Paul Benoit
![portrait of Paul Benoit](/pulitzers/sites/rit.edu.pulitzers/files/styles/pulitzer_person_thumbnail/public/2022-11/benoitheadshot_0.jpg?itok=IYq5rBsi)
Paul Benoit
After graduating from RIT, Benoit and a team of Boston Herald American staff photographers won the 1979 Pulitzer Prize in Feature Photography for their coverage of the blizzard of 1978. Benoit worked Associated Press Boston from 1980-90, The Boston Globe from 1990-2010, and MerlinOne from 2011-16 before retiring.
1979 Winner
![A person pulls on string in waist-high snow.](/pulitzers/sites/rit.edu.pulitzers/files/images/paragraph/image-card/benoitWM_1.jpg)
Feature Photography
"For photographic coverage of the blizzard of 1978." - Pulitzer Board
Benoit, as a staff photographer with The Boston Herald-American, had several photos in the staff entry that was awarded a Pulitzer Prize.
![A paper cover story of the Blizzard of 78.](/pulitzers/sites/rit.edu.pulitzers/files/images/paragraph/image-card/blizzardcover.jpg)
![3 people walking in a blizzard.](/pulitzers/sites/rit.edu.pulitzers/files/images/paragraph/image-card/blizzard783WM_0.jpg)
Three people struggle to walk in the blizzard due to freezing wind.
![a group of people walking through very high snowfall.](/pulitzers/sites/rit.edu.pulitzers/files/images/paragraph/image-card/blizzard782WM_0.jpg)
![Two people talk amidst a snowstorm.](/pulitzers/sites/rit.edu.pulitzers/files/images/paragraph/image-card/Blizzard781WM_2.jpg)
![A newspaper spread of photos.](/pulitzers/sites/rit.edu.pulitzers/files/images/paragraph/image-card/BenoitDoubleLayout.jpg)
Behind the Scenes
![black and white photo of someone pouring a drink on someones head](/pulitzers/sites/rit.edu.pulitzers/files/images/paragraph/image-card/pulitzercelebration.jpg)
Boston Herald American staffers celebrate winning the 1978 Pulitzer Prize, including, from left: Angela Kalventous, M. Leo Tierney, Benoit, Frank Hill, Ted Gartland and chief photographer Kevin Cole.
![Seven of RIT's alumni who have won a Pulitzer Prize pose for a photo at the Newseum.](/pulitzers/sites/rit.edu.pulitzers/files/images/paragraph/image-card/bs4edit_0.jpg)
Seven of RIT's Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalists received the university's Isaiah Thomas Award in Publishing Sept. 22, 2011, at the Newseum in Washington, D.C.
Pictured, from left: Ken Geiger, Dan Loh, Robert Bukaty, Anthony Suau, William Snyder, Paul Benoit and Stan Grossfeld.