Finalist: The Washington Post , by David Finkel
For his illuminating series of articles on the lives and journeys of international migrants.
Winners
Prize Winner in Explanatory Reporting in 2002:
Staff
For its informed and detailed reporting, before and after the September 11th attacks on America, that profiled the global terrorism network and the threats it posed.
Explanatory Reporting
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Explanatory Reporting in 2002:
Staff
For its sustained explanatory reporting on the nature of the structural damage at "Ground Zero," the lower Manhattan area where the World Trade Center towers collapsed.
The Jury
The Jury
Ann Marie Lipinski(chair )*
editor and senior vice president
Martin Baron
editor
Linda Grist Cunningham
executive editor
Patrick Dougherty
editor
Fred Hiatt
editorial page editor
Peter Kovacs
managing editor
Allison Walzer
senior vice president/editor
Winners in Explanatory Reporting
Staff
For "Gateway to Gridlock," its clear and compelling profile of the chaotic American air traffic system.
Eric Newhouse
For his vivid examination of alcohol abuse and the problems it creates in the community.
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.
2002 Prize Winners
Gretchen Morgenson
For her trenchant and incisive Wall Street coverage.
Staff
For its consistently outstanding photographic coverage of the terrorist attack on New York City and its aftermath.
Staff
For its comprehensive and insightful coverage, executed under the most difficult circumstances, of the terrorist attack on New York City, which recounted the day's events and their implications for the future.