Finalist: Raleigh (NC) News & Observer , by Staff
For its comprehensive coverage of the destruction in the state caused by Hurricane Floyd.
Winners
Prize Winner in Breaking News Reporting in 2000:
Staff
For its clear and balanced coverage of the student massacre at Columbine High School.
Breaking News Reporting
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Breaking News Reporting in 2000:
Staff
For its comprehensive coverage of an environmental disaster created when a cargo ship carrying heavy fuels ran aground and broke apart, and how fumbling efforts of official agencies failed to contain the far-reaching damage.
The Jury
The Jury
Charlotte H. Hall(chair )
managing editor
Jeanette Chavez
managing editor
Allen Parsons
executive editor
Glenn Proctor
associate editor
Frank Sutherland
senior vice president/news editor
Winners in Breaking News Reporting
Staff
For its clear and detailed coverage of a shooting rampage in which a state lottery worker killed four supervisors then himself.
Staff
For its comprehensive coverage of a botched bank robbery and subsequent police shoot-out in North Hollywood.
2000 Prize Winners
George Dohrmann
For his determined reporting, despite negative reader reaction, that revealed academic fraud in the men's basketball program at the University of Minnesota.
Photo Staff
For its powerful collection of emotional images taken after the student shootings at Columbine High School.
Staff
For its clear and balanced coverage of the student massacre at Columbine High School.