Finalist: The Plain Dealer , by Alison Grant
For articles uncovering corrupt dealings between contractors and city officials in the suburb of Beachwood that resulted in indictments and significant reforms.
Winners
Prize Winner in Beat Reporting in 1996:
Bob Keeler
For his detailed portrait of a progressive local Catholic parish and its parishioners.
Beat Reporting
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Beat Reporting in 1996:
Fred Schulte and Jenni Bergal
For disclosing problems and abuses in the state's tax-funded Medicaid health maintenance organizations.
The Jury
The Jury
Clark Hoyt(chair )*
vice president/news
Sandra Duerr
assistant managing editor
Athelia Knight
staff writer
Bob Mong
managing editor
Ellen Soeteber
managing editor
Winners in Beat Reporting
David Shribman
For his analytical reporting on Washington developments and the national scene.
Eric Freedman and Jim Mitzelfeld
For dogged reporting that disclosed flagrant spending abuses at Michigan's House Fiscal Agency.
Paul Ingrassia and Joseph B. White
For often exclusive coverage of General Motors' management turmoil.
Deborah Blum
For her series, "The Monkey Wars," which explored the complex ethical and moral questions surrounding primate research.
1996 Prize Winners
Herb Caen
For his extraordinary and continuing contribution as a voice and conscience of his city.
Bob Keeler
For his detailed portrait of a progressive local Catholic parish and its parishioners.
E.R. Shipp
For her penetrating columns on race, welfare and other social issues.