For a distinguished example of local reporting of spot news, three thousand dollars ($3,000).

Awarded to Robert D. McFadden of The New York Times for his highly skilled writing and reporting on deadline during the year.

Robert D. McFadden accepts the 1996 Pulitzer Prize in Spot News Reporting from George Rupp, Columbia University President.

Finalists

Also nominated as finalists in this category were: The Eagle-Tribune, Lawrence, Mass., for its coverage of a fire that leveled a local textile factory, the city's largest employer, and its devastating effects on the community, and Los Angeles Times staff for its coverage of the local and global impact of the purchase of Capital Cities/ABC Inc. by the Walt Disney Company.