Finalist: The Washington Post , by Eric L. Wee
For his moving account of a Washington lawyer whose collection of postcards helps to preserve his memories of a fleetingly happy childhood.
Winners
Prize Winner in Feature Writing in 1999:
Angelo B. Henderson
For his portrait of a druggist who is driven to violence by his encounters with armed robbery, illustrating the lasting effects of crime.
Feature Writing
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Feature Writing in 1999:
Tom Hallman Jr.
For his unique profile of a man struggling to recover from a brain injury.
The Jury
The Jury
Wendy Zomparelli(chair )
vice president and general manager
Peter Bhatia
executive editor
Steve Coll
managing editor
Dawn Garcia
city editor
Jack D. Loftis
associate publisher and editor
Dave Mazzarella
editor
Nigel Wade
editor in chief
Winners in Feature Writing
Thomas French
For his detailed and compassionate narrative portrait of a mother and two daughters slain on a Florida vacation, and the three-year investigation into their murders.
Lisa Pollak
For her compelling portrait of a baseball umpire who endured the death of a son while knowing that another son suffers from the same deadly genetic disease.
Rick Bragg
For his elegantly written stories about contemporary America.
Ron Suskind
For his stories about inner-city honor students in Washington, D.C., and their determination to survive and prosper.
1999 Prize Winners
Duke Ellington
Bestowed posthumously, commemorating the centennial year of his birth, in recognition of his musical genius, which evoked aesthetically the principles of democracy through the medium of jazz and thus made an indelible contribution to art and culture.
Chuck Philips and Michael A. Hiltzik
For their stories on corruption in the entertainment industry, including a charity sham sponsored by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, illegal detoxification programs for wealthy celebrities, and a resurgence of radio payola.
Staff
For its clear and detailed coverage of a shooting rampage in which a state lottery worker killed four supervisors then himself.