Finalist: The Boston Globe , by Staff
For the work of Dolores Kong and Robert Whitaker that disclosed how, for decades, psychiatric researchers callously performed drug experiments on mentally ill patients.
Winners
Prize Winner in Public Service in 1999:
The Washington Post
For its series that identified and analyzed patterns of reckless gunplay by city police officers who had little training or supervision.
Public Service
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Public Service in 1999:
Staff
For its series that explained how local police routinely manipulated crime statistics to make the city appear safer.
The Jury
The Jury
James M. Naughton(chair )
president
Jane Amari
executive editor
Reid Ashe
publisher
Ken Brusic
executive editor
David M. Rubin
dean, S.J. Newhouse School of Public Communications
Morris Thompson
assistant foreign editor
Thomas Winship
chairman
Winners in Public Service
Grand Forks (ND) Herald
For its sustained and informative coverage, vividly illustrated with photographs, that helped hold its community together in the wake of flooding, a blizzard and a fire that devastated much of the city, including the newspaper plant itself.
The Times-Picayune
For its comprehensive series analyzing the conditions that threaten the world's supply of fish.
The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC)
For the work of Melanie Sill, Pat Stith and Joby Warrick on the environmental and health risks of waste disposal systems used in North Carolina's growing hog industry.
The Virgin Islands Daily News
For its disclosure of the links between the region's rampant crime rate and corruption in the local criminal justice system. The reporting, largely the work of Melvin Claxton, initiated political reforms.
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.