Finalist: Daily News , by Michael Daly
For his compassionate and humane columns, particularly those written after the terrorist attack on New York City.
Winners
Prize Winner in Commentary in 2002:
Thomas Friedman
For his clarity of vision, based on extensive reporting, in commenting on the worldwide impact of the terrorist threat.
Commentary
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Commentary in 2002:
Nat Hentoff
For his persuasive and authoritative columns on the threats to American civil liberties following the September 11th terrorist attacks.
The Jury
The Jury
James F. Hoge Jr.(chair )
editor
Fred Fiske
senior writer
Mary Lou Forbes
commentary editor
Jane Healy*
editorial page editor
David Moats*
editorial page editor
James V. Risser*
director emeritus, John S. Knight Fellowships
Zachary Stalberg
executive vice president/editor
Winners in Commentary
Dorothy Rabinowitz
For her articles on American society and culture.
Paul A. Gigot
For his informative and insightful columns on politics and government.
Maureen Dowd
For her fresh and insightful columns on the impact of President Clinton's affair with Monica Lewinsky.
Mike McAlary
For his coverage of the brutalization of a Haitian immigrant by police officers at a Brooklyn stationhouse.
2002 Prize Winners
Gretchen Morgenson
For her trenchant and incisive Wall Street coverage.
Staff
For its consistently outstanding photographic coverage of the terrorist attack on New York City and its aftermath.
Staff
For its comprehensive and insightful coverage, executed under the most difficult circumstances, of the terrorist attack on New York City, which recounted the day's events and their implications for the future.