Journalist Danish Siddiqui, killed in Afghanistan, wins Pulitzer Prize for Covid coverage in India
India Today
Late journalist Danish Siddiqui was posthumously awarded the Pulitzer Prize for feature photography for his coverage of the Covid crisis in India.
Journalist Danish Siddiqui, who lost his life while he was covering the conflict situation in Afghanistan, has been awarded a Pulitzer Prize for feature photography for his coverage of the Covid situation in India. Along with him, Reuters journalists Adnan Abidi, Sanna Irshad Mattoo, and Amit Dave were also honoured with the Pulitzer Prize.
Danish Siddiqui was the Chief Photographer for Reuters, based in India. He graduated with a degree in economics from Jamia Millia Islamia, where he would later pursue post-graduation studies in Mass Communication.
He received the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography, as part of a team of photographers, for documenting the Rohingya refugee crisis.
In 2021, he was killed while covering a clash between Afghan security forces and Taliban forces in Spin Boldak, near the Pakistan border. Siddiqui is survived by his two children and wife, a German national.