Finalist: The Roanoke Times & World-News , by Charles A. Hite
For insightful stories about life-and-death decisions at a local intensive care unit.
Winners
Prize Winner in Explanatory Journalism in 1991:
Susan C. Faludi
For a report on the leveraged buy-out of Safeway Stores, Inc., that revealed the human costs of high finance.
Explanatory Journalism
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Explanatory Journalism in 1991:
Ronald Kotulak and Peter Gorner
For their series about the promises and quandaries of genetic research.
The Jury
The Jury
William B. Ketter(Chair)
Vice President & Editor, The Patriot Ledger, Quincy, Mass.
J. Taylor Buckley
Senior Editor/Columnist, USA Today
Jon Franklin*
Chairman, Department of Journalism, Oregon State University
Pete Weitzel
Managing Editor, Miami Herald
Richard J. Wesnick
Editor, Billings Gazette
Winners in Explanatory Journalism
David A. Vise and Steve Coll
For stories scrutinizing the Securities and Exchange Commission and the way it has been affected by the policies of its former chairman, John Shad.
David Hanners, William Snyder, and Karen Blessen
For their special report on a 1986 airplane crash, the follow-up investigation, and the implications for air safety.
Daniel Hertzberg and James B. Stewart
For their stories about an investment banker charged with insider trading and the critical day that followed the October 19, 1987, stock market crash.
Jeff Lyon and Peter Gorner
For their series on the promises of gene therapy, which examined the implications of this revolutionary medical treatment.
1991 Prize Winners
Natalie Angier
For her compelling and illuminating reports on a variety of scientific topics.
Jim Hoagland
For searching and prescient columns on events leading up to the Gulf War and on the political problems of Mikhail Gorbachev.
David Shaw
For his critiques of the way in which the media, including his own paper, reported the McMartin Pre-School child molestation case.