Print Division
DAILY NEWSPAPERS- Writing & Reporting 
Spot News Reporting or News Series, circulation up to 50,000
First Place: Melvin Claxton
Virgin Islands Daily News, "Cheating Our Children"
Second Place: Anderson (SC) Independent-Mail
"Roads to Ruin"
Third Place: Erik Engquist
The Mercury, Pottstown (PA), "Dying for Your Dollars"
Spot News Reporting or News Series, circulation 50,000 - 150,000
First Place: The State, Columbia, SC
"Rape in the Military"
Second Place: Greenville (SC) News
Melinda Gladfelder "Disaster on the Reedy"
Third Place: Honolulu Advertiser
"Seven Hours of Terror"
Spot News Reporting or News Series, circulation over 150,000
First Place: Newsday
"TWA Flight 800"
Second Place: Elizabeth A. Marchak
The Plain Dealer, Cleveland "The FAA and ValuJet Airline"
Third Place: Judy Foreman
Boston Globe "Choosing a Good Death"
Local Interest Column on a Variety of Subjects
First Place: Gregory Kane
Baltimore Sun
Second Place: Eileen McNamara
Boston Globe
Third Place: Robin Abcarian
Los Angeles Times
Special or Feature Column
First Place: Leonard Pitts
Miami Herald "Pitts at Large"
Second Place: Howard Rosenberg
Los Angeles Times "Television"
Third Place: Keven Ann Willey
Arizona Republic "Politics"
Editorial Cartoons
First Place: Ann Telnaes
North Americas Syndicate
Second Place: Gary Markstein
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Third Place: Robert Ariail
The State, Columbia, SC
Editorial Writing by an Individual
First Place: Margaretta Downey
Poughkeepsie Journal
Second Place: Robert E. Ingle
Courier Post,Camden, NJ
Third Place: Mark Lane
Daytona Beach News Journal
Sports Writing or Sports Column by an Individual
First Place: Mitch Albom
Detroit Free Press
Second Place: Bill Plaschke
Los Angeles Times
Third Place: Roger Thurow
Wall Street Journal
Feature Writing on Variety of Subjects
First Place: Jonathan Kaufman
Wall Street Journal "Common People, Uncommon Stories"
Second Place: Bonnie Weston
Orange County Register "Teen Parenthood"
Third Place: Kimberly Hayes Taylor
Star Tribune, Minneapolis "A Family Faces Death"
Investigative Reporting
First Place: Los Angeles Times
"Money from Asia"
Second Place: Charles Sennott
Boston Globe "Armed for Profit"
Third Place: Keith Epstein and Bill Sloat
The Plain Dealer, Cleveland "Drug Tests Without Consent"
Public Service
First Place
BEST OF SHOW:
Byron Acohido
Seattle Times "Safety in the Skies"
Second Place: Lee Melsek
News-Press, Fort Myers "Florida's Medical Shame"
Third Place: Mobile Press Register
"Alabama Cut Short"
MAGAZINES - Writing & Reporting 
Coverage of a Major News Event or Topic
First Place: Evan Thomas and team
Newsweek "Clinton Election Coverage"
Second Place: Richard Behar
Fortune Magazine "Taking on the New York Mob"
Third Place: ARTnews
"Betrayal of Russian Avant-Garde"
Feature Writing on a Variety of Subjects
First Place: Lisa DePaulo
Philadelphia Magazine
Second Place: Wray Herbert
US News and World Report
Third Place: Thomas Tock
US News and World Report
Special Column on One Subject
First Place: Barbara Ehrenreich
Time Magazine
Second Place: Jonathan Alter
Newsweek
Third Place: Jane Bryant Quinn
Newsweek
NEWS SERVICES AND SYNDICATES - Writing & Reporting 
Coverage of a Major News Event or Topic
First Place: S. Lynne Walker
Copley News Service "Journey to the Promised Land"
Second Place: Associated Press
"TWA Flight 800"
Third Place: Ellen Hale and Elizabeth Neus
Gannett News Service "Hospitals: Selling or Selling Out?"
Feature Writing
First Place: Delia M. Rios
Newhouse News Service "Gender Beat"
Second Place: Sharon Cohen
Associated Press "Corporate Street Gang"
Third Place: Mitchell Landsberg
Associated Press
Special Feature Column on One Subject by an Individual
First Place: Jonathan Tilove
Newhouse News Service "The Racial Beat"
Second Place: Mary Kane
Newhouse News Service "Directors Feeling Heat"
Third Place: No Award Given
PHOTOGRAPHY AND GRAPHICS FOR DAILY NEWSPAPER, MAGAZINES, NEWS SERVICES AND SYNDICATES 
Spot News Photography, Single Photo
First Place: Jim MacMillan
Philadelphia Daily News
Second Place: Annie Wells
Santa Rose (CA) "Press Democrat"
Third Place: Richard Hartog
The Outlook, Santa Monica
Feature Photography, Newspapers
First Place: Clarence Williams
Los Angeles Times
Second Place: John Keating
Newsday
Third Place: Smiley N. Pool
Houston Chronicle
Sports Photography, Single Photo
First Place:

Barry Chin
Boston Globe

Second Place:

Audrey C. Tiernan
Newsday

Third Place:

Smiley N. Pool
Houston Chronicle

Spot News Photography, Magazines, News Services, Syndicates
First Place
BEST OF SHOW:
John McConnico
Associated Press
Second Place: David Hume Kennerly
Newsweek
Third Place: Mark Lennihan
Associated Press
Feature Photography - Magazines, News Services, Syndicates
First Place: Alexander Zemlianichenko
Associated Press
Second Place: Amel Emric
Associated Press
Third Place: David Hume Kennerly
Newsweek
Sports Photography - Magazines, News Services, Syndicates
First Place:

Jack Smith
Associated Press

Second Place:

David Burnett
Time Magazine

Third Place:

David Guttenfelder
Associated Press

Informational Graphics by an Individual or Team - Newspapers
First Place
BEST OF SHOW:
Steve Cowden
The Oregonian
Second Place: Raoul Ranoa
San Bernardino Co., Sun
Third Place: Ken Oelerich
Los Angeles Times
Illustrative Graphics by an Individual or Team - Newspapers
First Place:

Randy Palmer
Dayton Daily News

Second Place:

Steve Cowden
The Oregonian

Third Place:

John Deering
Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Graphics, either Informational or Illustrative - Magazines, News Services, Syndicates
First Place:

Tracie Tso
Associated Press

Second Place:

Frank A. Pompa
Gannett News Service

Third Place:

Tylor Durand
Associated Press

BEST OF SHOW:
1997 Mall Dodson 
"Best of Show" Award - Photography

BEST OF SHOW:
1997 Jake Weiner
"Best of Show" Award - Print Division