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UB alumnus Marcus Yam awarded Pulitzer Prize in breaking news photography
Yam, BS ’06, was honored for his “raw, urgent images” of U.S. departure from Kabul last summer time BUFFALO, N.Y. — University at Buffalo alumnus and Los Angeles Moments roving overseas correspondent and photojournalist Marcus Yam has received the Pulitzer Prize — his 3rd — for breaking information photography. The Pulitzer Prize winners have been introduced earlier this week, honoring the ideal in U.S. journalism. Yam, BS ’06, who shared the award for breaking news pictures with 4 photographers from Getty Visuals, was honored for his “raw and urgent illustrations or photos of the U.S. departure from Afghanistan that seize the human charge of the historic transform in the nation.”…