Finalist: The New York Times , by Staff
For its comprehensive coverage of the bombings of American embassies in Africa, which revealed crucial lapses in intelligence and security.
Winners
Prize Winner in International Reporting in 1999:
Staff
For its in-depth, analytical coverage of the Russian financial crisis.
International Reporting
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in International Reporting in 1999:
David Hoffman
For his gripping stories on the dangerous legacy of chemical and nuclear weapons in post-communist Russia.
The Jury
The Jury
Alvin Shuster(chair )
senior consulting editor
John Bussey
foreign editor
Joyce Davis
deputy foreign editor
John Maxwell Hamilton
dean, Manship School of Mass Communication
Orville Schell
dean, Graduate School of Journalism
Winners in International Reporting
Staff
For its revealing series that profiled the corrosive effects of drug corruption in Mexico.
John F. Burns
For his courageous and insightful coverage of the harrowing regime imposed on Afghanistan by the Taliban.
David Rohde
For his persistent on-site reporting of the massacre of thousands of Bosnian Muslims in Srebrenica.
Mark Fritz
For his reporting on the ethnic violence and slaughter in Rwanda.
1999 Prize Winners
Duke Ellington
Bestowed posthumously, commemorating the centennial year of his birth, in recognition of his musical genius, which evoked aesthetically the principles of democracy through the medium of jazz and thus made an indelible contribution to art and culture.
Chuck Philips and Michael A. Hiltzik
For their stories on corruption in the entertainment industry, including a charity sham sponsored by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, illegal detoxification programs for wealthy celebrities, and a resurgence of radio payola.
Staff
For its clear and detailed coverage of a shooting rampage in which a state lottery worker killed four supervisors then himself.