Finalist: The Dallas Morning News , by Joseph V. Stefanchik
For his gripping photographs depicting the effects of war and land mines in Angola.
Winners
Prize Winner in Feature Photography in 1998:
Clarence Williams
For his powerful images documenting the plight of young children with parents addicted to alcohol and drugs.
Feature Photography
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Feature Photography in 1998:
Allan Detrich
For his revealing photographic account of a secret interstate network of individuals who aid parents and children fleeing the threat of sexual abuse. (Moved by the jury from the Spot News Photography category.)
The Jury
The Jury
Hal Buell(chair )
executive photo editor (retired)
Toren Beasley
photo director
George Benge
executive editor
Andrew F. Costello Jr.
editor
Kim Komenich*
staff photographer
Winners in Feature Photography
Alexander Zemlianichenko
For his photograph of Russian President Boris Yeltsin dancing at a rock concert during his campaign for re-election. (Moved by the Board from the Spot News Photography category.)
Stephanie Welsh
For her shocking sequence of photos, published by Newhouse News Service, of a female circumcision rite in Kenya.
Staff
For its portfolio of photographs chronicling the horror and devastation in Rwanda.
Kevin Carter, a free-lance photographer
For a picture first published in The New York Times of a starving Sudanese girl who collapsed on her way to a feeding center while a vulture waited nearby.
1998 Prize Winners
George Gershwin
Awarded posthumously, commemorating the centennial year of his birth, for his distinguished and enduring contributions to American music.
Linda Greenhouse
For her consistently illuminating coverage of the United States Supreme Court.
Staff
For its comprehensive coverage of a botched bank robbery and subsequent police shoot-out in North Hollywood.