Finalist: The Oregonian , by Brent Walth and Alex Pulaski
For their series on how politics influences pesticide regulation.
Winners
Prize Winner in Explanatory Reporting in 2000:
Eric Newhouse
For his vivid examination of alcohol abuse and the problems it creates in the community.
Explanatory Reporting
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Explanatory Reporting in 2000:
Michael Winerip
For his profile of a mentally ill man who pushed a woman to her death before an onrushing subway train, a case used by the writer for a broad overview of deficiencies in the mental health care system.
The Jury
The Jury
Karen Jurgensen(chair )
editor
Mark Zieman
editor
Reid Ashe
publisher
Amanda Bennett
managing editor
Dave Zweifel
editor
Blair Kamin*
architecture critic
John Walter
managing editor
Winners in Explanatory Reporting
Richard Read
For vividly illustrating the domestic impact of the Asian economic crisis by profiling the local industry that exports frozen french fries.
Paul F. Salopek
For his enlightening profile of the Human Genome Diversity Project, which seeks to chart the genetic relationship among all people.
2000 Prize Winners
George Dohrmann
For his determined reporting, despite negative reader reaction, that revealed academic fraud in the men's basketball program at the University of Minnesota.
Photo Staff
For its powerful collection of emotional images taken after the student shootings at Columbine High School.
Staff
For its clear and balanced coverage of the student massacre at Columbine High School.