Finalist: The New York Times , by Keith Bradsher
For his reporting that disclosed safety and environmental problems posed by sport utility vehicles and other light trucks.
Winners
Prize Winner in Beat Reporting in 1998:
Linda Greenhouse
For her consistently illuminating coverage of the United States Supreme Court.
Beat Reporting
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Beat Reporting in 1998:
Jason DeParle
For his coverage of the successes and frustrations of the national effort to reform welfare.
Laurie Garrett
For her reporting on the public health care crisis in the countries of the former Soviet Union.
The Jury
The Jury
Kay Tucker Addis(chair )
editor
Rebecca Corbett
assistant managing editor/projects
Anders Gyllenhaal
executive editor
Robert Hodierne
national editor/deputy bureau chief
Mel Opotowsky
managing editor
Winners in Beat Reporting
Byron Acohido
For his coverage of the aerospace industry, notably an exhaustive investigation of rudder control problems on the Boeing 737, which contributed to new FAA requirements for major improvements.
Bob Keeler
For his detailed portrait of a progressive local Catholic parish and its parishioners.
David Shribman
For his analytical reporting on Washington developments and the national scene.
Eric Freedman and Jim Mitzelfeld
For dogged reporting that disclosed flagrant spending abuses at Michigan's House Fiscal Agency.
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.