14 Facts About Carolyn Cole

Carolyn Cole was born on April 24,1961 and is a staff photographer for the Los Angeles Times.

Carolyn Cole won the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography in 2004 for her coverage of the siege of Monrovia in 2003, the capital of Liberia.

Carolyn Cole earned a master of arts from the School of Visual Communication in the Scripps College of Communication at Ohio University.

Carolyn Cole began her career in 1986 as a staff photographer with the El Paso Herald-Post, a position which she occupied until 1988.

Carolyn Cole then moved to the San Francisco Examiner for two years, before spending another two years as a freelance photographer in Mexico City, working with newspapers such as the Los Angeles Times, Detroit Free Press, and Business Week.

In 1992, Carolyn Cole returned to being a staff photographer, working for The Sacramento Bee, before moving to the Times in 1994.

Carolyn Cole's evidence was used in the wrongful death lawsuit filed by his family.

Carolyn Cole's pictures helped the Times win a Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of the event.

In mid-2003, Carolyn Cole went to Liberia, as rebels surrounded the capital, Monrovia, demanding the resignation of President Charles Taylor.

In 2004, Carolyn Cole was named both NPPA Newspaper Photographer of the Year for a second time, for her work in both Liberia and Iraq, and the Pictures of the Year International Newspaper Photographer by the University of Missouri's Missouri School of Journalism.

Carolyn Cole has received the Robert Capa Gold Medal from the Overseas Press Club in both 2003 and 2004, and won two World Press Photo awards in 2004.

Carolyn Cole spent time in Kosovo during the 1999 crisis, and in 2001, spent two months in Afghanistan.

In 2002, Carolyn Cole covered the beginnings of the prominent siege of Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity, which had been occupied by Palestinian militants.

Carolyn Cole was the only photojournalist in the building itself.