Finalist: The Village Voice , by Leslie Savan
For her analytical columns about the forces at work behind advertising and consumerism, particularly on television.
Winners
Prize Winner in Criticism in 1997:
Tim Page
For his lucid and illuminating music criticism.
Criticism
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Criticism in 1997:
Herbert Muschamp
For his criticism of architecture in America, written with devotion to the art, penetrating analysis and literate style.
The Jury
The Jury
Daniel Henninger(chair )
deputy editor, editorial page
Douglas C. Clifton
executive editor
Arnold Rosenfeld
editor-in-chief
Rebecca Pepper Sinkler
former editor
Winners in Criticism
Robert Campbell
For his knowledgeable writing on architecture.
Margo Jefferson
For her book reviews and other cultural criticism.
Lloyd Schwartz
For his skillful and resonant classical music criticism.
Michael Dirda
For his book reviews.
1997 Prize Winners
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.
Eileen McNamara
For her many-sided columns on Massachusetts people and issues.
Tim Page
For his lucid and illuminating music criticism.