Published: August 30, 1999
Last Updated: September 23, 1999
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Diversity

Selected by a screening committee from more than 210 entrants, these are among the honorees that presented their work at the Columbia Workshop on Journalism, Race and Ethnicity. A complete list of honorees and their stories can be viewed on the school’s Web site at http://www.jrn.columbia.edu/workshops.

• Elizabeth Llorente, immigration and ethnicity reporter, The Record, Hackensack, N.J., for her series, “A Tale of Two Cultures,” on Korean and Guatemalan immigrants in New Jersey, and for other stories.
• The Los Angeles Times for its overall coverage of a multicultural metropolis and for recent initiatives to strengthen coverage of Latinos and to re-examine its newsroom culture. Mark Willes, chairman of Times Mirror, and Frank del Olmo, associate editor of the Times, represented the newspaper.
• The San Francisco Examiner for its project, “The New City,” a look at San Francisco’s changing face, and for its series, “Making the Grade,” a look at education and the black middle class. Sharon Rosenhause, managing editor, and Annie Nakao, race and ethnicity reporter, represented the paper.
• The Seattle Times for coverage of Initiative 200, a ballot proposal to roll back affirmative action in Washington. Carole Carmichael, assistant managing editor, represented the Times.