Awarded to 1st Place Feature Morris “Moe” Fineberg dedicated his life to capturing the graphic news events of the day on film. Moe Fineberg was killed at the age of 56, on assignment for the Boston Post. On September 30, 1949 he was assigned to cover the mock U.S. Marine and U.S. Navy ship to shore invasion landing at Carson Beach in South Boston. Suddenly the event took on the stark grim reality of war itself as Moe fell, mortally wounded, on the sandy beach. He was killed by a pyrotechnic projection shell that exploded prematurely in the barrel of the projector. Jim Callaghan, a Boston Globe photographer, standing only a few feet away at the time of the explosion, said, “Moe died clutching his camera in one hand and a plate holder in the other.”
1949 – Myron Reed/ Worcester Telegram
1951 – Gil Friedberg/ Boston Globe
1951 – John Murphy / Daily Record
1952 – J. Walter Green / Associated Press
1953 – Gordon Converse / Christian Science Monitor
1954 – Edward Fitzgerald / UPI
1955 – Wally Huntington / Springfield Union
1956 – Dan Murphy / Boston Herald
1957 – Dan Sheehan / Daily Record
1958 – George Cocaine / Worcester Telegram
1959 – John Shaehan / Boston Globe
1960 – Gordon Converse / Christian Science Monitor
1961 – Gordon Converse / Christian Science Monitor
1962 – Robert Lilyestrom / Worcester Telegram
1963 – Robert Morin / Worcester Telegram
1964 – Robert Lilyestrom / Worcester Telegram
1965 – George Riley / UPI
1966 – Ray Wallman / Record American
1967 – Frank Kelley / Boston Traveler
1968 – Ted Dully / Boston Globe
1969 – Mike Andersen / Record American
1970 – John Landers / Record American
1971 – Ulrike Welsch / Boston Globe
1972 – Vincent Alabiso / Patriot Ledger
1973 – Joseph Dennehy / Boston Globe
1974 – Peter Main / Christian Science Monitor
1975 – Kevin Cole / Herald American
1976- Dennis Brearley / Herald American
1977 – Angela Kaloventzos / Herald American
1978 – Stan Grossfeld / Boston Globe
1979 – Janet Knott / Boston Globe
1980 – David Ryan / Boston Globe
1981 – John Scheckler / New Bedford Standard-Times
1982 – Janet Knott / Boston Globe
1983 – Stan Grossfeld / Boston Globe
1984 – Michael Grecco / Boston Herald
1985 – Janet Knott / Boston Globe
1986 – Bill Greene / Boston Globe
1987 – Jim Mahoney / Boston Herald
1988 – Suzanne Kreiter / Boston Globe
1989 – Barry Chin / Boston Globe
1990 – Bill Greene / Boston Globe
1991 – Bob Thayer / Providence Journal
1992 – Bob Thayer / Providence Journal
1993 – Bob Thayer / Providence Journal
1994 – Barry Chin / Boston Globe
1995 – Pat Whittemore / Boston Herald
1996 – Bill Greene / Boston Globe
1997 – Bob Thayer / Providence Journal
1998 – Bill Greene / Boston Globe
1999 – Bill Belknap / Boston Herald
2000 – Suzanne Kreiter / Boston Globe
2001 – Debee Tlumacki / Patriot Ledger
2002 – Joanne Rathe / Boston Globe
2003 – Kuni Takahashi / Boston Herald
2004 – Tara Bricking / Boston Herald
2005 – Jacob Silberberg / Freelance
2006 – John Tlumacki / Boston Globe
2007 – Angela Rowlings / Boston Herald
2008- Suzanne Kreiter / Boston Globe
2009 – Yoon Byun / Boston Globe
2010 – Nancy Lane / Boston Herald
2011 – Brian Snyder / Reuters
2012 – Suzanne Kreiter / Boston Globe
2013 – Kayana Szymczak / Freelance
2014 – CJ Gunther / EPA
2015 – Jessica Rinaldi / Boston Globe
2016 – Suzanne Kreiter / Boston Globe
2017 – Billie Weiss / Freelance
2018- Craig F. Walker / Boston Globe
2019 – Erin Clark / Boston Globe
2020 – Erin Clark / Boston Globe
2021 – Jessica Rinaldi / Boston Globe
2022 – Suzanne Kreiter / Boston Globe
2023 – Marc Vasconcellos/The Enterprise