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Spot News Reporting
For a distinguished example of local reporting of spot news, three thousand dollars ($3,000).
Year
Winners
Finalists
1997
1997
Staff of
Newsday
, Long Island, NY
For its enterprising coverage of the crash of TWA Flight 800 and its aftermath.
Finalists:
Staff of
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Staff of
The St. Petersburg Times
Staff of
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Staff of
The St. Petersburg Times
1996
1996
Robert D. McFadden of
The New York Times
For his highly skilled writing and reporting on deadline during the year.
Finalists:
Staff of
The Eagle-Tribune
, Lawrence, MA
Staff of
Los Angeles Times
Staff of
The Eagle-Tribune
, Lawrence, MA
Staff of
Los Angeles Times
1995
1995
Staff of
Los Angeles Times
For its reporting on January 17, 1994, of the chaos and devastation in the aftermath of the Northridge earthquake.
Finalists:
Staff of
The New York Times
Staff of
Rocky Mountain News
, Denver, CO
Staff of
The New York Times
Staff of
Rocky Mountain News
, Denver, CO
1994
1994
Staff of
The New York Times
For its comprehensive coverage of the bombing of Manhattan's World Trade Center.
Finalists:
Robert D. McFadden of
The New York Times
Staff of
Los Angeles Times
Robert D. McFadden of
The New York Times
Staff of
Los Angeles Times
1993
1993
Staff of
Los Angeles Times
For balanced, comprehensive, penetrating coverage under deadline pressure of the second, most destructive day of the Los Angeles riots.
Finalists:
Staff of
The Miami Herald
Staff of
Spokane (WA) Spokesman-Review
Staff of
The Miami Herald
Staff of
Spokane (WA) Spokesman-Review
1992
1992
Staff of
Newsday
, Long Island, NY
For coverage of a midnight subway derailment in Manhattan that left five passengers dead and more than 200 injured.
Finalists:
Staff of
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Staff of
Vineyard Gazette
, an Edgartown, MA weekly
Staff of
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Staff of
Vineyard Gazette
, an Edgartown, MA weekly
1991
1991
Staff of
The Miami Herald
For stories profiling a local cult leader, his followers, and their links to several area murders.
Finalists:
Staff of
The Detroit News
Staff of
Newsday
, Long Island, New York
Staff of
The Detroit News
Staff of
Newsday
, Long Island, New York