Finalist: News and Sentinel , by John Dennis Harrigan
For his coverage of a shooting spree that left five dead, including his newspaper's managing editor.
Winners
Prize Winner in Breaking News Reporting in 1998:
Staff
For its comprehensive coverage of a botched bank robbery and subsequent police shoot-out in North Hollywood.
Breaking News Reporting
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Breaking News Reporting in 1998:
Mike McAlary
For reporting on the brutalization of a Haitian immigrant by police officers at a Brooklyn stationhouse. (Moved by the Board to the Commentary category.)
The Jury
The Jury
Stuart Wilk(chair )
managing editor
Dawn Garcia
city editor
Ed Kelly
managing editor
James R. Osteen
executive editor
Jonathan Wolman
Washington bureau chief
1998 Prize Winners
George Gershwin
Awarded posthumously, commemorating the centennial year of his birth, for his distinguished and enduring contributions to American music.
Linda Greenhouse
For her consistently illuminating coverage of the United States Supreme Court.
Staff
For its comprehensive coverage of a botched bank robbery and subsequent police shoot-out in North Hollywood.