1997 George Polk Award Winners at a Glance

Career Award-The Pittsburgh Courier, which in its heyday was the nation's most influential and resourceful newspaper for African-Americans.

Foreign Reporting-Laurie Garrett, Newsday, for "Crumbled Empire, Shattered Health," a series of 25 articles on the public health crisis in the former Soviet Union.

Network TV Reporting-Brian Ross and Rhonda Schwartz, Prime Time Live, for "Blood Money," an exposé of the illegal black market trafficking in human body parts harvested from executed Chinese prisoners and sold in the United States.

Military Affairs Reporting-Dayton Daily News, for "Unnecessary Danger," a series revealing how the military protects and perpetuates incompetent physicians.

Medical Reporting-The Wall Street Journal, for sounding the alarm about popular diet drugs still on the market even though their use had been linked to lethal side effects.

Business Reporting-Kurt Eichenwald and Martin Gottlieb, The New York Times, whose articles on dubious practices at Columbia/HCA, the nation's largest for-private hospital chain, led to indictments, lawsuits and a restructuring of the firm.

National Reporting-Keith Bradsher, The New York Times, for stories on safety and environmental problems posed by sport utility vehicles and light trucks.

Local Reporting-Pensacola News Journal, for "Pensacola's Brownsville Revival: The Money and the Myths," which exposed skullduggery at a local revival.

Environmental Reporting-Will Englund, Gary Cohn, Perry Thorsvik, The Baltimore Sun, for "Shipbreakers," an eye-opening series on environmental and safety hazards faced by poor, untrained workers in a little-noticed global industry.

Book Award-"Requiem," Horst Faas and Tim Page, editors, Random House, a testament to the lives and work of 135 war photographers killed in Southeast Asia.

Sports Reporting-Kansas City Star, for chronicling the National Collegiate Athletic Association's dubious enforcement record and its executives' penchant for perks.

International Reporting-Michael Dobbs, The Washington Post, for documenting the Jewish roots of Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright, whose parents hid their past -- even from her --t o escape the Nazi persecution that killed much of their family.

Magazine Reporting-Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, for insightful and graceful reflections in dispatches from Paris that achieved the high art of the essay.