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David Leeson (born October 18, 1957, in Abilene Texas) is a staff photographer for ''The Dallas Morning News''. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography in 2004, together with Cheryl Diaz Meyer, for coverage of the Iraq War. He also received the RTNDA Edward R. Murrow Award, the National Headliner Award, and a regional Emmy Award in 2004 for his work as executive producer and photographer for the WFAA-TV documentary "War Stories."〔ACU press release.("Pulitzer Prize-winning alumnus David Leeson wins Murrow, Headliner awards," ) July 19, 2004. Retrieved August 6, 2007.〕〔(David Leeson ), profile at LinkedIn. Retrieved August 10, 2007.〕 Before his 2004 win, Leeson had been a finalist for the Pulitzer three times — twice individually and once as member of a team — in feature photography (1986), explanatory journalism (1990, as part of the newspaper staff), and spot news photography (1995).〔Jay DeFoore. ("Leeson, Diaz Meyer Of DMN And LAT's Cole Win Photo Pulitzers," ) ''Photo District News'' Online, April 5, 2004. Retrieved August 6, 2007.〕 == Photojournalism career == Leeson is a 1978 graduate of Abilene Christian University, where he received a degree in journalism and mass communication.〔(Text of H.R. No. 1520 ), resolution in the Texas House of Representatives honoring Leeson, adopted May 16, 2005. Retrieved August 10, 2007.〕 While still in college, he was on the staff of the ''Abilene Reporter-News'', where he began in 1977 and stayed until 1982. He left Abilene for New Orleans, Louisiana, where he was on the staff of ''The Times-Picayune'' from 1982 to 1984.〔(David Leeson biography ) at ''The Dallas Morning News'' official site. Retrieved August 7, 2007.〕 Since joining the staff of ''The Dallas Morning News'' in 1984, Leeson has covered local and regional news and issues, such as homelessness and natural disasters; national stories on death row inmates across the United States; international conflicts in El Salvador, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Sudan, Angola, Kuwait and Iraq in the first and second Gulf wars; earthquakes in Turkey; and apartheid in South Africa.〔 His 1985 series on homelessness earned him a Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, an honor he received again in 1994 for his coverage of the civil war in Angola.〔(Breaking News Photography: Biography ), from pulitzer.org. Retrieved August 10, 2007.〕 The year 1985 also saw his first Pulitzer nomination, for coverage of apartheid in South Africa; he returned twice to that nation, the last time in 1994, when he recorded the historic event of South Africa's first non-racial presidential elections.〔Mentioned in PDN item.〕〔Also mentioned in 2004 Pulitzer bio.〕 While photographing protesters during the buildup to the ousting of Manuel Noriega in 1988, Leeson was wounded when a shotgun pellet entered his cheek, chipping his tooth and sending him to a Panama City emergency room.〔Associated Press. "Riot at Panama hospital: Workers demand paychecks from Noriega Regime," ''Seattle Post-Intelligencer'', March 16, 1988, page A1.〕 Leeson was a finalist for the Pulitzer a second time, in 1994, for a photograph of a family fleeing floodwaters in southeast Texas,〔Rick Hampson, Associated Press. "Journalism Pulitzer Prizes announced: Coverage of Rwanda, natural disaster, and life in the inner city earned top honors," ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'', April 19, 1995, page A2.〕 a picture that also won him a Texas Headliner Award.〔"Veteran Chronicle editor, 3 staffers win Headliners awards," ''Houston Chronicle'', October 1, 1995, page 40.〕 In 2008, Leeson decided to accept a buy-out offer and leave ''The Dallas Morning News'', as part of an A. H. Belo Corporation cost-cutting measure involving buyouts of more than 400 journalists.〔David Walker. ("Leeson to leave ''Dallas Morning News''," ) ''Photo District News'', September 8, 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-08.〕 He planned to continue in freelance photojournalism and documentary film work. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「David Leeson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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