Finalist: Chicago Tribune , by Blair Kamin
For his lucid coverage of city architecture, including an influential series supporting the development of Chicago's lakefront area. (Originally submitted in Criticism and returned by the Board to that category.)
Winners
Prize Winner in Beat Reporting in 1999:
Chuck Philips and Michael A. Hiltzik
For their stories on corruption in the entertainment industry, including a charity sham sponsored by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, illegal detoxification programs for wealthy celebrities, and a resurgence of radio payola.
Beat Reporting
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Beat Reporting in 1999:
Barton Gellman
For his penetrating coverage of the inner workings of the United Nations Special Commission as it sought to impact and disarm Iraqi weapons.
The Jury
The Jury
John Haile(chair )
editor
Andrew F. Costello Jr.
editor
Mel Opotowsky
ombudsman
Joyce Purnick
metro editor
Robert J. Rosenthal
editor and executive vice president
Clifford Teutsch
managing editor
David A. Zeeck
executive editor
Winners in Beat Reporting
Linda Greenhouse
For her consistently illuminating coverage of the United States Supreme Court.
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.
Bob Keeler
For his detailed portrait of a progressive local Catholic parish and its parishioners.
David Shribman
For his analytical reporting on Washington developments and the national scene.
1999 Prize Winners
Duke Ellington
Bestowed posthumously, commemorating the centennial year of his birth, in recognition of his musical genius, which evoked aesthetically the principles of democracy through the medium of jazz and thus made an indelible contribution to art and culture.
Chuck Philips and Michael A. Hiltzik
For their stories on corruption in the entertainment industry, including a charity sham sponsored by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, illegal detoxification programs for wealthy celebrities, and a resurgence of radio payola.
Staff
For its clear and detailed coverage of a shooting rampage in which a state lottery worker killed four supervisors then himself.