Finalist: The Washington Post , by Ruth Marcus
For her intelligent and incisive commentary on a range of subjects, using a voice that can be serious or playful.
Winners
Prize Winner in Commentary in 2007:
Cynthia Tucker
For her courageous, clear-headed columns that evince a strong sense of morality and persuasive knowledge of the community.
Commentary
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Commentary in 2007:
Joe Nocera
For his piercing, authoritative columns on business, often spotlighting misdeeds and flaws in corporate culture.
The Jury
The Jury
Diane McFarlin(chair )
publisher
Sherry Chisenhall
editor
Pamela B. Fine
managing editor
Karen Hunter
reader representative/associate editor
Ray Marcano
internet general manager
David Meeks
city editor
Ari Richter
opinion editor
Winners in Commentary
Nicholas D. Kristof
For his graphic, deeply reported columns that, at personal risk, focused attention on genocide in Darfur and that gave voice to the voiceless in other parts of the world.
Connie Schultz
For her pungent columns that provided a voice for the underdog and underprivileged.
Leonard Pitts Jr.
For his fresh, vibrant columns that spoke, with both passion and compassion, to ordinary people on often divisive issues.
Colbert I. King
For his against-the-grain columns that speak to people in power with ferocity and wisdom.
2007 Prize Winners
The Wall Street Journal
For its creative and comprehensive probe into backdated stock options for business executives that triggered investigations, the ouster of top officials and widespread change in corporate America.
Staff
For its skillful and tenacious coverage of a family missing in the Oregon mountains, telling the tragic story both in print and online.
Kenneth R. Weiss, Usha Lee McFarling, and Rick Loomis
For their richly portrayed reports on the world's distressed oceans, telling the story in print and online, and stirring reaction among readers and officials.
Renée C. Byer
For her intimate portrayal of a single mother and her young son as he loses his battle with cancer.