Finalist: Bloomberg News , by Paula Dwyer and Mark Whitehouse
For their analysis of and prescription for the European debt crisis, dealing with important technical questions in ways that the average readers could grasp.
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Editorial Writing in 2012:
Aki Soga and Michael Townsend
For their campaign that resulted in the state's first reform of open government laws in 35 years, reducing legal obstacles that helped shroud the work of government officials.
Tim Nickens, Joni James, John Hill and Robyn Blumner
For editorials that examined the policies of a new, inexperienced governor and their impact on the state, using techniques that stretched the typical editorial format and caused the governor to mend some of his ways.
The Jury
The Jury
Richard Coe(chair )
editorial page editor
Bob Davis
editor
Scott Gillespie
editorial page editor and vice president
Carolyn Washburn
editor and vice president
Beverly Weintraub*
editorial writer
Winners in Editorial Writing
Joseph Rago
For his well crafted, against-the-grain editorials challenging the health care reform advocated by President Obama.
Tod Robberson, Colleen McCain Nelson and William McKenzie
For their relentless editorials deploring the stark social and economic disparity between the city's better-off northern half and distressed southern half.
Mark Mahoney
For his relentless, down-to-earth editorials on the perils of local government secrecy, effectively admonishing citizens to uphold their right to know.
No award
No award.
2012 Prize Winners
No award
No award
Manning Marable
An exploration of the legendary life and provocative views of one of the most significant African-Americans in U.S. history, a work that separates fact from fiction and blends the heroic and tragic.
John Lewis Gaddis
An engaging portrait of a globetrotting diplomat whose complicated life was interwoven with the Cold War and America's emergence as the world's dominant power.
Tracy K. Smith
A collection of bold, skillful poems, taking readers into the universe and moving them to an authentic mix of joy and pain.