For a distinguished example of beat reporting, Three thousand dollars ($3,000).

Awarded to David Shribman of The Boston Globe for his analytical reporting on Washington developments and the national scene.

David Shribman receiving his 1995 Pulitzer Prize from Columbia President George Rupp.

Finalists

Nominated by the jury as finalists in this category were: Michael J. Berens of The Columbus (OH) Dispatch for a series revealing inequities in the county municipal court system, including the widespread jailing of individuals too poor to pay fines for minor offenses and the release of other, more serious offenders who were able to pay; Jason DeParle of The New York Times for Washington, D.C., welfare and social policy coverage that focused on the condition of the poor and Federal Covernment actions affecting them, and Tom Hallman Jr. of The Oregonian, Portland, for the series "Extreme Indifference," on the prosecution of a drunken driver convicted of killing four pedestrians, and for his reporting on public safety. The winner was entered and nominated in the National Reporting category and was moved by The Pulitzer Prize Board to Beat Reporting.