For a distinguished example of beat reporting, Five thousand dollars ($5,000).

Awarded to Linda Greenhouse of The New York Times for her consistently illuminating coverage of the United States Supreme Court.

Columbia University President, George Rupp, presents Linda Greenhouse with the Pulitzer Prize for Beat Reporting.

Finalists

Nominated as finalists in this category were: Keith Bradsher of The New York Times for his reporting that disclosed safety and environmental problems posed by sport utility vehicles and other light trucks, Jason DeParle of The New York Times for his coverage of the successes and frustrations of the national effort to reform welfare, and Laurie Garrett of Newsday, Long Island, NY, for her reporting on the public health care crisis in the regions of the former Soviet Union.