The Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting is awarded each year since 1998 for a distinguished example of local reporting of breaking news. List of winners:
1998: The Los Angeles Times staff, for its coverage of a botched bank robbery, which led to a shootout with the police in North Hollywood.
1999: The Hartford Courant staff, for its coverage of a shooting spree by a state lottery worker, which left four dead.
2003: The Eagle-Tribune staff, for its stories on the accidental drowning of four boys in the Merrimack River.
2004: Staff of the Los Angeles Times, for its compelling and comprehensive coverage of the massive wildfires that imperiled a populated region of southern California.
