Finalist: Montgomery (AL) Advertiser , by Staff
For its probe of questionable management practices and self-interest at the Southern Poverty Law Center, the nation's best-endowed civil rights charity.
Winners
Prize Winner in Explanatory Journalism in 1995:
Leon Dash and Lucian Perkins
For their profile of a District of Columbia family's struggle with destructive cycles of poverty, illiteracy, crime and drug abuse.
Explanatory Journalism
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Explanatory Journalism in 1995:
Ron Suskind
For his stories about inner-city honor students in Washington, D.C. and their determination to survive and prosper.
The Jury
The Jury
Paul E. Steiger(chair )
managing editor
Caesar Andrews
executive editor
Foster Davis
managing editor
Robert D. Ingle
vice president/new media
Cynthia Thcker
editorial page editor
Winners in Explanatory Journalism
Ronald Kotulak
For his lucid coverage of current developments in neurological science.
Mike Toner
For "When Bugs Fight Back," a series that explored the diminishing effectiveness of antibiotics and pesticides.
Robert S. Capers and Eric Lipton
For a series about the flawed Hubble Space Telescope that illustrated many of the problems plaguing America's space program.
Susan C. Faludi
For a report on the leveraged buy-out of Safeway Stores, Inc., that revealed the human costs of high finance.
1995 Prize Winners
David Shribman
For his analytical reporting on Washington developments and the national scene.
Jim Dwyer
For his compelling and compassionate columns about New York City.
Margo Jefferson
For her book reviews and other cultural criticism.