Finalist: The Washington Post , by Anne Hull
For "Rim of the New World," her masterful accounts of young immigrants coming of age in the American South.
Winners
Prize Winner in National Reporting in 2003:
Alan Miller and Kevin Sack
For their revelatory and moving examination of a military aircraft, nicknamed "The Widow Maker," that was linked to the deaths of 45 pilots. (Moved by the Board from the Investigative Reporting category to the National Reporting category, where it was also entered.)
National Reporting
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in National Reporting in 2003:
Staff
For its engrossing exploration of the fall of Arthur Andersen, a once proud accounting firm.
Staff
For its tenaciously reported and clearly written stories that exposed and explained corruption in corporate America.
The Jury
The Jury
Michael D. Silverman(chair )
managing editor
John Darnton*
associate editor
Jane Healy*
editorial page editor
Fred Hiatt
editorial page editor
Larry Jinks
retired publisher
Winners in National Reporting
Staff
For its comprehensive coverage of America's war on terrorism, which regularly brought forth new information together with skilled analysis of unfolding developments.
Staff
For its compelling and memorable series exploring racial experiences and attitudes across contemporary America.
Staff
For its revealing stories that question U.S. defense spending and military deployment in the post-Cold War era and offer alternatives for the future.
Staff
For a series of articles that disclosed the corporate sale of American technology to China, with U.S. government approval despite national security risks, prompting investigations and significant changes in policy.
2003 Prize Winners
Diana K. Sugg
For her absorbing, often poignant stories that illuminated complex medical issues through the lives of people.
Photography Staff
For its powerful, imaginative coverage of Colorado's raging forest fires.
Staff
For its detailed, well-crafted stories on the accidental drowning of four boys in the Merrimack River.