Finalist: The Boston Globe , by Gail Caldwell
For her insightful reviews and comments on books and the literary scene.
Winners
Prize Winner in Criticism in 1996:
Robert Campbell
For his knowledgeable writing on architecture.
Criticism
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Criticism in 1996:
Stephen Hunter
For his distinguished film criticism.
The Jury
The Jury
Richard Eder(chair )*
book critic, editorial page
Dan Henninger
deputy editor, editorial page
Edward W. Jones
managing editor
Karen Jurgensen
editor of the editorial page
Lloyd Schwartz*
classical music editor
Winners in Criticism
Margo Jefferson
For her book reviews and other cultural criticism.
Lloyd Schwartz
For his skillful and resonant classical music criticism.
Michael Dirda
For his book reviews.
No award
No award
1996 Prize Winners
Herb Caen
For his extraordinary and continuing contribution as a voice and conscience of his city.
Bob Keeler
For his detailed portrait of a progressive local Catholic parish and its parishioners.
E.R. Shipp
For her penetrating columns on race, welfare and other social issues.