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Finalist: Dayton (OH) Daily News , by Russell Carollo, Carol Hernandez and Jeff Nesmith

For their reporting on lenient handling of sexual misconduct cases by the military justice system.

Winners

Prize Winner in National Reporting in 1996:

Alix M. Freedman

For her coverage of the tobacco industry, including a report that exposed how ammonia additives heighten nicotine potency. National Reporting

Finalists

Nominated as finalists in National Reporting in 1996:

David Maraniss and Michael Weiskopf

For their accounts of the way the Republican takeover of the House of Representatives played out during 1995.

The Jury

John L. Seigenthaler(chair )

chairman

Jerry Ceppos

executive editor and senior vice president

Paul Delaney

chairman, journalism department

Richard A. Oppel

editor

Louise C. Seals

managing editor

Winners in National Reporting

Eileen Welsome

For stories that related the experiences of Americans who had been used unknowingly in government radiation experiments nearly 50 years ago.

David Maraniss

For his revealing articles on the life and political record of candidate Bill Clinton.

1996 Prize Winners