Finalist: The Washington Post , by Sebastian Mallaby
For his persistent and passionate editorials on the tragedy in the Darfur region of the Sudan.
Winners
Prize Winner in Editorial Writing in 2005:
Tom Philp
For his deeply researched editorials on reclaiming California's flooded Hetch Hetchy Valley that stirred action.
Editorial Writing
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Editorial Writing in 2005:
David Yarnold and Daniel Vasquez
For their forceful editorial campaign against unethical behavior in city hall that resulted in significant change.
The Jury
The Jury
Keith Woods(chair )
reporting, writing and editing group leader
Dionicio Flores
executive vice president and editor
Michael Goodwin
columnist
Sandra Long
deputy managing editor/news operations
Marcia McQuern
retired editor and publisher
Winners in Editorial Writing
William R. Stall
For his incisive editorials that analyzed California's troubled state government, prescribed remedies and served as a model for addressing complex state issues.
Cornelia Grumman
For her powerful, freshly challenging editorials on reform of the death penalty.
Alex Raksin and Bob Sipchen
For their comprehensive and powerfully written editorials exploring the issues and dilemmas provoked by mentally ill people dwelling on the streets.
David Moats
For his even-handed and influential series of editorials commenting on the divisive issues arising from civil unions for same-sex couples.
2005 Prize Winners
Amy Dockser Marcus
For her masterful stories about patients, families and physicians that illuminated the often unseen world of cancer survivors.
Staff
For its stunning series of photographs of bloody yearlong combat inside Iraqi cities.
Staff
For its comprehensive, clear-headed coverage of the resignation of New Jersey's governor after he announced he was gay and confessed to adultery with a male lover.