Finalist: The Seattle Times , by Staff
For its enterprising coverage of the many local connections to the ex-soldier and his teenage companion arrested in the sniper attacks in the Washington, D.C. region.
Winners
Prize Winner in Breaking News Reporting in 2003:
Staff
For its detailed, well-crafted stories on the accidental drowning of four boys in the Merrimack River.
Breaking News Reporting
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Breaking News Reporting in 2003:
Staff
For its compelling and comprehensive coverage of the sniper killings that terrorized the Washington-Baltimore region.
The Jury
The Jury
Ellen Soeteber(chair )
editor
Carole Leigh Hutton
executive editor
Peter Kovacs
managing editor
Alex McLeod
managing editor
Carlos Sanchez
editor
Winners in Breaking News Reporting
Staff
For its comprehensive and insightful coverage, executed under the most difficult circumstances, of the terrorist attack on New York City, which recounted the day's events and their implications for the future.
Staff
For its balanced and gripping on-the-scene coverage of the pre-dawn raid by federal agents that took the Cuban boy Elian Gonzalez from his Miami relatives and reunited him with his Cuban father.
Staff
For its clear and balanced coverage of the student massacre at Columbine High School.
Staff
For its clear and detailed coverage of a shooting rampage in which a state lottery worker killed four supervisors then himself.
2003 Prize Winners
Diana K. Sugg
For her absorbing, often poignant stories that illuminated complex medical issues through the lives of people.
Photography Staff
For its powerful, imaginative coverage of Colorado's raging forest fires.
Staff
For its detailed, well-crafted stories on the accidental drowning of four boys in the Merrimack River.