Pulizer Prize

School of Journalism. The board has declined offers to transform the occasion into a television extravaganza.The Who's Who of Pulitzer Prize Winners is more than simply a roster of names and biographical data. It is a list of people in journalism, letters, and music whose accomplishments enable researchers to trace the historical evolution of their respective fields and the development of American society. We are indebted to Joseph Pulitzer for this and an array of other contributions to the quality of our lives.

Seymour Topping was appointed Administrator of The Pulitzer Prizes and

Professor of International Journalism at the Graduate School of Journalism of Columbia University in 1993. After serving in World War II, Professor

Topping worked for 10 years for The Associated Press as a correspondent in

China, Indochina, London, and Berlin. He left The Associated Press in 1959 to join The New York Times, where he remained for 34 years, serving as a foreign correspondent, foreign editor, managing editor, and editorial director of the company's 32 regional newspapers. In 1992-1993 he served as president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors. He is a graduate of the School of Journalism at the University of Missouri.

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PUBLIC SERVICE Washington Post

Notably for the work of Katherine Boo that disclosed wretched neglect and abuse in the city’s group homes for the mentally retarded, which forced officials to acknowledge the conditions and begin reforms.

BREAKING NEWS REPORTING Staff of Denver Post

For its clear and balanced coverage of the student massacre at Columbine

High School.

INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING

Sang-Hun Choe, Charles J. Hanley and Martha Mendoza of Associated Press

EXPLANATORY REPORTING

Eric Newhouse of Great Falls (Mont.) Tribune

For his vivid examination of alcohol abuse and the problems it creates in the community.

BEAT REPORTING George Dohrman of St. Paul Pioneer Press

For his determined reporting, despite negative reader reaction, that revealed academic fraud in the men’s basketball program at the University of Minnesota.

NATIONAL REPORTING Staff of Wall Street Journal

For its revealing stories that question U.S. defense spending and military deployment in the post-Cold War era and offer alternatives for the future.

INTERNATIONAL REPORTING Mark Schoofs of Village Voice

For his provocative and enlightening series on the AIDS crisis in Africa.

FEATURE WRITING J.R. Moehringer of Los Angeles Times

For his portrait of Gee’s Bend, an isolated river community in Alabama where many descendants of slaves live, and how a proposed ferry to the mainland might change it.