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| PUBLIC SERVICE [Nominated Finalist] |
Washington Post For the work of Sari Horwitz, Scott Higham and Sarah Cohen for a series that exposed the District of Columbia's role in the neglect and death of 229 children placed in protective care between 1993 and 2000, which prompted an overhaul of the city's child welfare system. | |
| PUBLIC SERVICE [Nominated Finalist] |
The Washington Post For its sustained and often groundbreaking coverage that informed and aided the nation as it grappled with the complex and varied issues stemming from the September 11th terrorist attacks on America and their aftermath. | |
| BREAKING NEWS REPORTING [Nominated Finalist] |
New York Times Staff For its eloquent and precise coverage of the September 11th terrorist attacks that captured the gravity, drama and historic dimension of the day's events. | |
| BREAKING NEWS REPORTING [Nominated Finalist] |
Staff of Daily News, New York For its vivid and detailed on-scene coverage of the September 11th terrorist attacks on New York City. | |
| INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING [Nominated Finalist] |
Dayton Daily News Staff For its ambitious global examination of the ethical issues surrounding the recruiting of foreign athletes for American schools. | |
| INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING [Nominated Finalist] |
Duff Wilson and David Heath of Seattle Times For a penetrating investigation of a local cancer research center, reporting that some patients who died in two failed clinical trials were deprived of essential information about the trials' risks, and were given drugs in which the center and its doctors had a financial interest. | |
| INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING [Nominated Finalist] |
Craig Whitlock, David S. Fallis and April Witt of Washington Post For two series that documented systematic abuses, including excessive shootings and questionable murder confessions, in the Prince George's County police department. | |
| EXPLANATORY REPORTING [Nominated Finalist] |
New York Times Staff For its sustained explanatory reporting on the nature of the structural damage at "Ground Zero," the lower Manhattan area where the World Trade Center towers collapsed. | |
| EXPLANATORY REPORTING [Nominated Finalist] |
David Finkel of Washington Post For his illuminating series of articles on the lives and journeys of international migrants. | |
| BEAT REPORTING [Nominated Finalist] |
Patrick Healy of Boston Globe For his reporting on education, including a compassionate examination of student suicides at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and revelations of grade inflation at Harvard University, coverage that spawned reforms. | |
| BEAT REPORTING [Nominated Finalist] |
Jack Kelley* of USA Today For his wide-ranging and prescient reporting on centers of foreign terrorism, often conducted at personal risk. *In 2004, after investigating allegations of journalistic misconduct on the part of Mr. Kelley, USA Today concluded that four of the articles in this 2002 entry contained false information. Had the Board known of this at the time it would have disqualified the entry. Mr. Kelley defended his work in general but apologized for "serious mistakes." | |
| NATIONAL REPORTING [Nominated Finalist] |
Gregory L. Vistica of New York Times For his enterprising and nuanced reporting that disclosed Senator Bob Kerrey's role in a massacre during the Vietnam War. | |
| NATIONAL REPORTING [Nominated Finalist] |
Douglas M. Birch and Gary Cohn of Baltimore Sun For their series that suggested that university research on new drug therapies is being tainted by relationships with profit-seeking drug companies. | |
| INTERNATIONAL REPORTING [Nominated Finalist] |
Washington Post Staff For its comprehensive and insightful coverage of the war in Afghanistan and the international al Qaeda terror network. | |
| INTERNATIONAL REPORTING [Nominated Finalist] |
Dexter Filkins of New York Times For his gracefully-written and revealing dispatches from the war in Afghanistan. | |
| FEATURE WRITING [Nominated Finalist] |
Ellen Barry of Boston Globe For her empathetic and illuminating portrait of teenaged Sudanese boys resettled in the U.S. who must engage with American culture. | |
| FEATURE WRITING [Nominated Finalist] |
David Maraniss of Washington Post For his moving and textured reconstruction of the tragic events of September 11th, described through the actions of several key participants. | |
| COMMENTARY [Nominated Finalist] |
Michael Daly of Daily News, New York For his compassionate and humane columns, particularly those written after the terrorist attack on New York City. | |
| COMMENTARY [Nominated Finalist] |
Nat Hentoff of Village Voice, a New York City weekly For his persuasive and authoritative columns on the threats to American civil liberties following the September 11th terrorist attacks. | |
| CRITICISM [Nominated Finalist] |
John King of San Francisco Chronicle For his forcefully-expressed and engaging essays illustrating the role that architecture and urban design plays in the life of his city. | |
| CRITICISM [Nominated Finalist] |
Joseph Morgenstern of Wall Street Journal For his witty and commanding criticism of contemporary films. | |
| EDITORIAL WRITING [Nominated Finalist] |
Philadelphia Daily News Editorial Board For its crusade on behalf of the city's neglected parks. | |
| EDITORIAL WRITING [Nominated Finalist] |
William H. Freivogel of St. Louis Post-Dispatch For his editorials, passionate and powerful, opposing the nomination and policies of U.S. Attorney General John D. Ashcroft. | |
| EDITORIAL CARTOONING [Nominated Finalist] |
Ben Sargent of Austin American-Statesman. | |
| EDITORIAL CARTOONING [Nominated Finalist] |
Marshall Ramsey of Clarion-Ledger, Jackson, Miss. | |
| BREAKING NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY [Nominated Finalist] |
Tyler Hicks and James Hill of New York Times For their comprehensive portfolio of dramatic yet humane images from the war in Afghanistan. | |
| BREAKING NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY [Nominated Finalist] |
Thomas E. Franklin of Record, Hackensack, N.J. For his memorable photograph of three firefighters raising an American flag amidst the wreckage of the World Trade Center towers. | |
| FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY [Nominated Finalist] |
J. Albert Diaz of Miami Herald For his diverse images portraying American life in the sprawl of south Florida's Broward County. | |
| FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY [Nominated Finalist] |
Mike Stocker, A. Enrique Valentin and Hilda M. Perez of Sun-Sentinel For their compelling and explanatory images illustrating the devastating impact of AIDS in the Caribbean. | |
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| FICTION [Nominated Finalist] |
The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) | |
| FICTION [Nominated Finalist] |
John Henry Days by Colson Whitehead (Doubleday) | |
| DRAMA [Nominated Finalist] |
The Glory of Living by Rebecca Gilman | |
| DRAMA [Nominated Finalist] |
Yellowman by Dael Orlandersmith | |
| HISTORY [Nominated Finalist] |
Deep Souths: Delta, Piedmont, and the Sea Island Society in the Age of Segregation by J. William Harris (The Johns Hopkins University Press) | |
| HISTORY [Nominated Finalist] |
Facing East from Indian Country: A Native History of Early America by Daniel K. Richter (Harvard University Press) | |
| BIOGRAPHY OR AUTOBIOGRAPHY [Nominated Finalist] |
An Hour Before Daylight: Memories of a Rural Boyhood by Jimmy Carter (Simon & Schuster) | |
| BIOGRAPHY OR AUTOBIOGRAPHY [Nominated Finalist] |
Grant by Jean Edward Smith (Simon & Schuster) | |
| POETRY [Nominated Finalist] |
The Seven Ages by Louise Glück (The ECCO Press/HarperCollins) | |
| POETRY [Nominated Finalist] |
The Beforelife by Franz Wright (Alfred A. Knopf) | |
| GENERAL NON-FICTION [Nominated Finalist] |
War in a Time of Peace: Bush, Clinton, and the Generals by David Halberstam (Scribner) | |
| GENERAL NON-FICTION [Nominated Finalist] |
The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression by Andrew Solomon (Scribner) | |
| MUSIC [Nominated Finalist] |
Rilke Songs by Peter Lieberson Premiered on July 18, 2001, in Santa Fe, NM. | |
| MUSIC [Nominated Finalist] |
Ten of a Kind (Symphony No.2) by David Rakowski Premiered on May 20, 2001 at George Mason University, Fairfax, VA. | |
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