Finalist: The Philadelphia Inquirer , by Staff
For its powerful narrative coverage of the armed confrontation between police and philanthropist John DuPont following a murder at his estate.
Winners
Prize Winner in Spot News Reporting in 1997:
Staff
For its enterprising coverage of the crash of TWA Flight 800 and its aftermath.
Spot News Reporting
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Spot News Reporting in 1997:
Staff
For its thorough and balanced reporting of the circumstances surrounding the shooting of a young black man by a white police officer and the rioting that followed.
The Jury
The Jury
Richard A. Oppel(chair )
editor
James N. Crutchfield
senior vice president/executive editor
Catherine Shen
editor/vice president news (retired)
Julia Wallace
executive editor
Daniel J. Warner Sr.
editor
Winners in Spot News Reporting
Robert D. McFadden
For his highly skilled writing and reporting on deadline during the year.
Staff
For its reporting on January 17, 1994, of the chaos and devastation in the aftermath of the Northridge earthquake.
Staff
For its comprehensive coverage of the bombing of Manhattan's World Trade Center.
Staff
For balanced, comprehensive, penetrating coverage under deadline pressure of the second, most destructive day of the Los Angeles riots.
1997 Prize Winners
Byron Acohido
For his coverage of the aerospace industry, notably an exhaustive investigation of rudder control problems on the Boeing 737, which contributed to new FAA requirements for major improvements.
Eileen McNamara
For her many-sided columns on Massachusetts people and issues.
Tim Page
For his lucid and illuminating music criticism.