Finalist: Associated Press , by Alexander Zemlianichenko
For his photograph of Russian President Boris Yeltsin dancing at a rock concert during his campaign for re-election. (Originally submitted in Feature Photography and returned by the Board to that category.)
Winners
Prize Winner in Spot News Photography in 1997:
Annie Wells
For her dramatic photograph of a local firefighter rescuing a teenager from raging floodwaters.
Spot News Photography
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Spot News Photography in 1997:
Corinne Dufka
For her chilling photograph of the execution of a Liberian prisoner on the streets of Monrovia.
The Jury
The Jury
Craig Klugman(chair )
editor
Karen Baker
managing editor
Hal Buell
executive photo editor (retired)
Kim Komenich*
staff photographer
Narda Zacchino
associate editor and vice president
Winners in Spot News Photography
Charles Porter IV
For his haunting photographs, taken after the Oklahoma City bombing and distributed by the Associated Press, showing a one-year-old victim handed to and then cradled by a local fireman.
Carol Guzy
For her series of photographs illustrating the crisis in Haiti and its aftermath.
Paul Watson
For his photograph, published in many American newspapers, of a U.S. soldier's body being dragged through the streets of Mogadishu by a mob of jeering Somalis.
Ken Geiger and William Snyder
For their dramatic photographs of the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.
1997 Prize Winners
Byron Acohido
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.
Eileen McNamara
For her many-sided columns on Massachusetts people and issues.
Tim Page
For his lucid and illuminating music criticism.