Finalist: Wisconsin State Journal , by Staff
For its persistent, high-spirited campaign against abuses in the governor's veto power.
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Editorial Writing in 2008:
Maureen Downey
For her compelling editorials on the harsh sentences that teenagers can receive for consensual sex in Georgia.
Rodger Jones
For his relentless editorials that led to mandating roll-call votes on all statewide legislation in Texas.
The Jury
The Jury
Erik Lukens(chair )
editorial page editor
Diana Fuentes
editor
Jeanne Mariani-Belding
editorial page editor
Keven Ann Willey
vice president/editorial page editor
David A. Zeeck
executive editor
Winners in Editorial Writing
Arthur Browne, Beverly Weintraub and Heidi Evans
For their compassionate and compelling editorials on behalf of Ground Zero workers whose health problems were neglected by the city and the nation.
Rick Attig and Doug Bates
For their persuasive, richly reported editorials on abuses inside a forgotten Oregon mental hospital.
Tom Philp
For his deeply researched editorials on reclaiming California's flooded Hetch Hetchy Valley that stirred action.
William R. Stall
For his incisive editorials that analyzed California's troubled state government, prescribed remedies and served as a model for addressing complex state issues.
2008 Prize Winners
The Washington Post
in exposing mistreatment of wounded veterans at Walter Reed Hospital, evoking a national outcry and producing reforms by federal officials.
David Umhoefer
For his stories on the skirting of tax laws to pad pensions of county employees, prompting change and possible prosecution of key figures.
David Lang
Co-commissioned by the Carnegie Hall Corporation and The Perth Theater and Concert Hall, and premiered October 25, 2007 in Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York City (G. Schirmer, Inc.).
Staff
For its exceptional, multi-faceted coverage of the deadly shooting rampage at Virginia Tech, telling the developing story in print and online.