Martha Rial submitted a stunning portfolio of arresting portraits. Fairrington won for 15 political cartoons that dealt with campus, national and international issues. He took on some of the headier issues on campuses of the 1990s, including date rape, binge drinking and campus security. Plus, his artistic style is very polished for someone at his stage of development. The outside work comes on top of a continuing commitment to literacy within the pages of The News-Sentinel.
Literacy is the key to learning.
Betty Frey, now in her 84th year, has selflessly dedicated herself to providing that key. Jeff Montgomery, The News Journal, Dover, Del. The Palm Beach Post won for a series of articles that revealed that politicians in three counties were routinely violating Florida's Sunshine Law. The documentary exposed the seriousness of classroom overcrowding by spending the school year with a first grade class in a Brooklyn public school. Some of the recent comments are troubling.