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Finalist: The Wall Street Journal , by Paul Gigot

For his insightful columns on Washington politics.

Winners

Prize Winner in Commentary in 1995:

Jim Dwyer

For his compelling and compassionate columns about New York City. Commentary

Finalists

Nominated as finalists in Commentary in 1995:

Carl T. Rowan

For his columns disclosing corruption and mismanagement at the NAACP, which prompted reforms at the civil rights organization.

The Jury

Gerald M. Boyd(chair )

assistant managing editor

Jim Amoss

editor

Maria Henson*

editorial writer and columnist

C. Michael Pride

editor

Philip Terzian

associate editor/columnist

Winners in Commentary

Liz Balmaseda

For her commentary from Haiti about deteriorating political and social conditions and her columns about Cuban-Americans in Miami.

Anna Quindlen

For her compelling columns on a wide range of personal and political topics.

Jim Hoagland

For searching and prescient columns on events leading up to the Gulf War and on the political problems of Mikhail Gorbachev.

1995 Prize Winners