Nominations 2014 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Chris Hamby |
For his reports on how some lawyers and doctors rigged a system to deny benefits to coal miners stricken with black lung disease, resulting in remedial legislative efforts. |
| Megan Twohey |
For her exposure of an underground Internet marketplace where parents could bypass social welfare regulations and get rid of children they had adopted overseas but no longer wanted, the stories triggering governmental action to curb the practice. |
| Cynthia Hubert |
For their probe of a Las Vegas mental hospital that used commercial buses to \u201Cdump\u201Dmore than 1,500 psychiatric patients in 48 states over five years, reporting that brought an end to the practice and the firing of hospital employees. |
| Phillip Reese |
For their probe of a Las Vegas mental hospital that used commercial buses to \u201Cdump\u201Dmore than 1,500 psychiatric patients in 48 states over five years, reporting that brought an end to the practice and the firing of hospital employees. |
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Nominations 2013 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| David Barstow |
For their reports on how Wal-Mart used widespread bribery to dominate the market in Mexico, resulting in changes in company practices. |
| Alejandra Xanic von Bertrab |
For their reports on how Wal-Mart used widespread bribery to dominate the market in Mexico, resulting in changes in company practices. |
| Patricia Callahan |
For their exposure of manufacturers that imperil public health by continuing to use toxic fire retardants in household furniture and crib mattresses, triggering reform efforts at the state and national level. |
| Sam Roe |
For their exposure of manufacturers that imperil public health by continuing to use toxic fire retardants in household furniture and crib mattresses, triggering reform efforts at the state and national level. |
| Michael Hawthorne |
For their exposure of manufacturers that imperil public health by continuing to use toxic fire retardants in household furniture and crib mattresses, triggering reform efforts at the state and national level. |
| Alexandra Zayas |
For her probe into unlicensed religious group-homes where children were beaten and locked in closet-size rooms for violating senseless rules, prompting action by state authorities. |
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Nominations 2012 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Matt Apuzzo |
For their spotlighting of the New York Police Department\u2019s clandestine spying program that monitored daily life in Muslim communities, resulting in congressional calls for a federal investigation, and a debate over the proper role of domestic intelligence gathering. |
| Adam Goldman |
For their spotlighting of the New York Police Department\u2019s clandestine spying program that monitored daily life in Muslim communities, resulting in congressional calls for a federal investigation, and a debate over the proper role of domestic intelligence gathering. |
| Eileen Sullivan |
For their spotlighting of the New York Police Department\u2019s clandestine spying program that monitored daily life in Muslim communities, resulting in congressional calls for a federal investigation, and a debate over the proper role of domestic intelligence gathering. |
| Chris Hawley |
For their spotlighting of the New York Police Department\u2019s clandestine spying program that monitored daily life in Muslim communities, resulting in congressional calls for a federal investigation, and a debate over the proper role of domestic intelligence gathering. |
| Michael J. Berens |
For their investigation of how a little known governmental body in Washington State moved vulnerable patients from safer pain-control medication to methadone, a cheaper but more dangerous drug, coverage that prompted statewide health warnings. |
| Ken Armstrong |
For their investigation of how a little known governmental body in Washington State moved vulnerable patients from safer pain-control medication to methadone, a cheaper but more dangerous drug, coverage that prompted statewide health warnings. |
| Gary Marx |
For their exposure of a neglectful state justice system that allowed dozens of brutal criminals to evade punishment by fleeing the country, sparking moves for corrective change. |
| David Jackson |
For their exposure of a neglectful state justice system that allowed dozens of brutal criminals to evade punishment by fleeing the country, sparking moves for corrective change. |
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Nominations 2012 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Matt Apuzzo |
For their spotlighting of the New York Police Department\u2019s clandestine spying program that monitored daily life in Muslim communities, resulting in congressional calls for a federal investigation, and a debate over the proper role of domestic intelligence gathering. |
| Adam Goldman |
For their spotlighting of the New York Police Department\u2019s clandestine spying program that monitored daily life in Muslim communities, resulting in congressional calls for a federal investigation, and a debate over the proper role of domestic intelligence gathering. |
| Eileen Sullivan |
For their spotlighting of the New York Police Department\u2019s clandestine spying program that monitored daily life in Muslim communities, resulting in congressional calls for a federal investigation, and a debate over the proper role of domestic intelligence gathering. |
| Chris Hawley |
For their spotlighting of the New York Police Department\u2019s clandestine spying program that monitored daily life in Muslim communities, resulting in congressional calls for a federal investigation, and a debate over the proper role of domestic intelligence gathering. |
| Michael J. Berens |
For their investigation of how a little known governmental body in Washington State moved vulnerable patients from safer pain-control medication to methadone, a cheaper but more dangerous drug, coverage that prompted statewide health warnings. |
| Ken Armstrong |
For their investigation of how a little known governmental body in Washington State moved vulnerable patients from safer pain-control medication to methadone, a cheaper but more dangerous drug, coverage that prompted statewide health warnings. |
| Gary Marx |
For their exposure of a neglectful state justice system that allowed dozens of brutal criminals to evade punishment by fleeing the country, sparking moves for corrective change. |
| David Jackson |
For their exposure of a neglectful state justice system that allowed dozens of brutal criminals to evade punishment by fleeing the country, sparking moves for corrective change. |
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Nominations 2011 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Paige St. John |
For her examination of weaknesses in the murky property-insurance system vital to Florida homeowners, providing handy data to assess insurer reliability and stirring regulatory action. |
| Walt Bogdanich |
For his spotlighting of medical radiation errors that injure thousands of Americans, sparking national discussion and remedial steps. |
| Sam Roe |
For their investigation, in print and online, of 13 deaths at a home for severely disabled children and young adults, resulting in a state effort to close the facility. |
| Jared S. Hopkins |
For their investigation, in print and online, of 13 deaths at a home for severely disabled children and young adults, resulting in a state effort to close the facility. |
| Walt Bogdanich |
[New York Times] For his spotlighting of medical radiation errors that injure thousands of Americans, sparking national discussion and remedial steps. |
| Jared S. Hopkins |
[Chicago Tribune] For their investigation, in print and online, of 13 deaths at a home for severely disabled children and young adults, resulting in closure of the facility. |
| Sam Roe |
[Chicago Tribune] For their investigation, in print and online, of 13 deaths at a home for severely disabled children and young adults, resulting in closure of the facility. |
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Nominations 2010 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Michael Braga |
For their in-depth reporting and computer analysis that unraveled $10 billion in suspicious Florida real estate transactions, triggering local and state efforts to curb abuses. |
| Matthew Doig |
For their in-depth reporting and computer analysis that unraveled $10 billion in suspicious Florida real estate transactions, triggering local and state efforts to curb abuses. |
| Chris Davis |
For their in-depth reporting and computer analysis that unraveled $10 billion in suspicious Florida real estate transactions, triggering local and state efforts to curb abuses. |
| Barbara Laker |
For their resourceful reporting that exposed a rogue police narcotics squad, resulting in an FBI probe and the review of hundreds of criminal cases tainted by the scandal. |
| Wendy Ruderman |
For their resourceful reporting that exposed a rogue police narcotics squad, resulting in an FBI probe and the review of hundreds of criminal cases tainted by the scandal. |
| Sheri Fink |
For a story that chronicles the urgent life-and-death decisions made by one hospital\u2019s exhausted doctors when they were cut off by the floodwaters of Hurricane Katrina. |
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Nominations 2010 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Michael Braga |
For their in-depth reporting and computer analysis that unraveled $10 billion in suspicious Florida real estate transactions, triggering local and state efforts to curb abuses. |
| Matthew Doig |
For their in-depth reporting and computer analysis that unraveled $10 billion in suspicious Florida real estate transactions, triggering local and state efforts to curb abuses. |
| Chris Davis |
For their in-depth reporting and computer analysis that unraveled $10 billion in suspicious Florida real estate transactions, triggering local and state efforts to curb abuses. |
| Barbara Laker |
For their resourceful reporting that exposed a rogue police narcotics squad, resulting in an FBI probe and the review of hundreds of criminal cases tainted by the scandal. |
| Wendy Ruderman |
For their resourceful reporting that exposed a rogue police narcotics squad, resulting in an FBI probe and the review of hundreds of criminal cases tainted by the scandal. |
| Sheri Fink |
For a story that chronicles the urgent life-and-death decisions made by one hospital\u2019s exhausted doctors when they were cut off by the floodwaters of Hurricane Katrina. |
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Nominations 2009 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| David Barstow |
For his tenacious reporting that revealed how some retired generals, working as radio and television analysts, had been co-opted by the Pentagon to make its case for the war in Iraq, and how many of them also had undisclosed ties to companies that benefited from policies they defended. |
| Paul Pringle |
For his meticulously researched stories that, in the face of threats, exposed financial abuses by the head of California\u2019s largest union, leading to investigations, the leader\u2019s departure from office and repayment of misappropriated funds. |
| Susanne Rust |
For their powerful revelations that the government was failing to protect the public from dangerous chemicals in everyday products, such as some \u201Cmicrowave-safe\u201D containers, stirring action by Congress and federal agencies. |
| Meg Kissinger |
For their powerful revelations that the government was failing to protect the public from dangerous chemicals in everyday products, such as some \u201Cmicrowave-safe\u201D containers, stirring action by Congress and federal agencies. |
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Nominations 2008 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Walt Bogdanich |
For their stories on toxic ingredients in medicine and other everyday products imported from China, leading to crackdowns by American and Chinese officials. |
| Jake Hooker |
For their stories on toxic ingredients in medicine and other everyday products imported from China, leading to crackdowns by American and Chinese officials. |
| Miles Moffeit |
For their reports on how destruction of evidence in criminal cases across the nation can free the guilty and convict the innocent, prompting official efforts to correct breakdowns. |
| Susan Greene |
For their reports on how destruction of evidence in criminal cases across the nation can free the guilty and convict the innocent, prompting official efforts to correct breakdowns. |
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Chicago Tribune
For its exposure of faulty governmental regulation of toys, car seats and cribs, resulting in the extensive recall of hazardous products and congressional action to tighten supervision. |
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Nominations 2008 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Walt Bogdanich |
For their stories on toxic ingredients in medicine and other everyday products imported from China, leading to crackdowns by American and Chinese officials. |
| Jake Hooker |
For their stories on toxic ingredients in medicine and other everyday products imported from China, leading to crackdowns by American and Chinese officials. |
| Miles Moffeit |
For their reports on how destruction of evidence in criminal cases across the nation can free the guilty and convict the innocent, prompting official efforts to correct breakdowns. |
| Susan Greene |
For their reports on how destruction of evidence in criminal cases across the nation can free the guilty and convict the innocent, prompting official efforts to correct breakdowns. |
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Chicago Tribune
For its exposure of faulty governmental regulation of toys, car seats and cribs, resulting in the extensive recall of hazardous products and congressional action to tighten supervision. |
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Nominations 2007 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Brett Blackledge |
For his exposure of cronyism and corruption in the state's two-year college system, resulting in the dismissal of the chancellor and other corrective action. |
| Ken Armstrong |
For their series that exposed how the improper sealing of hundreds of lawsuits hid information vital to public safety, and resulted in remedial judicial steps. |
| Justin Mayo |
For their series that exposed how the improper sealing of hundreds of lawsuits hid information vital to public safety, and resulted in remedial judicial steps. |
| Steve Miletich |
For their series that exposed how the improper sealing of hundreds of lawsuits hid information vital to public safety, and resulted in remedial judicial steps. |
| Michael J. Berens |
For their probe of sexual misconduct by health-care professionals that included creation of an extensive online database of offenders and caused a tightening of state regulation. |
| Julia Sommerfeld |
For their probe of sexual misconduct by health-care professionals that included creation of an extensive online database of offenders and caused a tightening of state regulation. |
| Carol Ostrom |
For their probe of sexual misconduct by health-care professionals that included creation of an extensive online database of offenders and caused a tightening of state regulation. |
| Lisa Chedekel |
For their in-depth reports on suicide among American soldiers in Iraq, leading to congressional and military action to address mental health problems raised in the stories. |
| Matthew Kauffman |
For their in-depth reports on suicide among American soldiers in Iraq, leading to congressional and military action to address mental health problems raised in the stories. |
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Nominations 2006 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Susan Schmidt |
For their indefatigable probe of Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff that exposed congressional corruption and produced reform efforts. |
| James V. Grimaldi |
For their indefatigable probe of Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff that exposed congressional corruption and produced reform efforts. |
| R. Jeffrey Smith |
For their indefatigable probe of Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff that exposed congressional corruption and produced reform efforts. |
| Jason Felch |
For their exposure of problems in the management of the J. Paul Getty Trust, the world's richest art institution, and in acquisition practices at other museums. |
| Ralph Frammolino |
For their exposure of problems in the management of the J. Paul Getty Trust, the world's richest art institution, and in acquisition practices at other museums. |
| Sally Kestin |
For their in-depth reports on the federal government's widespread mismanagement of hurricane aid, triggering indictments and other remedial action. |
| Megan O'Matz |
For their in-depth reports on the federal government's widespread mismanagement of hurricane aid, triggering indictments and other remedial action. |
| John Maines |
For their in-depth reports on the federal government's widespread mismanagement of hurricane aid, triggering indictments and other remedial action. |
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Nominations 2005 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Diana B. Henriques |
For her revelations that thousands of vulnerable American soldiers were exploited by some insurance companies, investment firms and lenders. |
| Clark Kauffman |
For his exposure of glaring injustice in the handling of traffic tickets by public officials. |
| Nigel Jaquiss |
For his investigation exposing former governor Neil Goldschmidt's long concealed sexual misconduct with a 14-year-old girl. |
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Nominations 2004 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Michael D. Sallah |
For their powerful series on atrocities by Tiger Force, an elite U.S. Army platoon, during the Vietnam War. |
| Joe Mahr |
For their powerful series on atrocities by Tiger Force, an elite U.S. Army platoon, during the Vietnam War. |
| Mitch Weiss |
For their powerful series on atrocities by Tiger Force, an elite U.S. Army platoon, during the Vietnam War. |
| David Ottaway |
For their detailed stories that revealed questionable practices by a respected environmental organization and that produced sweeping reforms. |
| Joe Stephens |
For their detailed stories that revealed questionable practices by a respected environmental organization and that produced sweeping reforms. |
| David Barstow |
For their relentless examination of death and injury among American workers and exposure of employers who break basic safety rules. (Moved by the Board to the Public Service category, where it was also entered.) |
| Lowell Bergman |
For their relentless examination of death and injury among American workers and exposure of employers who break basic safety rules. (Moved by the Board to the Public Service category, where it was also entered.) |
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Nominations 2003 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Clifford J. Levy |
For his vivid, brilliantly written series 'Broken Homes' that exposed the abuse of mentally ill adults in state-regulated homes. |
| Alan Miller |
For their revelatory and moving examination of a military aircraft, nicknamed \"The Widow Maker,\" that was linked to the deaths of 45 pilots. (Moved by the Board to the National Reporting category, where it was also entered.) |
| Kevin Sack |
For their revelatory and moving examination of a military aircraft, nicknamed \"The Widow Maker,\" that was linked to the deaths of 45 pilots. (Moved by the Board to the National Reporting category, where it was also entered.) |
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The Seattle Times
Staff of The Seattle Times. For its outstanding blend of investigation and evocative storytelling that showed how a footloose Algerian boy evolved into a terrorist. |
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Nominations 2002 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Sari Horwitz |
For a series that exposed the District of Columbia's role in the neglect and death of 229 children placed in protective care between 1993 and 2000, which prompted an overhaul of the city's child welfare system. |
| Scott Higham |
For a series that exposed the District of Columbia's role in the neglect and death of 229 children placed in protective care between 1993 and 2000, which prompted an overhaul of the city's child welfare system. |
| Sarah Cohen |
For a series that exposed the District of Columbia's role in the neglect and death of 229 children placed in protective care between 1993 and 2000, which prompted an overhaul of the city's child welfare system. |
| Duff Wilson |
For a penetrating investigation of a local cancer research center, reporting that some patients who died in two failed clinical trials were deprived of essential information about the trials' risks, and were given drugs in which the center and its doctors had a financial interest. |
| David Heath |
For a penetrating investigation of a local cancer research center, reporting that some patients who died in two failed clinical trials were deprived of essential information about the trials' risks, and were given drugs in which the center and its doctors had a financial interest. |
| Craig Whitlock |
For two series that documented systematic abuses, including excessive shootings and questionable murder confessions, in the Prince George's County police department. |
| David S. Fallis |
For two series that documented systematic abuses, including excessive shootings and questionable murder confessions, in the Prince George's County police department. |
| April Witt |
For two series that documented systematic abuses, including excessive shootings and questionable murder confessions, in the Prince George's County police department. |
| Jeff Bruce |
Dayton Daily News
For its ambitious global examination of the ethical issues surrounding the recruiting of foreign athletes for American schools. |
| Cox Media Group |
Dayton Daily News
For its ambitious global examination of the ethical issues surrounding the recruiting of foreign athletes for American schools. |
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Nominations 2001 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| David Willman |
Los Angeles Times
For his pioneering exposé of seven unsafe prescription drugs that had been approved by the Food and Drug Administration, and an analysis of the policy reforms that had reduced the agency's effectiveness. |
| Mike McIntire |
Hartford Courant
For their persistent reporting that dispelled, locally and nationally, the secrecy cloaking the mistakes of practicing doctors who have been subjected to disciplinary actions or compelled to make malpractice payments. |
| Jack Dolan |
Hartford Courant
For their persistent reporting that dispelled, locally and nationally, the secrecy cloaking the mistakes of practicing doctors who have been subjected to disciplinary actions or compelled to make malpractice payments. |
| Fredric N. Tulsky |
San Jose Mercury News
For his illuminating reporting on the arbitrary and inconsistent administration of the federal system that grants political asylum to refugees entering the U.S. |
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Nominations 2000 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Charles J. Hanley |
For revealing, with extensive documentation, the decades-old secret of how American soldiers early in the Korean War killed hundreds of Korean civilians in a massacre at the No Gun Ri Bridge. |
| Martha Mendoza |
For revealing, with extensive documentation, the decades-old secret of how American soldiers early in the Korean War killed hundreds of Korean civilians in a massacre at the No Gun Ri Bridge. |
| Choe Sang-Hun |
For revealing, with extensive documentation, the decades-old secret of how American soldiers early in the Korean War killed hundreds of Korean civilians in a massacre at the No Gun Ri Bridge. |
| Kurt Eichenwald |
For reporting that disclosed how pharmaceutical companies secretly paid doctors to test drugs on patients. |
| Gina Kolata |
For reporting that disclosed how pharmaceutical companies secretly paid doctors to test drugs on patients. |
| Sam Roe |
For a series of articles that cited a 50-year pattern of misconduct by the American government and the beryllium industry in the production of metal used in nuclear bombs, which resulted in death and injury to dozens of workers, leading to government investigations and safety reforms. |
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Nominations 1999 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
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The Miami Herald
For its detailed reporting that revealed pervasive voter fraud in a city mayoral election that was subsequently overturned. |
| Alix M. Freedman |
For her reporting that revealed how a controversial chemical sterilization technique was exported by American population control advocates and used on women in Third World countries, a disclosure that prompted significant reforms. |
| Fred Schulte |
For their investigation of the hidden dangers of cosmetic surgery, a growing yet largely unregulated medical industry. |
| Jenni Bergal |
For their investigation of the hidden dangers of cosmetic surgery, a growing yet largely unregulated medical industry. |
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Nominations 1998 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Gary Cohn |
For their compelling series on the international shipbreaking industry, that revealed the dangers posed to workers and the environment when discarded ships are dismantled. |
| Will Englund |
For their compelling series on the international shipbreaking industry, that revealed the dangers posed to workers and the environment when discarded ships are dismantled. |
| Lisa Getter |
For their reporting that disclosed how hundreds of local police officers routinely served as unnecessary witnesses in misdemeanor arrests to gain overtime pay. |
| Jeff Leen |
For their reporting that disclosed how hundreds of local police officers routinely served as unnecessary witnesses in misdemeanor arrests to gain overtime pay. |
| Gail Epstein |
For their reporting that disclosed how hundreds of local police officers routinely served as unnecessary witnesses in misdemeanor arrests to gain overtime pay. |
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The St. Petersburg Times
For its investigation of the corrupt financial practices charged to the Rev. Henry Lyons, president of the National Baptist Convention. |
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Nominations 1997 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Eric Nalder |
For their investigation of widespread corruption and inequities in the federally-sponsored housing program for Native Americans, which inspired much-needed reforms. |
| Deborah Nelson |
For their investigation of widespread corruption and inequities in the federally-sponsored housing program for Native Americans, which inspired much-needed reforms. |
| Alex Tizon |
For their investigation of widespread corruption and inequities in the federally-sponsored housing program for Native Americans, which inspired much-needed reforms. |
| Jim Haner |
For engendering regulatory reform through dogged reporting, which revealed that housing officials in the city owned neglected inner-city properties. |
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The Boston Globe
For its expose of abuse of disability benefits by retired public employees, prompting reform of the Massachusetts pension system. |
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Nominations 1996 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
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The Orange County Register
For reporting that uncovered fraudulent and unethical fertility practices at a leading research university hospital and prompted key regulatory reforms. |
| Chris Adams |
For reporting on widespread Medicaid abuse in the state involving prominent officials. |
| William Gaines |
For stories that probed questionable business dealings of the Nation of Islam. |
| David Jackson |
For stories that probed questionable business dealings of the Nation of Islam. |
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Nominations 1995 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Brian Donovan |
For their stories that revealed disability pension abuses by local police. |
| Stephanie Saul |
For their stories that revealed disability pension abuses by local police. |
| Joan Mazzolini |
For their series of stories exposing abuses by Ohio doctors and hospitals, which resulted in significant reforms in the state's regulatory system. |
| Dave Davis |
For their series of stories exposing abuses by Ohio doctors and hospitals, which resulted in significant reforms in the state's regulatory system. |
| Keith A. Harriston |
For a series of articles that disclosed careless hiring, training and disciplinary procedures within the District of Columbia police department. |
| Mary Pat Flaherty |
For a series of articles that disclosed careless hiring, training and disciplinary procedures within the District of Columbia police department. |
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Nominations 1994 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Dean Baquet |
For their reports that exposed costly fraud and mismanagement plaguing Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield in New York state, America's largest not-for-profit health insurer. |
| Jane Fritsch |
For their reports that exposed costly fraud and mismanagement plaguing Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield in New York state, America's largest not-for-profit health insurer. |
| Mark England |
For stories that revealed sexual abuse and other criminal acts within the local compound held by members of the Branch Davidian cult. |
| Darlene McCormick |
For stories that revealed sexual abuse and other criminal acts within the local compound held by members of the Branch Davidian cult. |
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The Providence Journal
For thorough reporting that disclosed pervasive corruption within the Rhode Island court system. |
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Nominations 1993 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Steve Berry |
For exposing the unjust seizure of millions of dollars from motorists - most of them minorities - by a sheriff's drug squad. |
| Jeff Brazil |
For exposing the unjust seizure of millions of dollars from motorists - most of them minorities - by a sheriff's drug squad. |
| Dave Davis |
For their series about victims of botched radiation therapy and lax regulation by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and other agencies. |
| Ted Wendling |
For their series about victims of botched radiation therapy and lax regulation by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and other agencies. |
| Terry Ganey |
For investigations of corruption by a Missouri attorney general and a St. Louis chief prosecutor. |
| Michael D. Sorkin |
For investigations of corruption by a Missouri attorney general and a St. Louis chief prosecutor. |
| Louis J. Rose |
For investigations of corruption by a Missouri attorney general and a St. Louis chief prosecutor. |
| James Heaney |
For stories that identified the major causes of the decline of Buffalo's older neighborhoods and proposed possible solutions. |
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Nominations 1992 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Dan Malone |
For reporting that charged Texas police with extensive misconduct and abuses of power. |
| Lorraine Adams |
For reporting that charged Texas police with extensive misconduct and abuses of power. |
| Jennifer Hyman |
For an investigation that revealed secret links between the Rochester Institute of Technology and the CIA. |
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The Greenville News
For its persistent investigation of financial abuses at a University of South Carolina foundation, which prompted significant reforms. |
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Nominations 1991 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Susan M. Headden |
For their shocking series on medical malpractice in the state. |
| Joseph Hallinan |
For their shocking series on medical malpractice in the state. |
| Candy J. Cooper |
For reports revealing that the Oakland Police Department had routinely neglected to investigate rape charges, which prompted the reopening of more than 200 cases. |
| Ray Herndon |
For persistent reporting that freed an innocent man serving a 55-year prison sentence. |
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Nominations 1990 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Lou Kilzer |
For reporting that exposed a network of local citizens who had links to members of the St. Paul fire department and who profited from fires, including some described by the fire department itself as being of suspicious origin. |
| Chris Ison |
For reporting that exposed a network of local citizens who had links to members of the St. Paul fire department and who profited from fires, including some described by the fire department itself as being of suspicious origin. |
| Olive Talley |
For an investigation disclosing the inadequate health care system in America's federal prisons, reporting that prompted a Congressional inquiry. |
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Lexington Herald-Leader
For \"Cheating Our Children.\" a series that examined local political abuses and their damaging effect on Kentucky's public schools. |
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Nominations 1989 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Bill Dedman |
For his investigation of the racial discrimination practiced by lending institutions in Atlanta, reporting which led to significant reforms in those policies. |
| Mary Bishop |
For her investigation of dangerous practices and fraud in Virginia's pest control industry. |
| Elsa Walsh |
For a series about how court secrecy procedures have created a system of private justice within the public courts. |
| Benjamin Weiser |
For a series about how court secrecy procedures have created a system of private justice within the public courts. |
| Penny Loeb |
For her reports on a public housing program that allowed prosperous tenants to live in city projects intended for citizens with limited income. |
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Nominations 1988 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Dean Baquet |
For their detailed reporting on the self-interest and waste that plague Chicago's City Council. |
| William Gaines |
For their detailed reporting on the self-interest and waste that plague Chicago's City Council. |
| Ann Marie Lipinski |
For their detailed reporting on the self-interest and waste that plague Chicago's City Council. |
| Larry Copeland |
For documenting pervasive racial injustice in Georgia's Toombs Judicial Circuit. |
| Tracy Thompson |
For documenting pervasive racial injustice in Georgia's Toombs Judicial Circuit. |
| Carlton Smith |
For their reports on the mishandled investigation of the Green River murders, the biggest unsolved serial killer case in America. |
| Tomas Guillen |
For their reports on the mishandled investigation of the Green River murders, the biggest unsolved serial killer case in America. |
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Nominations 1987 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| John Woestendiek |
For outstanding prison beat reporting, which included proving the innocence of a man convicted of murder. |
| Daniel R. Biddle |
For their series \"Disorder in the Court,\" which revealed transgressions of justice in the Philadelphia court system and led to federal and state investigations. |
| H. G. Bissinger |
For their series \"Disorder in the Court,\" which revealed transgressions of justice in the Philadelphia court system and led to federal and state investigations. |
| Fredric N. Tulsky |
For their series \"Disorder in the Court,\" which revealed transgressions of justice in the Philadelphia court system and led to federal and state investigations. |
| Terrence Poppa |
For his resourceful investigation of the dealings of Mexican drug lords. |
| John Wark |
For their four-part series, which documented the misuse of funds by the Shrine of North America, the nation's richest charity, and spurred subsequent investigations in six states. |
| Gary Marx |
For their four-part series, which documented the misuse of funds by the Shrine of North America, the nation's richest charity, and spurred subsequent investigations in six states. |
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Nominations 1987 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| John Woestendiek |
For outstanding prison beat reporting, which included proving the innocence of a man convicted of murder. |
| Daniel R. Biddle |
For their series \"Disorder in the Court,\" which revealed transgressions of justice in the Philadelphia court system and led to federal and state investigations. |
| H. G. Bissinger |
For their series \"Disorder in the Court,\" which revealed transgressions of justice in the Philadelphia court system and led to federal and state investigations. |
| Fredric N. Tulsky |
For their series \"Disorder in the Court,\" which revealed transgressions of justice in the Philadelphia court system and led to federal and state investigations. |
| Terrence Poppa |
For his resourceful investigation of the dealings of Mexican drug lords. |
| John Wark |
For their four-part series, which documented the misuse of funds by the Shrine of North America, the nation's richest charity, and spurred subsequent investigations in six states. |
| Gary Marx |
For their four-part series, which documented the misuse of funds by the Shrine of North America, the nation's richest charity, and spurred subsequent investigations in six states. |
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Nominations 1986 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Jeffrey Marx |
For their series \"Playing Above the Rules,\" which exposed cash payoffs to University of Kentucky basketball players in violation of NCAA regulations and led to significant reforms. |
| Michael M. York |
For their series \"Playing Above the Rules,\" which exposed cash payoffs to University of Kentucky basketball players in violation of NCAA regulations and led to significant reforms. |
| Jim Henderson |
For their persistent and thorough investigation of self-proclaimed mass murderer Henry Lee Lucas, which exposed him as the perpetrator of a massive hoax |
| Hugh Aynesworth |
For their persistent and thorough investigation of self-proclaimed mass murderer Henry Lee Lucas, which exposed him as the perpetrator of a massive hoax |
| Joel Kaplan |
For their investigation of Congressman Bill Boner's financial dealings, which revealed flagrant abuses and caused the U.S. Justice Department to re-open an investigation of the matter. |
| James Pratt |
For their investigation of Congressman Bill Boner's financial dealings, which revealed flagrant abuses and caused the U.S. Justice Department to re-open an investigation of the matter. |
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Nominations 1985 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| William K. Marimow |
For his revelation that city police dogs had attacked more than 350 people -- an expose that led to investigations of the K-9 unit and the removal of a dozen officers from it. |
| Lucy Morgan |
For their thorough reporting on Pasco County Sheriff John Short, which revealed his department's corruption and led to his removal from office by voters. |
| Jack Reed |
For their thorough reporting on Pasco County Sheriff John Short, which revealed his department's corruption and led to his removal from office by voters. |
| Mark Thompson |
For reporting which revealed that nearly 250 U.S. servicemen had lost their lives as a result of a design problem in helicopters built by Bell Helicopter-- a revelation which ultimately led the Army to ground almost 600 Huey helicopters pending their modification. |
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Nominations 1985 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| William K. Marimow |
For his revelation that city police dogs had attacked more than 350 people -- an expose that led to investigations of the K-9 unit and the removal of a dozen officers from it. |
| Lucy Morgan |
For their thorough reporting on Pasco County Sheriff John Short, which revealed his department's corruption and led to his removal from office by voters. |
| Jack Reed |
For their thorough reporting on Pasco County Sheriff John Short, which revealed his department's corruption and led to his removal from office by voters. |
| Mark Thompson |
For reporting which revealed that nearly 250 U.S. servicemen had lost their lives as a result of a design problem in helicopters built by Bell Helicopter-- a revelation which ultimately led the Army to ground almost 600 Huey helicopters pending their modification. |
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Nominations 1984 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Norman Lockman |
For their series examining race relations in Boston, a notable exercise in public service that turned a searching gaze on some the city's most honored institutions including The Globe itself. |
| Joan Fitz Gerald |
For their series examining race relations in Boston, a notable exercise in public service that turned a searching gaze on some the city's most honored institutions including The Globe itself. |
| Jonathan Kaufman |
For their series examining race relations in Boston, a notable exercise in public service that turned a searching gaze on some the city's most honored institutions including The Globe itself. |
| Gary McMillan |
For their series examining race relations in Boston, a notable exercise in public service that turned a searching gaze on some the city's most honored institutions including The Globe itself. |
| Kenneth Cooper |
For their series examining race relations in Boston, a notable exercise in public service that turned a searching gaze on some the city's most honored institutions including The Globe itself. |
| Kirk Scharfenberg |
For their series examining race relations in Boston, a notable exercise in public service that turned a searching gaze on some the city's most honored institutions including The Globe itself. |
| David Wessel |
For their series examining race relations in Boston, a notable exercise in public service that turned a searching gaze on some the city's most honored institutions including The Globe itself. |
| Clark Hallas |
For their investigation into production problems and mismanagement at the Hughes Aircraft Company's Tucson plant. |
| John S. Long |
For their investigation into production problems and mismanagement at the Hughes Aircraft Company's Tucson plant. |
| David C. McCumber |
For their investigation into production problems and mismanagement at the Hughes Aircraft Company's Tucson plant. |
| Peter Rinearson |
For \"Making It Fly,\" his account of the new Boeing 757 jetliner. (Moved by the Board to the Feature Writing category.) |
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Nominations 1983 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Loretta Tofani |
For her investigation of rape and sexual assault in the Prince George's County, Maryland, Detention Center. |
| Donald C. Drake |
For his series \"The Forsaken,\" a tragic portrait of the failure of mental health care in America. |
| R. G. Dunlop |
For their series on illegal and dangerous operations in the coal industry. |
| Robert T. Garrett |
For their series on illegal and dangerous operations in the coal industry. |
| Mike Brown |
For their series on illegal and dangerous operations in the coal industry. |
| Bill Osinski |
For their series on illegal and dangerous operations in the coal industry. |
| Stewart Bowman |
For their series on illegal and dangerous operations in the coal industry. |
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Nominations 1982 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Paul Henderson |
[Local Investigative Specialized Reporting] For reporting which proved the innocence of a man convicted of rape. |
| Joel Brinkley |
For his series on abuses in Kentucky's coroner system. |
| Sydney P. Freedberg |
For their series which exposed the U.S. Navy's cover-up of circumstances surrounding the deaths of seamen aboard ship and which led to significant reforms in naval procedures. |
| David Ashenfelter |
For their series which exposed the U.S. Navy's cover-up of circumstances surrounding the deaths of seamen aboard ship and which led to significant reforms in naval procedures. |
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Nominations 1981 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Robert B. Lowe |
For their investigation of the University of Arizona Athletic Department. |
| Clark Hallas |
For their investigation of the University of Arizona Athletic Department. |
| Richard Morin |
For their series \"Key West: Smugglers' Island.\" |
| Carl Hiaasen |
For their series \"Key West: Smugglers' Island.\" |
| Susan Sachs |
For their series \"Key West: Smugglers' Island.\" |
| Pam Zekman |
For their series on accident swindlers. |
| Gene Mustain |
For their series on accident swindlers. |
| Gilbert Jimenez |
For their series on accident swindlers. |
| Norma Sosa |
For their series on accident swindlers. |
| Larry Cose |
For their series on accident swindlers. |
| John Whit |
For their series on accident swindlers. |
| Patricia Smith |
For their series on accident swindlers. |
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Nominations 1980 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Nils Bruzelius |
For articles on Boston's transit system. |
| Joan Vennochi |
For articles on Boston's transit system. |
| Stephen A. Kurkjian |
For articles on Boston's transit system. |
| Robert M. Porterfield |
For articles on Boston's transit system. |
| Alexander B. Hawes Jr. |
For articles on Boston's transit system. |
| Carole E. Agus |
For investigation of a Long Island sewer scandal. |
| Andrew V. Fetherston Jr. |
For investigation of a Long Island sewer scandal. |
| Frederick J. Tuccillo |
For investigation of a Long Island sewer scandal. |
| Charles R. Cook |
For expose of shoddy waste disposal practices. |
| James S. Carlton |
For expose of shoddy waste disposal practices. |
| Judy Grande |
For investigation of the handling of local murders. |
| Brian Gallagher |
For investigation of the handling of local murders. |
| Lewis M. Simons |
For a series on fraud in a large black self-help program. |
| Ron Shaffer |
For a series on fraud in a large black self-help program. |
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