Front row: A. Bennett, N. Lemann, R. Oppel, R. Pederson, W. Safire, S. Gissler, A. Gyllenhaal Back row: K. Carroll, J. Amoss, M. Pride, D. Graham, J. Byrd, A. Barnes, H. Gates, J. Harris, A. Lipinski, D. Kennedy, P. Steiger
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Rena Pederson and William Safire, co-chairs; Sig Gissler, administrator
For her passionate and insightful architectural criticism that, through clear, elegant writing, was as accessible to the ordinary reader as it was to the expert.
For his versatile architectural criticism that stretched from his hometown's new Disney Hall to the rubble in Baghdad, where he pondered the ancient city's resurrection.
For its enterprising coverage of the summertime blackout that stretched over a vast area of the United States and cut the paper's own power supply as deadlines loomed.