Finalist: Chicago Tribune , by Bob Greene
For his columns devoted to local children whose lives were mishandled by the welfare and judicial systems.
Winners
Prize Winner in Commentary in 1998:
Mike McAlary
For his coverage of the brutalization of a Haitian immigrant by police officers at a Brooklyn stationhouse.
Commentary
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Commentary in 1998:
Patricia Smith
For her lyrical and evocative columns on an assortment of urban topics.
Robert J. Samuelson
For his knowledgeable and analytical columns on a wide variety of national subjects.
The Jury
The Jury
E. R. Shipp(chair )
columnist
Mona Charen
syndicated columnist
Joe Distelheim
editor
R. Bruce Dold*
deputy editorial page editor
Joyce Purnick
metropolitan editor
Winners in Commentary
Eileen McNamara
For her many-sided columns on Massachusetts people and issues.
E.R. Shipp
For her penetrating columns on race, welfare and other social issues.
Jim Dwyer
For his compelling and compassionate columns about New York City.
William Raspberry
For his compelling commentaries on a variety of social and political topics.
1998 Prize Winners
George Gershwin
Awarded posthumously, commemorating the centennial year of his birth, for his distinguished and enduring contributions to American music.
Linda Greenhouse
For her consistently illuminating coverage of the United States Supreme Court.
Staff
For its comprehensive coverage of a botched bank robbery and subsequent police shoot-out in North Hollywood.