For a distinguished example of local reporting of spot news, three thousand dollars ($3,000).
Los Angeles Times , by Staff
For balanced, comprehensive, penetrating coverage under deadline pressure of the second, most destructive day of the Los Angeles riots.
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Spot News Reporting in 1993:
Staff
For its sensitive reporting of the failed legal battle fought by parents of a child born without a brain to donate the child's organs before her death.
Staff
For detailed, often exclusive reporting of an 11-day clash in Northern Idaho between an armed white separatist and 300 law enforcement officers.
The Jury
The Jury
Bob Herbert(Chair)
Columnist, New York Daily News
Gilbert Bailon
Assistant Managing Editor/Metro, The Dallas Morning News
Cole Campbell
Managing Editor, The Virginian-Pilot
William L. Ellison, Jr.
Associate Editor, The Courier Journal
Winners in Spot News Reporting
Staff
For coverage of a midnight subway derailment in Manhattan that left five passengers dead and more than 200 injured.
Staff
For stories profiling a local cult leader, his followers, and their links to several area murders.
1993 Prize Winners
Paul Ingrassia and Joseph B. White
For often exclusive coverage of General Motors' management turmoil.
Liz Balmaseda
For her commentary from Haiti about deteriorating political and social conditions and her columns about Cuban-Americans in Miami.
Michael Dirda
For his book reviews.