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The 1997 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in Editorial Writing

Finalist: The Washington Post , by Peter Milius

For his editorials dissecting federal welfare reform legislation, directing attention to the problems of the poor and powerless.

Winners

Prize Winner in Editorial Writing in 1997:

Michael Gartner

For his common sense editorials about issues deeply affecting the lives of people in his community. Editorial Writing

Finalists

Nominated as finalists in Editorial Writing in 1997:

Margaretta Downey

For her editorials pressing for a civic agenda of economic and educational renewal.

The Jury

Robert J. Haiman(chair )

president emeritus/distinguished editor-in-residence

Lawrence K. Beaupre

editor/vice president

R. Bruce Dold*

deputy editorial page editor

Joel Rawson

vice president and executive editor

E.R. Shipp*

columnist

Winners in Editorial Writing

1995

Jeffrey Good

For his editorial campaign urging reform of Florida's probate system for settling estates.
1994

R. Bruce Dold

For his series of editorials deploring the murder of a 3-year-old boy by his abusive mother and decrying the Illinois child welfare system.
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1997 Prize Winners

Beat Reporting

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.
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