Nominations 2014 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Scott Farwell |
For his story about a young woman's struggle to live a normal life after years of ghastly child abuse, an examination of human resilience in the face of depravity. |
| Christopher Goffard |
For his account of an ex-police officer\u2019s nine-day killing spree in Southern California, notable for its pacing, character development and rich detail. |
| Mark Johnson |
For his meticulously told tale about a group of first-year medical students in their gross anatomy class and the relationships they develop with one another and the nameless corpse on the table, an account enhanced by multimedia elements. |
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Nominations 2013 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| John Branch |
For his evocative narrative about skiers killed in an avalanche and the science that explains such disasters, a project enhanced by its deft integration of multimedia elements. |
| Kelley Benham |
For her searing personal account of the survival of her premature baby, born barely viable at 1 pound, 4 ounces, and her exploration of the costs and ethics of extreme medical intervention. |
| Eli Saslow |
For his moving portrait of a struggling swimming pool salesman that illustrates the daily emotional toll of the nation\u2019s economic downturn. |
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Nominations 2012 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Eli Sanders |
For his haunting story of a woman who survived a brutal attack that took the life of her partner, using the woman\u2019s brave courtroom testimony and the details of the crime to construct a moving narrative. |
| John Branch |
For his deeply reported story of Derek Boogaard, a professional hockey player valued for his brawling, whose tragic story shed light on a popular sport\u2019s disturbing embrace of potentially brain-damaging violence. |
| Corinne Reilly |
For her inspiring stories that bring the reader side-by-side with the medical professionals seeking to save the lives of gravely injured American soldiers at a combat hospital in Afghanistan. |
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Nominations 2011 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Amy Ellis Nutt |
For her deeply probing story of the mysterious sinking of a commercial fishing boat in the Atlantic Ocean that drowned six men. |
| Tony Bartelme |
For his engaging account of a South Carolina neurosurgeon\u2019s quest to teach brain surgery in Tanzania, possibly providing a new model for health care in developing countries. |
| Michael M. Phillips |
For his portfolio of deftly written stories that provide war-weary readers with fresh perspective on the conflict in Afghanistan. |
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Nominations 2010 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Gene Weingarten |
For his haunting story about parents, from varying walks of life, who accidentally kill their children by forgetting them in cars. |
| Dan Barry |
For his portfolio of closely observed pieces that movingly capture how the great recession is changing lives and relationships in America. |
| 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 |
| Lane DeGregory |
For 'The Girl in the Window,' her moving, richly detailed story of a neglected little girl, found in a roach-infested room, unable to talk or feed herself, who was adopted by a new family committed to her nurturing. |
| Amy Ellis Nutt |
For her poignant, deeply reported story of a chiropractor who suffered a severe stroke following brain surgery and became a wildly creative artist, in many ways estranged from his former self. |
| John Barry |
For his concise, captivating story about a rescued baby dolphin that needed a new tail and became a famous survivor, illuminating the mysterious connection between human beings and animals. |
| Diane Suchetka |
For her harrowing tale of a mechanic whose arms were reattached after being severed in an accident, a disciplined narrative that takes readers on the man\u2019s painful personal and physical journey to recover. |
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Nominations 2008 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Gene Weingarten |
For his chronicling of a world-class violinist who, as an experiment, played beautiful music in a subway station filled with unheeding commuters. |
| Thomas Curwen |
For his vivid account of a grizzly bear attack and the recovery of the two victims. |
| Kevin Vaughan |
For his sensitive retelling of a school bus and train collision at a rural crossing in 1961 that killed 20 children. |
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Nominations 2007 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Andrea Elliott |
For her intimate, richly textured portrait of an immigrant imam striving to find his way and serve his faithful in America. |
| Christopher Goffard |
For his fresh and compelling stories about a young public defender and his daily challenges. |
| Inara Verzemnieks |
For her witty and perceptive portfolio of features on an array of everyday topics. |
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Nominations 2006 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Jim Sheeler |
For his poignant story on a Marine major who helps the families of comrades killed in Iraq cope with their loss and honor their sacrifice. |
| Dan Barry |
For his rich portfolio of pieces capturing slices of life in hurricane-battered New Orleans as well as his own New York City. |
| Mary Schmich |
For her intimate and compelling story about a federal judge whose husband and mother were murdered by an angry former plaintiff. |
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Nominations 2005 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Julia Keller |
For her gripping, meticulously reconstructed account of a deadly 10-second tornado that ripped through Utica, Illinois. |
| Robin Gaby Fisher |
For her exhaustive look inside the lives of students at an alternative high school, shattering stereotypes and delineating memorable characters. |
| Anne Hull |
For her clear, sensitive, tirelessly reported stories on what it means to be young and gay in modern America. |
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Nominations 2003 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Sonia Nazario |
For \"Enrique's Journey,\" her touching, exhaustively reported story of a Honduran boy's perilous search for his mother who had migrated to the United States. |
| Connie Schultz |
For her moving story about a wrongfully convicted man who refused to succumb to anger or bitterness. |
| David Stabler |
For his sensitive, sometimes surprising chronicle of a teenage prodigy's struggle with a musical talent that proved to be both a gift and a problem. |
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Nominations 2002 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Barry Siegel |
For his humane and haunting portrait of a man tried for negligence in the death of his son, and the judge who heard the case. |
| Ellen Barry |
For her empathetic and illuminating portrait of teenaged Sudanese boys resettled in the U.S. who must engage with American culture. |
| David Maraniss |
For his moving and textured reconstruction of the tragic events of September 11th, described through the actions of several key participants. |
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Nominations 2001 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Tom Hallman Jr. |
The Oregonian
For his poignant profile of a disfigured 14-year old boy who elects to have life-threatening surgery in an effort to improve his appearance. |
| Robin Gaby Fisher |
The Star-Ledger
For her inspirational stories that chronicled the care and recovery of two students critically burned in a dormitory fire at Seton Hall University. |
| Richard E. Meyer |
Los Angeles Times
For his elegant, insightful portrait of a Tennessee family whose son shot three people at his high school. |
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Nominations 2000 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| J. R. Moehringer |
For his portrait of Gee\u2019s Bend, an isolated river community in Alabama where many descendants of slaves live, and how a proposed ferry to the mainland might change it. |
| David Finkel |
For his moving account of a woman forced to choose between staying with her family in a Macedonian refugee camp, or leaving to marry a man in France. |
| Anne Hull |
For her quietly powerful stories of Mexican women who come to work in North Carolina crab shacks, in pursuit of a better life. |
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Nominations 1999 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Angelo B. Henderson |
For his portrait of a druggist who is driven to violence by his encounters with armed robbery, illustrating the lasting effects of crime. |
| Tom Hallman Jr. |
For his unique profile of a man struggling to recover from a brain injury. |
| Eric L. Wee |
For his moving account of a Washington lawyer whose collection of postcards helps to preserve his memories of a fleetingly happy childhood. |
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Nominations 1998 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Thomas French |
For his detailed and compassionate narrative portrait of a mother and two daughters slain on a Florida vacation, and the three-year investigation into their murders. |
| J. R. Moehringer |
For \"The Champ,\" an extraordinary documentation of a heavyweight boxer's glory days and his fall. |
| Steve Giegerich |
For his startling and original story about a bond that formed between four medical students and the cadaver they studied. |
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Nominations 1997 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Lisa Pollak |
For her compelling portrait of a baseball umpire who endured the death of a son while knowing that another son suffers from the same deadly genetic disease. |
| Jeffrey Fleishman |
For his versatile storytelling, notably including an account of the flight of 15 Buddhist monks from Tibet through the Himalayas. |
| Julia Prodis |
For her trio of vivid stories about three teenagers on a deadly journey, a photograph from the Oklahoma City bombing, and a vacuum cleaner that catches prairie dogs. |
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Nominations 1996 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Rick Bragg |
For his elegantly written stories about contemporary America. |
| Richard E. Meyer |
For \"Buried Alive,\" his chilling profile of a woman's desperate attempts to communicate after being left mute and paralyzed by strokes. |
| Hank Stuever |
For his detailed and highly personal account of returning to his hometown of Oklahoma City after the bombing there. |
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Nominations 1995 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Ron Suskind |
For his stories about inner-city honor students in Washington, D.C., and their determination to survive and prosper. |
| David Finkel |
For his story examining middle class flight from the District of Columbia, and for two profiles: of a family that watches television 17 hours a day, and of a Rush Limbaugh fan. |
| Anne Hull |
For her account of a local businessman's secret life of drug addiction and consorting with prostitutes. |
| Fen Montaigne |
For stories about people who enjoy the outdoors, especially those with a passion for fishing. |
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Nominations 1994 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Isabel Wilkerson |
For her profile of a fourth-grader from Chicago's South Side and for two stories reporting on the Midwestern flood of 1993. |
| April Witt |
For their chilling portrait of seven suburban teenagers accused of murdering a friend. |
| Scott Higham |
For their chilling portrait of seven suburban teenagers accused of murdering a friend. |
| Mark Feeney |
For his provocative profile of former President Richard Nixon. |
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Nominations 1993 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| George Lardner Jr. |
For his unflinching examination of his daughter's murder by a violent man who had slipped through the criminal justice system. |
| Hank Stuever |
For his lively and vivid reporting of the celebration of a young couple's wedding. |
| Judith Valente |
For her moving story about a family brought together by AIDS. |
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Nominations 1992 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Howell Raines |
For 'Grady's Gift,' an account of the author's childhood friendship with his family's black housekeeper and the lasting lessons of their relationship. |
| Frank Bruni |
For his profile of a child molester that challenged many assumptions about sexual abuse. |
| Sheryl James |
For her gripping account of the effort to transplant the organs of a dead boy and turn the tragedy of his death into a gift of life for others. |
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Nominations 1991 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Sheryl James |
For a compelling series about a mother who abandoned her newborn child and how it affected her life and those of others. |
| Tad Bartimus |
For her moving account of her father's death from lung cancer. |
| Wil Haygood |
For three illuminating portraits of African-American life. |
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Nominations 1990 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Dave Curtin |
For a gripping account of a family's struggle to recover after its members were severely burned in an explosion that devastated their home. |
| Jay Reed |
For a poignant series about his return to Vietnam. |
| Mark Kriegel |
For \"The People's Court,\" a detailed account of the game of basketball as it is played on New York City playgrounds. |
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Nominations 1989 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| David Zucchino |
For his richly compelling series, 'Being Black in South Africa.' |
| Tad Bartimus |
For her story about the accidental drowning of three brothers and the effect it had on their small Missouri town. |
| Bob Ehlert |
For his stories about a local priest accused of sexual abuse. |
| Loretta Tofani |
For stories about a heroin addict's pregnancy and the birth of her addicted infant. |
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Nominations 1988 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Jacqui Banaszynski |
For her moving series about the life and death of an AIDS victim in a rural farm community. |
| Lynne Duke |
For her powerful story about life at a housing project overrun by the drug crack. |
| John Dorschner |
For richly detailed stories about a violent neighborhood feud, ethnic tensions in the Miami police department and Holocaust survivors in South Florida. |
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Nominations 1987 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Steve Twomey |
For his illuminating profile of life aboard an aircraft carrier. |
| Michael Connelly |
For \"Into the Storm--the Story of Flight 191,\" a sensitive reconstruction of an airplane crash. |
| Robert McClure |
For \"Into the Storm--the Story of Flight 191,\" a sensitive reconstruction of an airplane crash. |
| Malinda Reink |
For \"Into the Storm--the Story of Flight 191,\" a sensitive reconstruction of an airplane crash. |
| Barry Bearak |
For three gracefully written stories dealing respectively with a prison lawsuit, a family murder and an aging stand-up comic. |
| Alex Jones |
For \"The Fall of the House of Bingham,\" a skillful and sensitive report of a powerful newspaper family's bickering and how it led to the sale of a famed media empire. |
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Nominations 1986 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| John Sandford |
For his five-part series examining the life of an American farm family faced with the worst U.S. agricultural crisis since the Depression. |
| David Lee Preston |
For his account of how, by means of a trip through Germany and Eastern Europe, he managed to come to terms with his father's experiences in the Holocaust. |
| Irene Virag |
For her elegantly written and sensitive stories about the aspirations and accomplishments of ordinary people. |
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Nominations 1985 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Alice Steinbach |
For her account of a blind boy's world, \"A Boy of Unusual Vision.\" |
| Scott Kraft |
For his story about a family's search for the man who raped their daughter. |
| Michele Lesie |
For her story of Jennifer Brandt, teen-age suicide. |
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Nominations 1984 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Peter Rinearson |
For \"Making It Fly,\" his account of the new Boeing 757 jetliner. |
| Charles Bowden |
For his stories on illegal immigrants, sexual abuse of children and the deaths of two men. |
| Jay William Hamburg |
For a series documenting the world of a young boxer and his manager. |
| Nancy Tracy |
For her moving account of Meg Casey, a victim of premature aging. |
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Nominations 1983 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Nan C. Robertson |
For her memorable and medically detailed account of her struggle with toxic shock syndrome. |
| Don Colburn |
For his documentation of the work of the nation's largest burn treatment center in Seattle, Wash. |
| James Ricci |
For his extraordinary account of an organ donation \"Kelly's Gift,\" and the effects it had on the lives of four strangers. |
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Nominations 1982 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Saul Pett |
For an article profiling the federal bureaucracy. |
| Erik Lacitis |
For his series on abortion. |
| H. G. Bissinger |
For his account of a near air crash and its aftermath |
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Nominations 1981 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Teresa Carpenter |
For her account of the death of actress-model Dorothy Stratten. |
| Madeleine Blais |
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| Douglas J. Swanson |
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Nominations 1980 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Madeleine Blais |
For \"Zepp's Last Stand.\" |
| Bonnie M. Anderson |
For \"Execution of My Father.\" |
| John Sandford |
For a series on Indians. |
| Saul Pett |
On the snail darter. |
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