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The 1993 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in Editorial Writing

Finalist: Lexington (KY) Herald-Leader , by Larry Dale Keeling

For his clear and persuasive editorials decrying corruption and advocating reform in the Kentucky legislature.

Finalists

Nominated as finalists in Editorial Writing in 1993:

Editorial Staff

For a campaign that focussed attention on a neglected area of the city and generated an immediate civic response to the newspaper's suggestions for change.

Robert M. Landauer

For a bold campaign to defuse myths and prejudice promoted by an anti-homosexual constitutional amendment, which was subsequently defeated.

The Jury

L. John Haile(Chair)

Editor, Orlando Sentinel

David B. Cooper

Associate Editor, Akron Beacon Journal

Warren L. Lerude*

Professor of Journalism, University of Nevada, Reno

Drake Mabry

Editor, Ames Daily Tribune

Lori Rodriguez

Minority Affairs Writer/Columnist, Houston Chronicle

Winners in Editorial Writing

1992

Maria Henson

For her editorials about battered women in Kentucky, which focused statewide attention on the problem and prompted significant reforms.
1990

Thomas J. Hylton

For his editorials about a local bond issue for the preservation of farmland and other open space in rural Pennsylvania.
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1993 Prize Winners

Commentary

Liz Balmaseda

For her commentary from Haiti about deteriorating political and social conditions and her columns about Cuban-Americans in Miami.
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