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1997 Pulitzer Prize Board
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front row, left to right: R. Pederson, W. Safire, S. Bok, S. Topping, G. Rupp, M. Yarbrough, S. Padwe; back row, left to right: W. Ketter, H. Vendler, G. Overholser, A. Barnes, E. Seaton, S. Rowe, J. Fuller, W. Rugaber, L. Boccardi, J. Dotson, J. Risser, J. Carroll

Board Lander Sub Title
Sissela Bok, chairman; Seymour Topping, administrator

Eileen McNamara

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For her many-sided columns on Massachusetts people and issues.
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Categories: Commentary
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The Boston Globe

Byron Acohido

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For his coverage of the aerospace industry, notably an exhaustive investigation of rudder control problems on the Boeing 737, which contributed to new FAA requirements for major improvements.
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Categories: Beat Reporting
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The Seattle Times

John F. Burns

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For his courageous and insightful coverage of the harrowing regime imposed on Afghanistan by the Taliban.
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Categories: International Reporting
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The New York Times

Staff

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The St. Petersburg Times
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For its thorough and balanced reporting of the circumstances surrounding the shooting of a young black man by a white police officer and the rioting that followed.
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Categories: Spot News Reporting

Staff

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The Philadelphia Inquirer
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For its powerful narrative coverage of the armed confrontation between police and philanthropist John DuPont following a murder at his estate.
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Categories: Spot News Reporting

Alexander Zemlianichenko

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Associated Press
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For his photograph of Russian President Boris Yeltsin dancing at a rock concert during his campaign for re-election. (Originally submitted in Feature Photography and returned by the Board to that category.)
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Categories: Spot News Photography

Staff

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The Philadelphia Inquirer
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For a series by Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele chronicling the widening gap between the affluent and the poor at a time when Americans are being told that the economy is more prosperous than ever.
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Categories: Public Service

Staff

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Los Angeles Times
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For its probe of murder cases in Los Angeles County, which revealed inefficiency and mismanagement in the justice system.
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Categories: Public Service
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