For a distinguished example of reporting on national affairs, Three thousand dollars ($3,000).

Albuquerque Tribune , by Eileen Welsome

For stories that related the experiences of Americans who had been used unknowingly in government radiation experiments nearly 50 years ago.

Finalists

Nominated as finalists in National Reporting in 1994:

For their investigation that identified rampant abuses of America's nonprofit tax laws.

For her coverage of the Midwestern flood of 1993 and other stories.

Washington bureau chief

executive editor

Washington bureau chief

deputy Washington bureau chief

editor

1993

For his revealing articles on the life and political record of candidate Bill Clinton.

1992

For their critical examination of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

1991

For reporting that disclosed hundreds of child abuse-related deaths go undetected each year as a result of errors by medical examiners.

1990

For coverage of the Exxon Valdez oil spill and its aftermath.

Beat Reporting

For dogged reporting that disclosed flagrant spending abuses at Michigan's House Fiscal Agency.

Biography

Commentary

For his compelling commentaries on a variety of social and political topics.

Criticism

For his skillful and resonant classical music criticism.