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The 1997 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in Explanatory Journalism

Finalist: Chicago Tribune , by John Crewdson

For a series of reports that illustrated through dramatic examples the need for training of personnel and installation of special equipment by U.S. airlines to cope with medical emergencies in the air.

Winners

Prize Winner in Explanatory Journalism in 1997:

Michael Vitez, April Saul and Ron Cortes

For a series on the choices that confronted critically-ill patients who sought to die with dignity. Explanatory Journalism

Finalists

Nominated as finalists in Explanatory Journalism in 1997:

Gregory Kane and Gilbert Lewthwaite

For their portrait of the complex practices of slavery in the Sudan.

The Jury

William K. Marimow(chair )*

managing editor

Jerry Ceppos

executive editor and senior vice president

Paul Delaney

editorial page editor

Fernando Dovalina

assistant managing editor

Frank Sutherland

editor and vice president/news

Winners in Explanatory Journalism

1996

Laurie Garrett

For her courageous reporting from Zaire on the Ebola virus outbreak there. (The winner was entered and nominated in the International Reporting category and was moved by the Pulitzer Prize Board to Explanatory Journalism.)
1995

Leon Dash and Lucian Perkins

For their profile of a District of Columbia family's struggle with destructive cycles of poverty, illiteracy, crime and drug abuse.
1993

Mike Toner

For "When Bugs Fight Back," a series that explored the diminishing effectiveness of antibiotics and pesticides.
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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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