Double Honour

Former Wellington Evening Post photographer Melanie Burford is the first NZer to be awarded a Pulitzer Prize. Burford was part of the Dallas Morning News team that won the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography, for its portfolio chronicling the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. Burford also picked up two awards at the prestigious Pictures of the Year International Competition, coming first in both the Newspaper Reporting/Issue Reporting Picture Story and Newspaper Division/Feature Picture Story sections.