For distinguished editorial writing, the test of excellence being clearness of style, moral purpose, sound reasoning and power to influence public opinion in what the writer conceives to be the right direction, due account being taken of the whole volume of the editorial writer’s work during the year, Three thousand dollars ($3,000).
The Birmingham (AL) News , by Ron Casey, Harold Jackson and Joey Kennedy
For their editorial campaign analyzing inequities in Alabama's tax system and proposing needed reforms.
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Editorial Writing in 1991:
Martin F. Nolan
For his editorial series "Why Politics Stinks," which called for reform of the nation's troubled political system.
Seth Lipsky
For his editorials on a variety of national issues, including some of specific interest to the American Jewish community.
The Jury
The Jury
David V. Hawpe(Chair)
Editor, The Courier Journal
Richard M. Estrada
Editorial Staff Writer and Columnist, The Dallas Morning News
Jonathan Freedman*
Columnist and Editorial Writer, San Diego, Calif.
Murray B. Light
Editor and Senior Vice President, The Buffalo News
William F. Woo
Editor, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Winners in Editorial Writing
Thomas J. Hylton
For his editorials about a local bond issue for the preservation of farmland and other open space in rural Pennsylvania.
Lois Wille
For her editorials on a variety of local issues.
Jane Healy
For her series of editorials protesting overdevelopment of Florida's Orange County.
Jonathan Freedman
For his editorials urging passage of the first major immigration reform act in 34 years.
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.
David Shaw
For his critiques of the way in which the media, including his own paper, reported the McMartin Pre-School child molestation case.