Finalist: The Washington Post , by Jackson Diehl
For his insightful editorials on foreign affairs, marked by prescient pieces critical of America's policy toward Egypt well before a revolution erupted there.
Winners
Prize Winner in Editorial Writing in 2011:
Joseph Rago
For his well crafted, against-the-grain editorials challenging the health care reform advocated by President Obama.
Editorial Writing
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Editorial Writing in 2011:
John McCormick
For his relentless campaign to reform an unsustainable public pension system that threatens the economic future of Illinois.
The Jury
The Jury
Miriam Pepper(chair )
vice president, editorial page,
Arthur Browne*
editorial page editor
Richard Coe
editorial writer
Scott Gillespie
editorial page editor and vice president,
Melanie Sill
editor and senior vice president
Winners in Editorial Writing
Tod Robberson, Colleen McCain Nelson and William McKenzie
For their relentless editorials deploring the stark social and economic disparity between the city's better-off northern half and distressed southern half.
Mark Mahoney
For his relentless, down-to-earth editorials on the perils of local government secrecy, effectively admonishing citizens to uphold their right to know.
No award
No award.
Arthur Browne, Beverly Weintraub and Heidi Evans
For their compassionate and compelling editorials on behalf of Ground Zero workers whose health problems were neglected by the city and the nation.
2011 Prize Winners
Jennifer Egan
An inventive investigation of growing up and growing old in the digital age, displaying a big-hearted curiosity about cultural change at warp speed.
Ron Chernow
A sweeping, authoritative portrait of an iconic leader learning to master his private feelings in order to fulfill his public duties.
Mike Keefe
For his widely ranging cartoons that employ a loose, expressive style to send strong, witty messages.
Kay Ryan
A body of work spanning 45 years, witty, rebellious and yet tender, a treasure trove of an iconoclastic and joyful mind.