For distinguished editorial writing, the test of excellence being clearness of style, moral purpose, sound reasoning and power to influence public opinion in what the writer conceives to be the right direction, due account being taken of the whole volume of the editorial writer’s work during the year, Three thousand dollars ($3,000).
Lexington (KY) Herald-Leader , by Maria Henson
For her editorials about battered women in Kentucky, which focused statewide attention on the problem and prompted significant reforms.
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Editorial Writing in 1992:
Henry Bryan
For his editorial campaign urging state support of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit System, the fourth largest mass-transit system in the nation.
Robert J. Gaydos
For his editorials on a variety of local and national issues.
The Jury
The Jury
F. Gilman Spencer(Chair)
Editor, Denver Post
John Haile
Editor, Orlando Sentinel
Harold Jackson*
Editorial Writer and Columnist, Birmingham (Ala.) News
Marcia McQuern
President and Executive Editor, Riverside (Calif.) Press-Enterprise
Bernard L. Stein*
Editor and Co-Publisher, Riverdale Press, Bronx, N.Y.
Winners in Editorial Writing
Ron Casey, Harold Jackson and Joey Kennedy
For their editorial campaign analyzing inequities in Alabama's tax system and proposing needed reforms.
Thomas J. Hylton
For his editorials about a local bond issue for the preservation of farmland and other open space in rural Pennsylvania.
Lois Wille
For her editorials on a variety of local issues.
Jane Healy
For her series of editorials protesting overdevelopment of Florida's Orange County.
1992 Prize Winners
Deborah Blum
For her series, "The Monkey Wars," which explored the complex ethical and moral questions surrounding primate research.
Anna Quindlen
For her compelling columns on a wide range of personal and political topics.