Finalist: Associated Press , by George Riedel
For his series of photographs from an airshow disaster in Ramstein, West Germany, where three Italian stunt planes collided in mid-air.
Winners
Prize Winner in Spot News Photography in 1989:
Ron Olshwanger
For a picture published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch of a firefighter giving mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to a child pulled from a burning building.
Spot News Photography
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Spot News Photography in 1989:
Ben Van Hook
For his photograph of a boy clutching his father at a memorial service for 27 victims of a bus accident in northern Kentucky.
The Jury
The Jury
Ron Martin(Chair)
Executive Editor, USA Today
Eddie Adams*
Photographer, New York City
Austin Long-Scott
Reporter, KRON-TV, San Francisco
Marty Petty
Vice President and Deputy Executive Editor, Hartford Courant
David A. Zeeck
Managing Editor, The Kansas City Star
Winners in Spot News Photography
Scott Shaw
For his photograph of the child Jessica McClure being rescued from the well into which she had fallen.
Kim Komenich
For his photographic coverage of the fall of Ferdinand Marcos.
Carol Guzy and Michel du Cille
For their photographs of the devastation caused by the eruption of the Nevado del Ruiz volcano in Colombia.
Photography Staff
For their exceptional coverage of the Olympic games.
1989 Prize Winners
Clarence Page
For his provocative columns on local and national affairs.
Michael Skube
For his writing about books and other literary topics.