Dennis Clontz ( April 10 , 1951 – June 14 , 2004 ) was an American playwright , journalist , and screenwriter . He was one of the inaugural recipients of the Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting in 1986 . Clontz was part of a team of '' Los Angeles Times '' journalists awarded a 1995 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting on the 1994 Northridge earthquake
1994 Northridge earthquake
1994 Northridge earthquake
Dennis Clontz