For a distinguished example of reporting on national affairs,
Three thousand dollars ($3,000).
Awarded to Alix M. Freedman of The Wall Street Journal for her
coverage of the tobacco industry, including a report that exposed how
ammonia additives heighten nicotine potency.
Also nominated as finalists in this category were: Russell Carollo,
Carol Hernandez and Jeff Nesmith of the Dayton (Ohio) Daily
News for their reporting on lenient handling of sexual misconduct
cases by the military justice system, and David Maraniss and Michael
Weiskopf of The Washington Post for their accounts of the way
the Republican takeover of the House of Representatives played out
during 1995.