Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting

• 1998 Staff, The Los Angeles Times, for its coverage of a botched bank robbery, which led to a shootout with the police in North Hollywood.
• 1999 Staff, The Hartford Courant, for its coverage of a shooting spree by a state lottery worker, which left four dead.
• 2000 Staff, The Denver Post, for its coverage of massacre at the Columbine High School.
• 2001 Staff, The Miami Herald, for its coverage of the seizure of Elian Gonzales by federal agents.
• 2002 Staff, The Wall Street Journal, for its coverage of the September 11 attack on the World Trade Center.