For "The Exhausted Earth," a year-long series depicting the social, medical and environmental crises caused by the depletion of natural resources.

For its exhaustive investigation of breast cancer in the community, which included a probe of the environmental factors that may contribute to its spread.

For its series examining the epidemic of violence against women in many nations.

For editorials urging the reform of Alabama's failing public school system.

For a series of editorials examining the benefits and drawbacks of drug legalization.

For a sequence in her comic strip "For Better or For Worse" that sensitively depicted a youth's disclosure of his homosexuality and its effect on his family and friends.

For his lucid and insightful film criticism.