| Public Service |
The Times-Picayune (New Orleans) |
" ... for its comprehensive series analyzing the conditions that threaten the world's supply of fish." |
| Beat Reporting |
Byron Acohido of The Seattle Times |
" ... for his coverage of the aerospace industry, notably an exhaustive investigation of rudder control problems on the Boeing 737, which contributed to new FAA requirements for major improvements." |
| Spot News Photography |
Annie Wells of the The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, California) |
" ... for her dramatic photograph of a local firefighter rescuing a teenager from raging floodwaters." |
| Breaking News Reporting |
Staff of Newsday |
" ... for its enterprising coverage of the crash of TWA Flight 800 and its aftermath." |
| Commentary |
Eileen McNamara of the The Boston Globe |
" ... for her many-sided columns on Massachusetts people and issues." |
| Criticism |
Tim Page of the The Washington Post |
" ... for his lucid and illuminating music criticism." |
| Editorial Cartooning |
Walt Handelsman of the The Times-Picayune, New Orleans. |
| Editorial Writing |
Michael Gartner of the Ames Tribune (Ames, Iowa) |
" ... for his common sense editorials about issues deeply affecting the lives of people in his community." |
| Explanatory Journalism |
Michael Vitez, reporter, and April Saul and Ron Cortes, photographers of the The Philadelphia Inquirer |
" ... for a series on the choices that confronted critically ill patients who sought to die with dignity." |
| Feature Photography |
Alexander Zemlianichenko of the Associated Press |
" ... for his photograph of Russian President Boris Yeltsin dancing at a rock concert during his campaign for re-election." (Moved by the Board from the Spot News Photography category) |
| Feature Writing |
Lisa Pollak of the The Baltimore Sun |
" ... for her compelling portrait of a baseball umpire who endured the death of a son while knowing that another son suffers from the same deadly genetic disease." |
| International Reporting |
John F. Burns of the The New York Times |
" ... for his courageous and insightful coverage of the harrowing regime imposed on Afghanistan by the Taliban." |
| Investigative Reporting |
Eric Nalder, Deborah Nelson and Alex Tizon of The Seattle Times |
" ... for their investigation of widespread corruption and inequities in the federally-sponsored housing program for Native Americans, which inspired much-needed reforms." |
| National Reporting |
Staff of the The Wall Street Journal |
" ... for its coverage of the struggle against AIDS in all of its aspects, the human, the scientific and the business, in light of promising treatments for the disease." |
