RIT Pulitzer Prize Legacy: David Carson '94

David Carson '94 was part of the photography staff of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch honored with a Pulitzer Prize for its coverage following the police shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, by a white police officer. 

Carson and his team's photos of protests and despair in Ferguson, Mo., won the 2015 award in Breaking News Photography, a testament to their photojournalism serving the local community while also informing the country. 

Learn more about the legacy of RIT photography alumni who have won the Pulitzer Prize, the highest achievement in journalism: rit.edu/pulitzers.