John Moore

2005 Pulitzer Prize in Breaking News Photography

RTF alumnus (BS, 1990), John Moore, won the Pulitzer Prize in photography in the Breaking News Category for coverage of the conflict in Iraq. Moore was part of the Associated Press team of 11 photographers who won the prize.

Moore went to Iraq five times in 2004, during which time the photographs were shot and he served as Associated Press Photo Editor for the Middle East, based in Cairo. While embedded with the U.S. military, Moore shot the photos included in the winning entry of 20 images.

Gallery of winning photographs

Vitae

• 1990 Graduate of the University of Texas, College of Communication, with a degree in Radio-Television-Film.
• 1991 Managua, Nicaragua - Associated Press photographer
• 1993-94 New Delhi, India - AP Photo Editor South Asia
• 1995 Johannesberg, South Africa - AP chief photographer Southern Africa
• 1996-97 New Delhi, India - AP Photo Editor South Asia
• 1998-2003 Mexico City, Mexico - AP Photo Editor Mexico and Central America
• 2004-3/2005 Cairo, Egypt - AP Photo Editor for the Middle East
• Beginning July 2005 Getty Images - Senior staff photographer - based in Islamabad, Pakistan and covering South Asia and the Middle East