In 1988 , Eisert designed the cover photo for the Monsters of Rock Tour 1988 . That same year , Eisert received the Atrium Award for Graphic Design while working at the '' San Jose Mercury News '' . At the '' San Jose Mercury News '' Eisert helped cover the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake . The staff won the Pulitzer Prize for General News Reporting next year , citing " detailed coverage of the October 17 , 1989 , Bay Area earthquake and its aftermath . " In 1990 , Eisert was one of three judges who selected entries in a national exhibition of Women in Photojournalism that was taken on a national tour by the National Press Photographers Association ( NPPA ) , a professional society of still and video photojournalists . In 1991 , Eisert received the 1990 Picture Editor of the Year award for Newspapers/Sports Picture Editing in the Pictures of the Year competition . This award recognized Eisert 's work , '' Field of Dreamers '' , for the '' San Jose Mercury News '' . A year later , Eisert was part of the six-person team at '' The Mercury News '' that was awarded third place in the 1991 Picture Editing/Team Portfolio category of the University of Missouri 's Pictures of the Year . She took second place in the 1992 Pictures of the Year 's Magazine Feature Story Picture Editing category for her contribution to a story in '' West Magazine ''
1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
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