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1987 Pulitzer Prize Board
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front row, left to right: J. Hoge, H. Gray. M. Sovern, R. Christopher, W. Phillips, M. Greenfield; back row, left to right: R. Baker, R. Wilkins, M. Gartner, B. Osborne, C. Sitton, F. Yu, C. Saikowski, E. Roberts, D. Laventhol, C.K. McClatchy, R. Maynard (Credit: Joe Pineiro/Columbia University)

Staff

Publication
Orange County (CA) Register
Citation
For its comprehensive coverage of the Cerritos air disaster, a midair collision of a jetliner and a private plane on August 31, 1986.
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Categories: General News Reporting

John Woestendiek

Publication
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Citation
For outstanding prison beat reporting, which included proving the innocence of a man convicted of murder.
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Categories: General News Reporting

Alex S. Jones

Publication
The New York Times
Citation
For "The Fall of the House of Bingham," a skillful and sensitive report of a powerful newspaper family's bickering and how it led to the sale of a famed media empire.
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Categories: Feature Writing

Barry Bearak

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Los Angeles Times
Citation
For three gracefully written stories dealing respectively with a prison lawsuit, a family murder and an aging stand-up comic.
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Categories: Feature Writing

Georgia Tasker

Publication
The Miami Herald
Citation
For her special report on the vanishing rain forest, which detailed the rapid destruction of one of the earth's oldest and most fragile ecosystems.
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Categories: Explanatory Journalism
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