica Bay, killing 95 persons on March 1, 1962." |
| 1963 | ' | New York World-Telegram | "for their reporting of an air crash in Jamaica Bay, killing 95 persons on March 1, 1962."' |