Public Service: Akron Beacon Journal. For its broad examination of local racial attitudes and its subsequent effort to promote improved communication in the community.

Spot News Reporting: The Staff, The New York Times. For its comprehensive coverage of the bombing of Manhattan's World Trade Center.

National Reporting: Eileen Welsome, The Albuquerque Tribune. For stories that related the experiences of Americans who had been used unknowingly in government radiation experiments nearly fifty years ago.

International Reporting: The Dallas Morning News team, The Dallas Morning News. For its series examining the epidemic of violence against women in many nations.

Editorial Writing: R. Bruce Dold, Chicago Tribune. For his series of editorials deploring the murder of a three-yearold boy by his abusive mother and decrying the Illinois child welfare system.

Editorial Cartooning: Michael P. Ramirez, The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tenn. For his trenchant cartoons on contemporary issues.