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The 1997 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in Feature Writing

Finalist: The Philadelphia Inquirer , by Jeffrey Fleishman

For his versatile storytelling, notably including an account of the flight of 15 Buddhist monks from Tibet through the Himalayas.

Winners

Prize Winner in Feature Writing in 1997:

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. Feature Writing

Finalists

Nominated as finalists in Feature Writing in 1997:

Julia Prodis

For her trio of vivid stories about three teenagers on a deadly journey, a photograph from the Oklahoma City bombing, and a vacuum cleaner that catches prairie dogs.

The Jury

Gregory L. Moore(chair )

managing editor

David T. Cook

editor

Dionicio Flores

editor and publisher

Barbara H. Ireland

editorial page editor

Janet Weaver

managing editor

Winners in Feature Writing

1996

Rick Bragg

For his elegantly written stories about contemporary America.
1995

Ron Suskind

For his stories about inner-city honor students in Washington, D.C., and their determination to survive and prosper.
1994

Isabel Wilkerson

For her profile of a fourth-grader from Chicago's South Side and for two stories reporting on the Midwestern flood of 1993.
1993

George Lardner Jr.

For his unflinching examination of his daughter's murder by a violent man who had slipped through the criminal justice system.
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1997 Prize Winners

Beat Reporting

Byron Acohido

For his coverage of the aerospace industry, notably an exhaustive investigation of rudder control problems on the Boeing 737, which contributed to new FAA requirements for major improvements.
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