{"id":6185,"date":"2020-03-06T09:51:47","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T14:51:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/?p=6185"},"modified":"2025-08-24T10:40:26","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T14:40:26","slug":"the-worlds-most-powerful-weapon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/2020\/03\/06\/the-worlds-most-powerful-weapon\/","title":{"rendered":"The World\u2019s Most Powerful Weapon"},"content":{"rendered":"

What makes a photo worthy of a Pulitzer Prize? There are many things that can qualify. The short film, \u201cA Glimpse of Life–The Pulitzer Photos,\u201d features many photojournalists discussing \u00a0the Pulitzer Prize. \u201cIt\u2019s not a photography contest. It\u2019s about telling some of the biggest stories of the year,\u201d William Snyder said. Since the 1960s, there are two Pulitzers for photojournalism: Feature Photography and Breaking News Photography.<\/p>\n

\u201cBurst of Joy\u201d is a photo from 1974. It pictures a group of five rushing to greet a former POW who has returned to America. The amount of happiness coming from this photo is unreal. One of the three women in the photo has her arms open to hug the POW as he walks toward his family. All in this picture have smiles on their faces. This photo is an important example in photojournalism because of how well it can portray the emotions of that family from that point in time.<\/p>\n

In \u201cBabe Ruth\u2019s Farewell\u201d from 1949, we see the back of Babe Ruth, with his baseball jersey, his hat in one hand and bat in the other, resting on the ground like a cane. All eyes are on him as he stands alone by home base. When you look at this photo, there is an air of sadness from the crowd as the famous player prepares for retirement. With photos like these, \u201cIt\u2019s a front seat to history\u201d John White said.<\/p>\n

John White\u2019s pictures showing life in Chicago is a moving collection. One picture shows a nun praying with a young boy with her hand on the back of his neck. According to White, \u201cEveryone has a story. And we sing their song. If we don\u2019t do it– if the journalist doesn\u2019t do it– who\u2019s going to do it?\u201d With his collection \u201cLife in Chicago,\u201d readers can see the backbone of the city and what makes it Chicago.<\/p>\n

In \u201cRuby Shoots Oswald\u201d we see the moment in time right after Oswald is shot. There is panic and disbelief on people\u2019s faces in the surrounding area. There are even some in the photo who seem to not know what is going on, and they won\u2019t know until they turn around. Robert Jackson, the photographer, said, \u201cIf I had planned it, I probably would have missed it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The last picture is from 1998, showing a young boy surrounded by others, but you can only see their hands or feet. The boy is looking up with curiosity just to the right of the picture. Children can have a sense of hope, even in the hardest of times. This picture confirms that. Martha Rial\u2019s \u201cRwandan Refugees\u201d shows the struggles that this community had and its hardships during that time.<\/p>\n

The thing that sets theses photos apart from others is how they illustrate the world around us. Photojournalism is more than a profession, it\u2019s a calling. Just with any writer or dancer, there needs to be that passion to continue doing it. Otherwise pictures have no life or character to them. \u201cThe most powerful weapon that we have in the world is a still photograph.\u201d Pulitzer winner Eddie Adams said.<\/p>\n

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What makes a photo worthy of a Pulitzer Prize? There are many things that can qualify. The short film, \u201cA Glimpse of Life–The Pulitzer Photos,\u201d features many photojournalists discussing \u00a0the Pulitzer Prize. \u201cIt\u2019s not a photography contest. It\u2019s about telling some of the biggest stories of the year,\u201d William Snyder said. Since the 1960s, there […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":117,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7381],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/117"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6185"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8381,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6185\/revisions\/8381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}