The Tribune , by Photo Staff
For photographs of devastation caused by the Bay Area earthquake of October 17, 1989.
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Spot News Photography in 1990:
A photographer (presently unnamed)
For a photograph of the funeral bier of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini surrounded by a mob of emotional mourners.
David C. Turnley
For photographs of the political uprisings in China and Eastern Europe.
Jeff Widener
For a photograph of an unidentified man blocking the path of a procession of tanks in Beijing.
The Jury
The Jury
Marty Perry(Chair)
Vice President/Operations, Hartford Courant
Manny Crisostomo*
Special Projects Photographer, Detroit Free Press
William German
Executive Editor, San Francisco Chronicle
David Medina
Cable Access Coordinator, Office of the Bronx Borough President
Robert W. Ritter
General News Executive, Gannett
Winners in Spot News Photography
Ron Olshwanger
For a picture published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch of a firefighter giving mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to a child pulled from a burning building.
Scott Shaw
For his photograph of the child Jessica McClure being rescued from the well into which she had fallen.
Kim Komenich
For his photographic coverage of the fall of Ferdinand Marcos.
Carol Guzy and Michel du Cille
For their photographs of the devastation caused by the eruption of the Nevado del Ruiz volcano in Colombia.
1990 Prize Winners
Jim Murray
For his sports columns.
Allan Temko
For his architecture criticism.