Finalist: Newsday , by Photo Staff
For photographs taken after the crash of Avianca Flight 52 in Cove Neck, New York.
Winners
Prize Winner in Spot News Photography in 1991:
Greg Marinovich
For a series of photographs of supporters of South Africa's African National Congress brutally murdering a man they believed to be a Zulu spy.
Spot News Photography
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Spot News Photography in 1991:
Photo Staff
For photographs of Nelson Mandela's release from prison and subsequent trip to America.
The Jury
The Jury
Leroy F. Aarons(Chair)
Former Executive Editor, Oakland Tribune
Michel du Cille*
Picture Editor, The Washington Post
Pamela J. Johnson
Managing Editor, Phoenix Gazette
Robert G. McGruder
Managing Editor/News, Detroit Free Press
Winners in Spot News Photography
Photo Staff
For photographs of devastation caused by the Bay Area earthquake of October 17, 1989.
Ron Olshwanger
For a picture published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch of a firefighter giving mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to a child pulled from a burning building.
Scott Shaw
For his photograph of the child Jessica McClure being rescued from the well into which she had fallen.
Kim Komenich
For his photographic coverage of the fall of Ferdinand Marcos.
1991 Prize Winners
Natalie Angier
For her compelling and illuminating reports on a variety of scientific topics.
Jim Hoagland
For searching and prescient columns on events leading up to the Gulf War and on the political problems of Mikhail Gorbachev.
David Shaw
For his critiques of the way in which the media, including his own paper, reported the McMartin Pre-School child molestation case.