Finalist: St. Petersburg Times , by David Barstow
For his narrative portrait of the legal struggle against the tobacco industry, centered on the personalities who were key in reaching a tentative settlement of billions of dollars.
Winners
Prize Winner in Explanatory Reporting in 1998:
Paul F. Salopek
For his enlightening profile of the Human Genome Diversity Project, which seeks to chart the genetic relationship among all people.
Explanatory Reporting
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Explanatory Reporting in 1998:
Linda Greenhouse
For her consistently illuminating coverage of the United States Supreme Court. (Moved by the Board to the Beat Reporting category.)
The Jury
The Jury
Peter Bhatia(chair )
executive editor
Robert J. Rosenthal
editor and executive vice president
David M Rubin
dean, S.J. Newhouse School of Public Communications
Martin Tolchin
editor-in-chief/publisher
Wendy Zomparelli
editor
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.