Romenesko

Romenesko Misc.
The winner of the $25,000 prize will be announced April 19. The finalists are:
* Rukmini Maria Callimachi, Associated Press, for coverage of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
* C.J. Chivers for a reconstruction of the 2004 Beslan school siege written for Esquire.
* Jesse Hamilton, Hartford Courant, for coverage of the Marines of Charlie Company.
* William Langewiesche, Vanity Fair, for reporting from Iraq.
* Charles Forelle, James Bandler, Mark Maremont, and Steve Stecklow, Wall Street Journal, for a series exposing stock-option abuses.