Finalist: San Francisco Chronicle , by William Carlsen and Reynolds Holding
For their compelling series chronicling the epidemic of health risks associated with the reckless use of unsafe hypodermic needles.
Winners
Prize Winner in Explanatory Reporting in 1999:
Richard Read
For vividly illustrating the domestic impact of the Asian economic crisis by profiling the local industry that exports frozen french fries.
Explanatory Reporting
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Explanatory Reporting in 1999:
Tom Brune
For his revealing analysis of the Washington state initiative on affirmative action that challenged accepted notions about practices that had been in place for three decades.
The Jury
The Jury
Helen W. Donovan(chair )
executive editor
Richard G. Ballantine
publisher
Anders Gyllenhaal
executive editor
Bennie L. Ivory
executive editor/vice president-news
Janet C. Leach
editor and vice president
Les Payne*
assistant managing editor
John Walter
managing editor
Winners in Explanatory Reporting
Paul F. Salopek
For his enlightening profile of the Human Genome Diversity Project, which seeks to chart the genetic relationship among all people.
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.