Finalist: Los Angeles Times , by Peter H. King

For his columns about California, filed from around the state.

Winners

Prize Winner in Commentary in 1994:

For his compelling commentaries on a variety of social and political topics. Commentary

Nominated as finalists in Commentary in 1994:

For her "Children First" columns, about issues affecting the youngest Americans.

curator, Nieman Foundation

associate editor

professor, Reynolds School of Journalism

senior editor

editorial page editor

1993

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

1992

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

1991

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

1990

For his sports columns.

Beat Reporting

For dogged reporting that disclosed flagrant spending abuses at Michigan's House Fiscal Agency.

Biography

Commentary

For his compelling commentaries on a variety of social and political topics.

Criticism

For his skillful and resonant classical music criticism.