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1995 Pulitzer Prizes
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Journalism
Category
Winners
Finalists
Public Service
Public Service
The Virgin Islands Daily News, St. Thomas, VI
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.
Finalists:
Staff of
The Charlotte (NC) Observer
Staff of
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Investigative Reporting
Investigative Reporting
Brian Donovan and Stephanie Saul of
Newsday
, Long Island, NY
For their stories that revealed disability pension abuses by local police.
Finalists:
Dave Davis and Joan Mazzolini of
The Plain Dealer
, Cleveland, OH
Keith A. Harriston and Mary Pat Flaherty of
The Washington Post
National Reporting
National Reporting
Tony Horwitz of
The Wall Street Journal
For stories about working conditions in low-wage America.
Finalists:
David Shribman of
The Boston Globe
David Zucchino, Stephen Seplow and John Woestendiek of
The Philadelphia Inquirer
International Reporting
International Reporting
Mark Fritz of
Associated Press
For his reporting on the ethnic violence and slaughter in Rwanda.
Finalists:
Barbara Demick of
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Lewis M. Simons and Michael Zielenziger of
The Mercury News
, San Jose, CA
Feature Writing
Feature Writing
Ron Suskind of
The Wall Street Journal
For his stories about inner-city honor students in Washington, D.C., and their determination to survive and prosper.
Finalists:
David Finkel of
The Washington Post
Anne V. Hull of
The St. Petersburg (FL) Times
Fen Montaigne of
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Commentary
Commentary
Jim Dwyer of
Newsday
, Long Island, NY
For his compelling and compassionate columns about New York City.
Finalists:
Paul Gigot of
The Wall Street Journal
Carl T. Rowan of
Chicago Sun-Times
Criticism
Criticism
Margo Jefferson of
The New York Times
For her book reviews and other cultural criticism.
Finalists:
Stephen Hunter of
The Baltimore Sun
Dorothy Rabinowitz of
The Wall Street Journal
Editorial Writing
Editorial Writing
Jeffrey Good of
The St. Petersburg (FL) Times
For his editorial campaign urging reform of Florida's probate system for settling estates.
Finalists:
Bailey Thomson, Carol McPhail and David Thomasson of
Mobile (AL) Press Register
Editorial Staff of
The Des Moines (Iowa) Register
Feature Photography
Feature Photography
Staff of
Associated Press
For its portfolio of photographs chronicling the horror and devastation in Rwanda.
Finalists:
Carl Bower of
Newhouse News Service
Staff of
Long Beach (CA) Press-Telegram
Spot News Reporting
Spot News Reporting
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
Explanatory Journalism
Explanatory Journalism
Leon Dash and Lucian Perkins of
The Washington Post
For their profile of a District of Columbia family's struggle with destructive cycles of poverty, illiteracy, crime and drug abuse.
Finalists:
Ron Suskind of
The Wall Street Journal
Staff of
Montgomery (AL) Advertiser
Beat Reporting
Beat Reporting
David Shribman of
The Boston Globe
For his analytical reporting on Washington developments and the national scene.
Finalists:
Michael J. Berens of
The Columbus (OH) Dispatch
Tom Hallman Jr. of
The Oregonian
, Portland, OR
Jason DeParle of
The New York Times
Editorial Cartooning
Editorial Cartooning
Mike Luckovich of
The Atlanta Constitution
Finalists:
Robert L. Arail of
The State
, Columbia, SC
Jim Borgman of
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Spot News Photography
Spot News Photography
Carol Guzy of
The Washington Post
For her series of photographs illustrating the crisis in Haiti and its aftermath.
Finalists:
Denis Farrell of
Associated Press
David Leeson of
The Dallas Morning News
Special Citations
Books, Drama & Music
Category
Winners
Finalists
Fiction
Fiction
The Stone Diaries
, by Carol Shields (Viking)
Finalists:
What I Lived For
, by Joyce Carol Oates (Dutton)
The Collected Stories
, by Grace Paley (Farrar)
Drama
Drama
The Young Man From Atlanta
, by Horton Foote
Finalists:
The Cryptogram
, by David Mamet
Seven Guitars
, by August Wilson
History
History
No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II
, by Doris Kearns Goodwin (Simon & Schuster)
Finalists:
Stories of Scottsboro
, by James Goodman (Pantheon)
Lincoln in American Memory
, by Merrill D. Peterson (Oxford University Press)
Biography
Biography
Harriet Beecher Stowe: A Life
, by Joan D. Hedrick (Oxford University Press)
Finalists:
Hugo Black: A Biography
, by Roger K. Newman (Pantheon)
Saint-Exupery: A Biography
, by Stacy Schiff (Alfred A. Knopf)
Poetry
Poetry
The Simple Truth
, by Philip Levine (Alfred A. Knopf)
Finalists:
Cosmopolitan Greetings: Poems 1986-1992
, by Allen Ginsberg (HarperCollins)
On The Great Atlantic Rainway: Selected Poems 1950-1988 and One Train
, by Kenneth Koch (Alfred A. Knopf)
General Nonfiction
General Nonfiction
The Beak Of The Finch: A Story Of Evolution In Our Time
, by Jonathan Weiner (Alfred A. Knopf)
Finalists:
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: A Savannah Story
, by John Berendt (Random House)
How We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter
, by Sherwin B. Nuland (Alfred A. Knopf)
Music
Music
Stringmusic
, by Morton Gould
Premiered on March 10, 1994, by the National Symphony Orchestra at The John F. Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C..
Finalists:
Evensong
, by Donald Erb
Adam
, by Andrew Imbrie
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