Nominations 2014 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Eli Saslow |
For his unsettling and nuanced reporting on the prevalence of food stamps in post-recession America, forcing readers to grapple with issues of poverty and dependency. |
| Dennis Overbye |
For his authoritative illumination of the race by two competing teams of 3,000 scientists and technicians over a seven-year period to discover what physicists call the \u201CGod particle\u201D. |
| Les Zaitz |
For chilling narratives that, at personal risk to him and his sources, revealed how lethal Mexican drug cartels infiltrated Oregon and other regions of the country. |
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Nominations 2013 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Dan Egan |
Dan Egan of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel for his exhaustive examination of the struggle to keep Asian carp and other invasive species from reaching the Great Lakes and ultimately all of the nation\u2019s inland waters, a story enhanced by animated graphics. |
| Tony Bartelme |
Tony Bartelme of The Post and Courier, Charleston, S.C., for his stories that helped readers understand the complex factors driving up their insurance bills. |
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The New York Times
For its penetrating look into business practices by Apple and other technology companies that illustrates the darker side of a changing global economy for workers and consumers. |
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Nominations 2012 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| David Kocieniewski |
For his lucid series that penetrated a legal thicket to explain how the nation\u2019s wealthiest citizens and corporations often exploited loopholes and avoided taxes. |
| Tom Frank |
USA Today
For his sharply focused exploration of inflated pensions for state and local employees, enhancing stories with graphic material to show how state legislators pump up retirement benefits in creative but unconscionable ways. |
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The Wall Street Journal
For its tenacious exploration of how personal information is harvested from the cellphones and computers of unsuspecting Americans by corporations and public officials in a largely unmonitored realm of modern life. |
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Nominations 2011 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Mark Johnson |
For their lucid examination of an epic effort to use genetic technology to save a 4-year-old boy imperiled by a mysterious disease, told with words, graphics, videos and other images. |
| Kathleen Gallagher |
For their lucid examination of an epic effort to use genetic technology to save a 4-year-old boy imperiled by a mysterious disease, told with words, graphics, videos and other images. |
| Gary Porter |
For their lucid examination of an epic effort to use genetic technology to save a 4-year-old boy imperiled by a mysterious disease, told with words, graphics, videos and other images. |
| Lou Saldivar |
For their lucid examination of an epic effort to use genetic technology to save a 4-year-old boy imperiled by a mysterious disease, told with words, graphics, videos and other images. |
| Alison Sherwood |
For their lucid examination of an epic effort to use genetic technology to save a 4-year-old boy imperiled by a mysterious disease, told with words, graphics, videos and other images. |
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The Wall Street Journal
For its penetration of the shadowy world of fraud and abuse in Medicare, probing previously concealed government databases to identify millions of dollars in waste and corrupt practices. |
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The Washington Post
For its exploration of how the military is using trauma surgery, brain science and other techniques both old and new to reduce fatalities among the wounded in warfare, telling the story with words, images and other tools. |
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Nominations 2010 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Dan Egan |
For his path-breaking coverage of how invasive aquatic creatures have disrupted the ecosystem of the Great Lakes and other bodies of water, illuminating the science and politics of an important national issue. |
| Kirsten Grind |
For their meticulous examination of the collapse of Washington Mutual, the biggest bank failure in U.S. history, plumbing causes and raising troubling questions about federal regulation. |
| Jeanne Lang Jones |
For their meticulous examination of the collapse of Washington Mutual, the biggest bank failure in U.S. history, plumbing causes and raising troubling questions about federal regulation. |
| Alwyn Scott |
For their meticulous examination of the collapse of Washington Mutual, the biggest bank failure in U.S. history, plumbing causes and raising troubling questions about federal regulation. |
| Michael Moss |
The New York Times
For relentless reporting on contaminated hamburger and other food safety issues that, in print and online, spotlighted defects in federal regulation and led to improved practices. |
| Gina Kolata |
The New York Times
For their exploration of the lack of progress in the 40-year war on cancer, combining explanation of scientific complexity and the exposure of myths with an empathetic portrayal of the human suffering caused by the disease. |
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Nominations 2009 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Adam Liptak |
For his lucid exposition of how the cornerstones of the American judicial system differ from those in other democratic nations, awakening readers to the benefits and drawbacks of those differences. |
| Robert O'Harrow, Jr. |
For their vivid, richly documented explanation of why AIG, the insurance industry giant, nearly collapsed and what lessons the crisis holds for the nation\u2019s policymakers. |
| Brady Dennis |
For their vivid, richly documented explanation of why AIG, the insurance industry giant, nearly collapsed and what lessons the crisis holds for the nation\u2019s policymakers. |
| Bettina Boxall |
For their fresh and painstaking exploration into the cost and effectiveness of attempts to combat the growing menace of wildfires across the western United States. |
| Julie Cart |
For their fresh and painstaking exploration into the cost and effectiveness of attempts to combat the growing menace of wildfires across the western United States. |
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Nominations 2008 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Amy Harmon |
For her striking examination of the dilemmas and ethical issues that accompany DNA testing, using human stories to sharpen her reports. |
| Beth Daley |
For her evocative exploration of how global warming affects New Englanders, from ice fishermen to blueberry farmers. |
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Nominations 2007 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Kenneth R. Weiss |
For their richly portrayed reports on the world's distressed oceans, telling the story in print and online, and stirring reaction among readers and officials. |
| Rick Loomis |
For their richly portrayed reports on the world's distressed oceans, telling the story in print and online, and stirring reaction among readers and officials. |
| Usha Lee McFarling |
For their richly portrayed reports on the world's distressed oceans, telling the story in print and online, and stirring reaction among readers and officials. |
| Joanne Kimberlin |
For their provocative examination of the United States' increasing reliance on private military personnel. |
| Bill Sizemore |
For their provocative examination of the United States' increasing reliance on private military personnel. |
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The New York Times
For its multi-faceted explanation of the growing menace of diabetes, especially among the poor and vulnerable, that elicited a range of public and private responses. |
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Nominations 2006 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| David Finkel |
For his ambitious, clear-eyed case study of the United States government's attempt to bring democracy to Yemen. |
| Debbie Cenziper |
For her deeply researched examination of breakdowns in hurricane forecasting that often endanger lives. |
| Mark Johnson |
For their riveting chronicle of a teenage girl's miraculous recovery from a rabies infection that medicine had previously considered fatal. |
| Kawanza Newson |
For their riveting chronicle of a teenage girl's miraculous recovery from a rabies infection that medicine had previously considered fatal. |
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Nominations 2005 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Gareth Cook |
For explaining, with clarity and humanity, the complex scientific and ethical dimensions of stem cell research. |
| William Broad |
For their aggressive reporting and lucid writing that cast light on the shadowy process of nuclear proliferation. |
| David E. Sanger |
For their aggressive reporting and lucid writing that cast light on the shadowy process of nuclear proliferation. |
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Newsday
For its serious, energetic and substantive series examining three decades of hip-hop music in American life. |
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Nominations 2004 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Kevin Helliker |
For their groundbreaking examination of aneurysms, an often overlooked medical condition that kills thousands of Americans each year. |
| Thomas M. Burton |
For their groundbreaking examination of aneurysms, an often overlooked medical condition that kills thousands of Americans each year. |
| Erika Niedowski |
For her illuminating account of how one of America's best hospitals let an infant die of a preventable condition and how the devastated mother joined with the hospital to spare other families such heartache. |
| Bernard Wolfson |
For their ambitious exploration of the quality of care at 26 local hospitals and the creation of a \"report card\" to help consumers make medical decisions. |
| William Heisel |
For their ambitious exploration of the quality of care at 26 local hospitals and the creation of a \"report card\" to help consumers make medical decisions. |
| Chris Knap |
For their ambitious exploration of the quality of care at 26 local hospitals and the creation of a \"report card\" to help consumers make medical decisions. |
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Nominations 2003 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Daniel Hertzberg |
The Wall Street Journal
For its clear, concise and comprehensive stories that illuminated the roots, significance and impact of corporate scandals in America. (Moved by the jury from the Public Service category.) |
| Geeta Anand |
The Wall Street Journal
For its clear, concise and comprehensive stories that illuminated the roots, significance and impact of corporate scandals in America. (Moved by the jury from the Public Service category.) |
| David Wessel |
The Wall Street Journal
For its clear, concise and comprehensive stories that illuminated the roots, significance and impact of corporate scandals in America. (Moved by the jury from the Public Service category.) |
| Mike Miller |
The Wall Street Journal
For its clear, concise and comprehensive stories that illuminated the roots, significance and impact of corporate scandals in America. (Moved by the jury from the Public Service category.) |
| Jim Haner |
For \"Justice Undone,\" their in-depth examination of the city's disturbingly low conviction rate in murder cases. |
| John B. O'Donnell |
For \"Justice Undone,\" their in-depth examination of the city's disturbingly low conviction rate in murder cases. |
| Kimberly A.C. Wilson |
For \"Justice Undone,\" their in-depth examination of the city's disturbingly low conviction rate in murder cases. |
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
For its painstaking explanation of chronic-wasting disease among deer in Wisconsin, and the impact of the affliction on the state's citizens, communities and culture. |
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Nominations 2002 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| David Finkel |
For his illuminating series of articles on the lives and journeys of international migrants. |
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The New York Times
For its informed and detailed reporting, before and after the September 11th attacks on America, that profiled the global terrorism network and the threats it posed. |
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The New York Times
For its sustained explanatory reporting on the nature of the structural damage at \"Ground Zero,\" the lower Manhattan area where the World Trade Center towers collapsed. |
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Nominations 2001 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Louise Kiernan |
Chicago Tribune
For her moving and humane portrait of a young mother killed by a falling skyscraper window, its effect on her three-year-old daughter, and the negligence of the company involved. |
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The New York Times
For its insightful coverage of the completed deciphering of the human genome, which explained the scientific context for understanding the chemical string that makes up DNA, as well as the discovery's implications for the future. |
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Chicago Tribune
For \"Gateway to Gridlock,\" its clear and compelling profile of the chaotic American air traffic system. |
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Nominations 2000 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Eric Newhouse |
For his vivid examination of alcohol abuse and the problems it creates in the community. |
| Brent Walth |
For their series on how politics influences pesticide regulation. |
| Alex Pulaski |
For their series on how politics influences pesticide regulation. |
| Michael Winerip |
For his profile of a mentally ill man who pushed a woman to her death before an onrushing subway train, a case used by the writer for a broad overview of deficiencies in the mental health care system. |
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Nominations 1999 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Richard Read |
For vividly illustrating the domestic impact of the Asian economic crisis by profiling the local industry that exports frozen french fries. |
| Tom Brune |
For his revealing analysis of the Washington state initiative on affirmative action that challenged accepted notions about practices that had been in place for three decades. |
| William Carlsen |
For their compelling series chronicling the epidemic of health risks associated with the reckless use of unsafe hypodermic needles. |
| Reynolds Holding |
For their compelling series chronicling the epidemic of health risks associated with the reckless use of unsafe hypodermic needles. |
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Nominations 1998 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| David Barstow |
For his narrative portrait of the legal struggle against the tobacco industry, centered on the personalities who were key in reaching a tentative settlement of billions of dollars. |
| Linda Greenhouse |
For her consistently illuminating coverage of the United States Supreme Court. |
| Paul Salopek |
For his enlightening profile of the Human Genome Diversity Project, which seeks to chart the genetic relationship among all people. |
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