Journalists tend to think only of writing or reporting.
But David Maraniss, of The Washington Post, said writers have to be good thinkers and think about themes. He was the winner of the Jesse Laventhol Prize for Deadline News Reporting by an individual. The theme is why readers want to read the story, not the nut graph required by many editors. Hallman often uses the first person in his writing. N. Don Wycliff of the Chicago Tribune was this year s winner of the editorial writing award.