For distinguished criticism, Three thousand dollars ($3,000).
Los Angeles Times , by David Shaw
For his critiques of the way in which the media, including his own paper, reported the McMartin Pre-School child molestation case.
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Criticism in 1991:
Christopher Knight
For his columns on art and artists.
Joyce Millman
For her television criticism.
Leslie Savan
For perceptive articles critiquing various forms of advertising.
The Jury
The Jury
David Hall(Chair)
Editor/Vice President, The Record, Hackensack, N.J.
Pam McAllister Johnson
Publisher, Ithaca Journal
Christopher Peck
Managing Editor, Spokesman-Review and Spokane (Wash.) Chronicle
Allan Temko
Architecture Critic, San Francisco Chronicle
Winners in Criticism
Allan Temko
For his architecture criticism.
Michael Skube
For his writing about books and other literary topics.
Tom Shales
For his television criticism.
Richard Eder
For his book reviews.
1991 Prize Winners
Natalie Angier
For her compelling and illuminating reports on a variety of scientific topics.
Jim Hoagland
For searching and prescient columns on events leading up to the Gulf War and on the political problems of Mikhail Gorbachev.