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

Awarded to Russell Carollo and Jeff Nesmith of Dayton Daily News for their reporting that disclosed dangerous flaws and mismanagement in the military health care system and prompted reforms.

Columbia University President George Rupp (right) presents Russell Carollo (left) and Jeff Nesmith with the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting.

Finalists

Also nominated as finalists in this category were: Douglas Frantz of The New York Times for his dogged reporting on the Church of Scientology, particularly its questionable relationship with the Internal Revenue Service, which granted the organization tax-exempt status, and David Wood of Newhouse News Service, Washington, D.C., for his fresh and revealing coverage of the U.S. military and the challenges facing it in the post-Cold War world.