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Finalist: Birmingham (AL) News , by Editorial Board

For editorials urging the reform of Alabama's failing public school system.

Winners

Prize Winner in Editorial Writing in 1994:

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. Editorial Writing

Finalists

Nominated as finalists in Editorial Writing in 1994:

Jim Montgomery

For a series of editorials examining the benefits and drawbacks of drug legalization.

The Jury

Steven B. Ford(chair )

associate editor

Maria Henson*

editorial writer

J. Keith Moyer

editor and vice president-news

David D. Porter

chief editorial writer

Michael Skube*

book editor

Winners in Editorial Writing

Maria Henson

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

Thomas J. Hylton

For his editorials about a local bond issue for the preservation of farmland and other open space in rural Pennsylvania.

1994 Prize Winners