Print Division
DAILY NEWSPAPERS- Writing & Reporting 
Spot News Reporting or News Series, circulation up to 50,000
First Place: Tina Griego
Albuquerque Tribune “New Mexico's Big Gamble”
Second Place: Erik Engquist
The Mercury “Power To The People”
Third Place: No Award Given
Spot News Reporting or News Series, circulation 50,000 - 150,000
First Place: Pensacola News Journal
Staff “Pensacola's Brownsville Revival”
Second Place: Regina Brett
Akron Beacon Journal “Hicks Babies”
Third Place: Richard Marosi
Home News Tribune “Courting Disaster; Perth Amboy's Troubled Fire Dept.”
Spot News Reporting or News Series, circulation over 150,000
First Place: Duff Wilson
The Seattle Times ”Fear in the Fields: How Hazardous Wastes Become Fertilizer”
Second Place: Bruce Bigelow
San Diego Union-Tribune “The Toymaker”
Third Place: Detroit Free Press
Staff “The Suicide Machine”
Local Interest Column on a Variety of Subjects
First Place: Nicole Brodeur 
Raleigh News & Observer
Second Place: Carl Hiaasen
Miami Herald: Local Interest Column on Variety of Subjects
Third Place: John L. Smith
Las Vegas Review-Journal: Local Interest Columns
Special or Feature Column
First Place: Nicole Piscopo
The Palm Beach Post, West Palm Beach, fashion
Second Place: Bill Finch
Mobile Register, Plain Gardening
Third Place: Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times, Ebert's Great Movies
Editorial Cartoons
First Place: Doug Marlette  
Newsday
Second Place: Steve Kelley
San Diego Union-Tribune
Third Place: Tom Toles
U.S. News & World Report
Editorial Writing by an Individual
First Place: Jay Bookman
Atlanta Journal-Constitution "Growing A New Atlanta"
Second Place: Bill Leonard
Des Moines Register “Editorials”
Third Place: Kate Stanley
Star Tribune “Learning to Die”
Sports Writing or Sports Column by an Individual
First Place: Steve Hummer
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Second Place: Joe Posnanski
The Kansas City Star
Third Place: Rosemarie Ross
The Mercury “The Harder They Fall”
Feature Writing on Variety of Subjects
First Place: Cynthia Crossen
The Wall Street Journal ”Funny Business”
Second Place: Anne Hull
St. Petersburg Times: Variety of subjects
Third Place: Mary Carole McCauley
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Feature Writing
Investigative Reporting
First Place  BEST OF SHOW IN PRINT  DIVISION: Russell Carollo & Jeff Nesmith
Dayton Daily News “Unnecessary Danger”
Second Place: Steven Goldsmith
Seattle Post Intelligencer “Ranks of Foster Children”
Third Place: Los Angeles Times
Staff “The Spreading Stain of Illegal-Fund-Raising”
Public Service
First Place: The Baltimore Sun
Reading By 9
Second Place: Asbury Park Staff
What Ails Asbury?
Third Place: The Arizona Republic
Homes Without Hope, Preying on Elderly
MAGAZINES - Writing & Reporting 
Coverage of a Major News Event or Topic
First Place: Mark Hunter
The American “Super-Preemies: The Miracle and the Shame”
Second Place: Christopher Dickey & Team
Newsweek “Princess Diana 1961-1977”
Third Place: Burney Simpson
The Chicago Reporter “Zoned Out”
Feature Writing on a Variety of Subjects
First Place: Bill Gifford
Philadelphia Magazine
Second Place: Robert Hughes
Time Magazine
Third Place: Stephen Rodrick 
Philadelphia Magazine
Special Column on One Subject
First Place: Michael Meyerhoff
Hemispheres
Second Place: Robert J. Samuelson
Newsweek
Third Place: Loren Feldman
Philadelphia Magazine
NEWS SERVICES AND SYNDICATES - Writing & Reporting 
Coverage of a Major News Event or Topic
First Place: Marcus Stern
Copley News Service “Illegal Immigration”
Second Place: Associated Press
“Massacre in Zaire”
Third Place: Hearst Newspapers
Hearst Corporation/Hearst News Service “Handguns in America”
Feature Writing
First Place: Sharon Cohen
Associated Press
Second Place: Julia Prodis
Associated Press
Third Place: Mary Otto
Knight Ridder Newspapers, Washington Bureau
Special Feature Column on One Subject by an Individual
First Place: Dave Wood
Newhouse News Service “National Security Issues”
Second Place: Beth Frerking
Newhouse News Service “Family & Children”
Third Place: Rick Horowitz
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel “Fame That Fades, Fame That Lasts”
PHOTOGRAPHY AND GRAPHICS FOR DAILY NEWSPAPER, MAGAZINES, NEWS SERVICES AND SYNDICATES 
Spot News Photography, Single Photo
First Place: Martha Rial
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette “Facing Bigotry”
Second Place: John Davenport
San Antonio Express-News “Cries for Help”
Third Place: Mark Zaleski
San Bernardino County Sun “Child Flirts with Death”
Feature Photography, Single Photo
First Place: Steve Nehl
The Oregonian “Hale-Bopp”
Second Place: Kristy MacDonald
The Spokesman-Review “I Know How You Feel”
Third Place: Paul Joseph Brown
Seattle Post-Intelligencer “Keiko, The Famous Killer Whale has 
early morning meeting with trainer”
Sports Photography, Single Photo
First Place: Dave Einsel
Houston Chronicle “Brett Favre Just Makes a Touchdown During Superbowl XXXI”
Second Place: Jerry W. Hoefer
Fort Worth Star-Telegram “Diving in Sync”
Third Place: Michael E. Keating
The Cincinnati Enquirer “Fall in the Home Stretch”
Spot News Photography, Single Photo
First Place: Santiago Lyon
Associated Press “Anarchy in Albania”
Second Place: John Moore
Associated Press “Mourning Mother”
Third Place: Heidi Levine
Associated Press ”Israeli Assault”
Feature Photography, Single Photo
First Place: Carlos Osorio
Associated Press “Presidential Portrait”
Second Place: Diana Walker
Time Magazine “Chelsea Clinton & the President Preparing for a Portrait”
Third Place: Joao Silva
Associated Press “Diana in Angola”
Sports Photography, Single Photo
First Place: Elise Amendola
Associated Press “Love Under the Rainbow”
Second Place: John Bazemore
Associated Press “Jubilant Jeff”
Third Place: Charles Rex Arbogast
Associated Press “On The Ropes”
Informational Graphics
First Place:
Rick Steinhauser/Brad Guigar
Akron Beacon Journal
Second Place:
Dan Garrow
The News Journal
Third Place:
Philadelphia Daily News
Illustrative Graphics
First Place:
Daniel Marsula
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Second Place:
Dennis Balogh
Akron Beacon Journal
Third Place:
Lina Lawson
Palm Beach Post
Graphics, either Informational or Illustrative
First Place:
Frank Pompa
Gannett News Service
Second Place:
Justin Gilbert
Associated Press
Third Place:
William Castello
Associated Press