Finalist: Star Tribune , by Staff
For a series examining race relations and racial attitudes in the state, including those prevailing at the newspaper itself.
Winners
Prize Winner in Public Service in 1991:
Des Moines Register
For reporting by Jane Schorer that, with the victim's consent, named a woman who had been raped --which prompt widespread reconsideration of the traditional media practice of concealing the identity of rape victims.
Public Service
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Public Service in 1991:
Staff
For a series by David Freed on the impact of the high crime rate on the city's criminal justice system, which prompted immediate steps toward reform.
The Jury
The Jury
Joseph Lelyveld(Chair)*
Managing Editor, The New York Times
Diane Graham
Deputy Managing Editor, Des Moines Register
Robert J. Haiman
President, Poynter Institute
Clarence Page*
Editorial Writer/Columnist, Chicago Tribune
Frank O. Sotomayor
Editor, Nuestro Tiempo, Los Angeles Times
Winners in Public Service
Washington (NC) Daily News
For revealing that the city's water supply was contaminated with carcinogens, a problem that the local government had neither disclosed nor corrected over a period of eight years.
Anchorage Daily News
For reporting about the high incidence of alcoholism and suicide among native Alaskans in a series that focused attention on their despair and resulted in various reforms.
The Charlotte Observer
For revealing misuse of funds by the PTL television ministry through persistent coverage conducted in the face of a massive campaign by PTL to discredit the newspaper.
The Pittsburgh Press
For reporting by Andrew Schneider and Matthew Brelis, which revealed the inadequacy of the FAA's medical screening of airline pilots and led to significant reforms.
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.