For his versatile and perceptive writing about film.

For her tough-minded, critical columns on television and its place in politics and culture.

For her lyrical and evocative columns on an assortment of urban topics.

For his knowledgeable and analytical columns on a wide variety of national subjects.

For his columns devoted to local children whose lives were mishandled by the welfare and judicial systems.

For reporting on the brutalization of a Haitian immigrant by police officers at a Brooklyn stationhouse. (Moved by the Board to the Commentary category.)

For his coverage of a shooting spree that left five dead, including his newspaper's managing editor.

For her reporting on the public health care crisis in the countries of the former Soviet Union.