Finalist: The Washington Post , by Ann Hornaday
For her perceptive movie reviews and essays, reflecting solid research and an easy, engaging style.
Winners
Prize Winner in Criticism in 2008:
Mark Feeney
For his penetrating and versatile command of the visual arts, from film and photography to painting.
Criticism
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Criticism in 2008:
Inga Saffron
For her forceful critiques that illuminate the vital interplay between architecture and the life of her city.
The Jury
The Jury
James O'Byrne(Chair )
features editor
Michael Janeway
professor of journalism and the arts
Johanna Keller
director, Goldring Arts Journalism Program
Joe Morgenstern*
film critic
Karin Winner
editor
Winners in Criticism
Jonathan Gold
For his zestful, wide ranging restaurant reviews, expressing the delight of an erudite eater.
Robin Givhan
For her witty, closely observed essays that transform fashion criticism into cultural criticism.
Joe Morgenstern
For his reviews that elucidated the strengths and weaknesses of film with rare insight, authority and wit.
Dan Neil
For his one-of-a-kind reviews of automobiles, blending technical expertise with offbeat humor and astute cultural observations.
2008 Prize Winners
The Washington Post
in exposing mistreatment of wounded veterans at Walter Reed Hospital, evoking a national outcry and producing reforms by federal officials.
David Umhoefer
For his stories on the skirting of tax laws to pad pensions of county employees, prompting change and possible prosecution of key figures.
David Lang
Co-commissioned by the Carnegie Hall Corporation and The Perth Theater and Concert Hall, and premiered October 25, 2007 in Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York City (G. Schirmer, Inc.).
Staff
For its exceptional, multi-faceted coverage of the deadly shooting rampage at Virginia Tech, telling the developing story in print and online.