Former Progress photographer wins Pulitzer for Aug. 12 coverage
Source: The Charlottesville Daily Progress
Former Progress photographer wins Pulitzer for Aug. 12 coverage
The Daily Progress staff reports 1 hr ago
Bystanders are thrown into the air as a car plows through a crowd at the Downtown Mall at Saturday's protest in Charlottesville.
Ryan M. Kelly
A former Daily Progress photographers picture of a car slamming into a crowd of counter-protesters after the Aug. 12 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville has won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photographs.
The photo, taken by then-staff photographer Ryan Kelly on his last day at the paper, showed the car hitting the crowd and tossing people into the air.
Judges gave Kelly the award for a chilling image that reflected the photographers reflexes and concentration in capturing the moment of impact of a car attack during a racially charged protest in Charlottesville.
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Kelly said heard about the award as he stepped off a return flight from Amsterdam, where he was honored with a second-place award by the World Press Photo organization for the photograph.
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The photo was taken by then-staff photographer @RyanMKellyPhoto on his last day at the paper.
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Ryan Kelly, a photojournalist for The Daily Progress in Charlottesville, Va. Kelly won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography for his photo of a car driving into a group of protesters demonstrating against a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville on Aug. 12, 2017. Zack Wajsgras
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