List of Pulitzer Prizes Awarded To The New York Times - 1990s

1990s

• 1990: Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, for coverage of political turmoil in China, a distinguished example of reporting on international affairs.
• 1991: Natalie Angier, for coverage of molecular biology and animal behavior, a distinguished example of beat reporting; Serge Schmemann, for coverage of the reunification of Germany, a distinguished example of reporting on international affairs.
• 1992: Anna Quindlen, for "Public & Private," a compelling column covering a wide range of personal and political topics; Howell Raines, for "Grady's Gift," an account in The New York Times Magazine of his childhood friendship with his family's housekeeper and the lasting lessons of their interracial relationship.
• 1993: John F. Burns, for courageous coverage of the strife and destruction in Bosnia, a distinguished example of international reporting.
• 1994: The New York Times, for local reporting of the World Trade Center bombing, pooling the efforts of the metropolitan staff as well as Times journalists covering locations as far-ranging as the Middle East and Washington; Isabel Wilkerson, for distinguished feature writing; Kevin Carter, for his photograph of a vulture perching near a little girl in the Sudan who had collapsed from hunger, a picture that became an icon of starvation.
• 1995: Margo Jefferson, for her book reviews and other pieces, examples of distinguished criticism.
• 1996: Rick Bragg, for distinguished feature writing; Robert D. McFadden, for distinguished rewrite journalism, applied to a broad range of stories; Robert B. Semple, Jr., for distinguished editorial writing on environmental issues.
• 1997: John F. Burns, for distinguished international reporting on the Taliban movement in Afghanistan.
• 1998: Linda Greenhouse, for reporting on the Supreme Court's work and its significance with sophistication and a sense of history; Michiko Kakutani, for reviewing 1997's many major literary works in essays that were fearless and authoritative; The New York Times, for a series of articles on the effects of drug corruption in Mexico, a distinguished example of international reporting.
• 1999: Maureen Dowd, for the moral insight and wit she brought to bear in her columns on the combat between President Bill Clinton and Kenneth Starr; The New York Times, notably Jeff Gerth, for a series of articles disclosing the corporate sale of American technology to China with the approval of the U.S. Government despite national security risks.