Public Service: The Des Moines Register. For reporting by Jane Schorer that, with the victim's consent, named a woman who had been raped—which prompted widespread reconsideration of the traditional media practice of concealing the identity of rape victims.

Spot News Reporting: The Staff, The Miami Herald. For stories profiling a local cult leader, his followers, and their links to several area murders.

National Reporting: Marjie Lundstrom and Rochelle Sharpe, Gannett News Service. For reporting that disclosed hundreds of child-abuse-related deaths undetected each year as a result of errors by medical examiners.

International Reporting: Serge Schmemann, The New York Times. For his coverage of the reunification of Germany.

Caryle Murphy, The Washington Post. For her dispatches from occupied Kuwait, some of which she filed while in hiding from Iraqi authorities.

Editorial Writing: Ron Casey, Harold Jackson, and Joey Kennedy, The Birmingham (Ala.) News. For their editorial campaign analyzing...