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Finalist: The Wall Street Journal , by Daniel P. Henninger

For his editorials on a wide range of topical subjects.

Winners

Prize Winner in Editorial Writing in 1996:

Robert B. Semple

For his editorials on environmental issues. Editorial Writing

Finalists

Nominated as finalists in Editorial Writing in 1996:

N. Don Wycliff

For his editorials about welfare reform and its effect on children.

The Jury

Arnold Rosenfeld(chair )

editor-in-chief

Don Flores

editor and publisher

Robert J. Haiman

president

Mary Jo Meisner

editor

Richard Reeves

syndicated columnist

Winners in Editorial Writing

Jeffrey Good

For his editorial campaign urging reform of Florida's probate system for settling estates.

R. Bruce Dold

For his series of editorials deploring the murder of a 3-year-old boy by his abusive mother and decrying the Illinois child welfare system.

Maria Henson

For her editorials about battered women in Kentucky, which focused statewide attention on the problem and prompted significant reforms.

1996 Prize Winners