The Prize—Two Photojournalists Reflect on Winning a Pulitzer

B&H Photography Podcast

Jill Waterman

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🗓️ 19 May 2016

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

The Pulitzer Prizes for Feature and for Breaking News Photography are the highest honors that a photojournalist can receive and, between our two guests, they have won four. Martha Rial won the award for her coverage of Rwandan refugees fleeing genocide, and Ruth Fremson has won the award for her team coverage of the Bill Clinton impeachment process and for coverage of the 9/11 attacks in New York and of Pakistan and Afghanistan in the months after September, 2001. Both photographers join us to discuss how the Pulitzer Prize affected their lives and careers. We talk about the assignments that earned them their honors, the process of submission, how they were notified of their awards, and how winning the awards and forever being known as a “Pulitzer Prize- winning photographer” changed their assignments and the direction of their work. Join us for this enjoyable conversation with two tremendously talented photographers who have been firsthand witnesses to our shared history. Guests: Martha Rial and Ruth Fremson

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0:00.0	You're listening to the B&H Photography Podcast.
0:04.0	For over 40 years, B&H has been the professional source for photography, video, audio, and
0:08.8	more.
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0:15.4	your iPhone or Android device.
0:17.6	Now here's your host, Alan White.
0:21.1	Greetings and welcome to the B&H Photography Podcast.
0:24.1	The first people surprised for American journalism was presented in 1917.
0:28.9	This named after the newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer.
0:32.5	Originally reserved for literature, journalism, and music, the first Pulitzer prize for
0:36.5	photography was awarded in 1942.
0:39.9	In 1968, the photography award was split into two separate categories, featured photography
0:45.2	and spot news, or as we call it these days, breaking news.
0:49.4	Joining John Harrison right today in the studio is Martha Ryle, who won the 1998 Pulitzer
0:54.2	prize in spot news photography for her portraits of survivors of the conflicts or Rwanda
0:59.4	and Burundi.
1:00.9	Also joining us is Ruth Fremson, who won a Pulitzer for feature photography in 1999 as part
1:06.2	of an AP team covering the Clinton impeachment.
1:09.4	She also was part of a New York Times team covering post 9-11 Afghanistan and Pakistan.
1:14.5	We'll be talking to Ruth and Martha about their award-winning work.
1:17.8	We'll also be asking them how $10,000 in prize money aside, how winning the Pulitzer has
1:23.0	changed their careers, their perspective on journalism, perhaps their lives.
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