Pulitzer Prize for Public Service (Pulitzer Prize)

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The Winners of the 2016 Pulitzer Prizes were Announced (Tue, Apr 19 2016)

Guardian US

(For its revelation of widespread secret surveillance by the National Security Agency, helping through aggressive reporting to spark a debate about the relationship between the government and the public over issues of security and privacy.)

Nominations 2014 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
	Guardian US For its revelation of widespread secret surveillance by the National Security Agency, helping through aggressive reporting to spark a debate about the relationship between the government and the public over issues of security and privacy.
	The Washington Post For its revelation of widespread secret surveillance by the National Security Agency, marked by authoritative and insightful reports that helped the public understand how the disclosures fit into the larger framework of national security.
	Newsday For its use of in-depth reporting and digital tools to expose shootings, beatings and other concealed misconduct by some Long Island police officers, leading to the formation of a grand jury and an official review of police accountability.

The Washington Post

(For its revelation of widespread secret surveillance by the National Security Agency, marked by authoritative and insightful reports that helped the public understand how the disclosures fit into the larger framework of national security.)

Nominations 2014 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
	Guardian US For its revelation of widespread secret surveillance by the National Security Agency, helping through aggressive reporting to spark a debate about the relationship between the government and the public over issues of security and privacy.
	The Washington Post For its revelation of widespread secret surveillance by the National Security Agency, marked by authoritative and insightful reports that helped the public understand how the disclosures fit into the larger framework of national security.
	Newsday For its use of in-depth reporting and digital tools to expose shootings, beatings and other concealed misconduct by some Long Island police officers, leading to the formation of a grand jury and an official review of police accountability.

Sun-Sentinel

(For its well documented investigation of off-duty police officers who recklessly speed and endanger the lives of citizens, leading to disciplinary action and other steps to curtail a deadly hazard.)

Nominations 2013 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
	Sun-Sentinel For its well documented investigation of off-duty police officers who recklessly speed and endanger the lives of citizens, leading to disciplinary action and other steps to curtail a deadly hazard.
	The Washington Post For its exploration of flawed evidence in a series of criminal cases prosecuted by the Justice Department that was never disclosed to defendants, causing a review of more than 20,000 cases and other corrective steps.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

(For its exploration of pervasive violence in the city\u2019s schools, using powerful print narratives and videos to illuminate crimes committed by children against children and to stir reforms to improve safety for teachers and students.)

Nominations 2012 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
	The Philadelphia Inquirer For its exploration of pervasive violence in the city\u2019s schools, using powerful print narratives and videos to illuminate crimes committed by children against children and to stir reforms to improve safety for teachers and students.
	The Miami Herald For its exposure of deadly abuses and lax state oversight in Florida\u2019s assisted-living facilities for the elderly and mentally ill that resulted in the closure of dangerous homes, punishment of violators and creation of tougher laws and regulations.
	The New York Times For the work of Danny Hakim and Russ Buettner that revealed rapes, beatings and more than 1,200 unexplained deaths over the past decade of developmentally disabled people in New York State group homes, leading to removal of two top officials, movement to fire 130 employees and passage of remedial laws.

Los Angeles Times

(For its exposure of corruption in the small California city of Bell where officials tapped the treasury to pay themselves exorbitant salaries, resulting in arrests and reforms.)

Nominations 2011 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
	Los Angeles Times For its exposure of corruption in the small California city of Bell where officials tapped the treasury to pay themselves exorbitant salaries, resulting in arrests and reforms.
	Bloomberg News For the work of Daniel Golden, John Hechinger and John Lauerman that revealed how some for-profit colleges exploit low-income students, leading to a federal crackdown on a multi-billion-dollar industry.
	The New York Times For the work of Alan Schwarz in illuminating the peril of concussions in football and other sports, spurring a national discussion and a re-examination of helmets and of medical and coaching practices.

Daniel Gilbert

Honored for : Bristol Herald Courier

(For the work of Daniel Gilbert in illuminating the murky mismanagement of natural-gas royalties owed to thousands of land owners in southwest Virginia, spurring remedial action by state lawmakers.)

Nominations 2010 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
	Asbury Park Press For its exhaustive examination of how an archaic property tax system harms New Jersey\u2019s economy and ordinary families, using stories and interactive databases to spark pledges of statewide reform.
ProPublica	Los Angeles Times For their exposure of gaps in California\u2019s oversight of dangerous and incompetent nurses, blending investigative scrutiny and multimedia storytelling to produce corrective changes.
	Bristol Herald Courier For the work of Daniel Gilbert in illuminating the murky mismanagement of natural-gas royalties owed to thousands of land owners in southwest Virginia, spurring remedial action by state lawmakers.

Alexandra Berzon

Honored for : Las Vegas Sun

(For the exposure of the high death rate among construction workers on the Las Vegas Strip amid lax enforcement of regulations, leading to changes in policy and improved safety conditions.)

Nominations 2009 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
	Las Vegas Sun For the exposure of the high death rate among construction workers on the Las Vegas Strip amid lax enforcement of regulations, leading to changes in policy and improved safety conditions.
	The New York Times For its comprehensive coverage of the economic meltdown of 2008, setting a standard for depth and sophistication while making the arcane world of finance and banking accessible to an often bewildered public.
	The St. Petersburg Times For \u201CPolitiFact,\u201D its fact-checking initiative during the 2008 presidential campaign that used probing reporters and the power of the World Wide Web to examine more than 750 political claims, separating rhetoric from truth to enlighten voters. (Moved by the Board to the National Reporting category.)

Dana Priest, Anne Hull, Michel duCille

Honored for : The Washington Post

(For the work of Dana Priest, Anne Hull and photographer Michel du Cille in exposing mistreatment of wounded veterans at Walter Reed Hospital, evoking a national outcry and producing reforms by federal officials.)

Nominations 2008 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
	The Washington Post For the work of Dana Priest, Anne Hull and photographer Michel du Cille in exposing mistreatment of wounded veterans at Walter Reed Hospital, evoking a national outcry and producing reforms by federal officials.
	The Charlotte Observer For its illuminating examination of the mortgage and housing crisis in the newspaper\u2019s community and state, resulting in federal probes and changes in a major lender\u2019s practices.
	Newsday For its comprehensive investigation into the hazardous gap between a New York railroad\u2019s trains and its boarding platforms, spotlighting individual injuries and triggering a multi-million-dollar remedy by the railway.

The Wall Street Journal

(For its creative and comprehensive probe into backdated stock options for business executives that triggered investigations, the ouster of top officials and widespread change in corporate America.)

Nominations 2007 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
	The Wall Street Journal For its creative and comprehensive probe into backdated stock options for business executives that triggered investigations, the ouster of top officials and widespread change in corporate America.
	The Washington Post For its extensive examination of waste and abuse in the nation\u2019s farm subsidy system, prodding Congress to address the need for fundamental reform.
	The Birmingham News For the work of Brett Blackledge that exposed cronyism and corruption in the state's two-year college system, resulting in the dismissal of the chancellor and other corrective action. (Moved by the Board to the Investigative Reporting category.)

Sun Herald

(For its valorous and comprehensive coverage of Hurricane Katrina, providing a lifeline for devastated readers, in print and online, during their time of greatest need.)

Nominations 2006 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
	Sun Herald For its valorous and comprehensive coverage of Hurricane Katrina, providing a lifeline for devastated readers, in print and online, during their time of greatest need.
	The Times-Picayune For its heroic, multi-faceted coverage of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, making exceptional use of the newspaper's resources to serve an inundated city even after evacuation of the newspaper plant. (Selected by the Board from the Public Service category, where it was entered.)
	The Washington Post For its exhaustive and illuminating exploration of the government's war on terrorism and the ensuing tension between national security and individual liberty.
	Toledo Blade For its relentless probe of the state's investment in a rare-coin fund that exposed illegal actions by the governor and other state officials, spurring successful criminal prosecution and other corrective action.

The Times-Picayune

(For its heroic, multi-faceted coverage of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, making exceptional use of the newspaper's resources to serve an inundated city even after evacuation of the newspaper plant.)

Nominations 2006 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
	Sun Herald For its valorous and comprehensive coverage of Hurricane Katrina, providing a lifeline for devastated readers, in print and online, during their time of greatest need.
	The Times-Picayune For its heroic, multi-faceted coverage of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, making exceptional use of the newspaper's resources to serve an inundated city even after evacuation of the newspaper plant. (Selected by the Board from the Public Service category, where it was entered.)
	The Washington Post For its exhaustive and illuminating exploration of the government's war on terrorism and the ensuing tension between national security and individual liberty.
	Toledo Blade For its relentless probe of the state's investment in a rare-coin fund that exposed illegal actions by the governor and other state officials, spurring successful criminal prosecution and other corrective action.

Los Angeles Times

(For its courageous, exhaustively researched series exposing deadly medical problems and racial injustice at a major public hospital.)

Nominations 2005 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
	Los Angeles Times For its courageous, exhaustively researched series exposing deadly medical problems and racial injustice at a major public hospital.
	Pensacola News Journal For its valiant and innovative coverage, in the newspaper and online, of the coastal devastation caused by Hurricane Ivan.
	The Orange County Register For its tenacious investigation into the widespread poisoning of children by lead-tainted Mexican candy, spurring remedial action.

David Barstow, Lowell Bergman

Honored for : The New York Times

(For the work of David Barstow and Lowell Bergman that relentlessly examined death and injury among American workers and exposed employers who break basic safety rules. (Moved by the Board from the Investigative Reporting category, where it was also entered.))

Nominations 2004 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
	The New York Times For the work of David Barstow and Lowell Bergman that relentlessly examined death and injury among American workers and exposed employers who break basic safety rules. (Moved by the Board from the Investigative Reporting category, where it was also entered.)
	The Courier-Journal For its vivid portrayal of how delays in the state's criminal justice system harmed victims and defendants alike, a project that spurred remedial action.
	The Providence Journal For its comprehensive coverage of the causes and consequences of a nightclub fire that killed 100 people and spread anguish across America's smallest state.
	The Seattle Times For the work of Christine Willmsen and Maureen O'Hagan that revealed sexual misconduct by male coaches who preyed on female students and escaped discipline or prosecution.

The Boston Globe

(For its courageous, comprehensive coverage of sexual abuse by priests, an effort that pierced secrecy, stirred local, national and international reaction and produced changes in the Roman Catholic Church.)

Nominations 2003 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
	The Boston Globe For its courageous, comprehensive coverage of sexual abuse by priests, an effort that pierced secrecy, stirred local, national and international reaction and produced changes in the Roman Catholic Church.
	The Detroit News For the work of Norman Sinclair, Ronald Hansen and Melvin Claxton that revealed dangerous defects and spurred changes in a criminal justice system that allowed lawbreakers to get away with everything from petty theft to murder.
	Pensacola News Journal For its uncommon courage in publishing stories that exposed a culture of corruption in Escambia County, Fla., and resulted in the indictment of four of five county commissioners.

The New York Times

(For "A Nation Challenged," a special section published regularly after the September 11th terrorist attacks on America, which coherently and comprehensively covered the tragic events, profiled the victims, and tracked the developing story, locally and globally.)

Nominations 2002 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
	The New York Times For "A Nation Challenged," a special section published regularly after the September 11th terrorist attacks on America, which coherently and comprehensively covered the tragic events, profiled the victims, and tracked the developing story, locally and globally.
	The Washington Post For the work of Sari Horwitz, Scott Higham and 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.
	The Washington Post For its sustained and often groundbreaking coverage that informed and aided the nation as it grappled with the complex and varied issues stemming from the September 11th terrorist attacks on America and their aftermath.

The Oregonian

(For its detailed and unflinching examination of systematic problems within the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service, including harsh treatment of foreign nationals and other widespread abuses, which prompted various reforms.)

Nominations 2001 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
	The Oregonian For its detailed and unflinching examination of systematic problems within the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, including harsh treatment of foreign nationals and other widespread abuses, which prompted various reforms.
Associated Press	For its accurate and comprehensive coverage of the 2000 presidential election, particularly during those 36 uncertain days when much of the nation looked to the AP for disciplined, 24-hour reporting on the close votes and recounts.
	The Washington Post For its comprehensive series on the AIDS plague in Africa, which revealed how the devastating epidemic was affected by political, commercial and bureaucratic forces far removed from the lives of most of its victims.

Katherine Boo

Honored for : The Washington Post

(For the work of Katherine Boo that disclosed wretched neglect and abuse in the city's group homes for the mentally retarded, which forced officials to acknowledge the conditions and begin reforms.)

Nominations 2000 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
	The Washington Post For the work of Katherine Boo that disclosed wretched neglect and abuse in the city\u2019s group homes for the mentally retarded, which forced officials to acknowledge the conditions and begin reforms.
	Chicago Tribune For its extensive investigation of the failures of the legal justice system, documenting misconduct by prosecutors and inequities in death penalty cases, which led the governor of Illinois to suspend state executions.
	The Philadelphia Inquirer For an investigative series, including an innovative presentation on its Web site, by Mark Fazlollah, Craig R. McCoy, Michael Matza and Clea Benson that revealed how Philadelphia police had routinely minimized and did not investigate many sexual assault claims, leading to reform of the system.

The Washington Post

(For its series that identified and analyzed patterns of reckless gunplay by city police officers who had little training or supervision.)

Nominations 1999 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
	The Washington Post For its series that identified and analyzed patterns of reckless gunplay by city police officers who had little training or supervision.
	The Boston Globe For the work of Dolores Kong and Robert Whitaker that disclosed how, for decades, psychiatric researchers callously performed drug experiments on mentally ill patients.
	The Philadelphia Inquirer For its series that explained how local police routinely manipulated crime statistics to make the city appear safer.

Grand Forks Herald

(For its sustained and informative coverage, vividly illustrated with photographs, that helped hold its community together in the wake of flooding, a blizzard and a fire that devastated much of the city, including the newspaper plant itself.)

Nominations 1998 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
	Grand Forks Herald For its sustained and informative coverage, vividly illustrated with photographs, that helped hold its community together in the wake of flooding, a blizzard and a fire that devastated much of the city, including the newspaper plant itself.
	The Seattle Times For the work of Duff Wilson that disclosed how toxic waste from heavy industries was being recycled as fertilizer.
	Los Angeles Times For the work of Sonia Nazario, reporter and Clarence Williams, photographer, that chronicled the tragic plight of young children with parents addicted to alcohol and drugs.

The Times-Picayune

(For its comprehensive series analyzing the conditions that threaten the world's supply of fish.)

Nominations 1997 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
	The Times-Picayune For its comprehensive series analyzing the conditions that threaten the world's supply of fish.
	Los Angeles Times For its probe of murder cases in Los Angeles County, which revealed inefficiency and mismanagement in the justice system.
	The Philadelphia Inquirer For a series by Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele chronicling the widening gap between the affluent and the poor at a time when Americans are being told that the economy is more prosperous than ever.

Melanie Sill, Pat Stith, Joby Warrick

Honored for : The News & Observer

(For the work of Melanie Sill, Pat Stith and Joby Warrick on the environmental and health risks of waste disposal systems used in North Carolina's growing hog industry.)

Nominations 1996 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
	The News & Observer For the work of Melanie Sill, Pat Stith and Joby Warrick on the environmental and health risks of waste disposal systems used in North Carolina's growing hog industry.
	Star Tribune For articles revealing questionable favors extended by a local legal publishing company to members of the federal judiciary, including several Supreme court justices.
	The Baltimore Sun For the work of Ginger Thompson and Gary Cohn that disclosed the activities of a Honduran army unit that abducted, tortured and murdered political suspects in the 1980s with the knowledge of the CIA.

Melvin Claxton

Honored for : The Virgin Islands Daily News

(For its disclosure of the links between the region's rampant crime rate and corruption in the local criminal justice system. The reporting, largely the work of Melvin Claxton, initiated political reforms.)

Nominations 1995 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
	The Virgin Islands Daily News For its disclosure of the links between the region's rampant crime rate and corruption in the local criminal justice system. The reporting, largely the work of Melvin Claxton, initiated political reforms.
	The Charlotte Observer For examining the city's declining inner-city neighborhoods, proposing improvements and helping to organize citizens to ward off further deterioration.
	The Philadelphia Inquirer For disclosing fraudulent practices in a local election, bringing about the overturn of the election and the reform of many of the city's electoral practices.

Akron Beacon Journal

(For its broad examination of local racial attitudes and its subsequent effort to promote improved communication in the community.)

Nominations 1994 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
	Akron Beacon Journal For its broad examination of local racial attitudes and its subsequent effort to promote improved communication in the community.
	The Albuquerque Tribune For the work of Eileen Welsome, which related the experiences of Americans who had been used unknowingly in government radiation experiments nearly 50 years ago.
	Chicago Tribune For its year-long examination of child homicide, which focused individual attention on 61 children and the circumstances of their deaths.

The Miami Herald

(For coverage that not only helped readers cope with Hurricane Andrew's devastation but also showed how lax zoning, inspection and building codes had contributed to the destruction.)

Nominations 1993 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
	The Miami Herald For coverage that not only helped readers cope with Hurricane Andrew's devastation but also showed how lax zoning, inspection and building codes had contributed to the destruction.
	Orlando Sentinel For the exposure by reporters Jeff Brazil and Steve Berry of the unjust seizure of millions of dollars from motorists -- most of them minorities -- by a sheriff's drug squad.
	The Seattle Times For disclosing numerous allegations of sexual harassment of women by U.S. Sen. Brock Adams of Washington, who then dropped his bid for re-election.

Tom Knudson

Honored for : The Sacramento Bee

(For 'The Sierra in Peril,' reporting by Tom Knudson that examined environmental threats and damage to the Sierra Nevada mountain range in California.)

Nominations 1992 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
	Dayton Daily News For extensive reporting by Mike Casey and Russell Carollo that revealed gross national neglect of worker safety conditions and regulations and prompted workplace-reform legislation.
	The Sacramento Bee For "The Sierra in Peril," reporting by Tom Knudson that examined environmental threats and damage to the Sierra Nevada mountain range in California.
	The Washington Post For articles exploring the causes and human consequences of the epidemic of gun violence in the capital area that claimed more than 3,000 lives in five years.

Jane Schorer

Honored for : The Des Moines Register

(For reporting by Jane Schorer that, with the victim's consent, named a woman who had been raped -- which prompted widespread reconsideration of the traditional media practice of concealing the identity of rape victims.)

Nominations 1991 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
	The Des Moines Register For reporting by Jane Schorer that, with the victim's consent, named a woman who had been raped --which prompt widespread reconsideration of the traditional media practice of concealing the identity of rape victims.
	Los Angeles Times For a series by David Freed on the impact of the high crime rate on the city's criminal justice system, which prompted immediate steps toward reform.
	Star Tribune For a series examining race relations and racial attitudes in the state, including those prevailing at the newspaper itself.

Gilbert M. Gaul

Honored for : Washington Daily News

(For revealing that the city's water supply was contaminated with carcinogens, a problem that the local government had neither disclosed nor corrected over a period of eight years.)

Nominations 1990 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
	Washington Daily News For revealing that the city's water supply was contaminated with carcinogens, a problem that the local government had neither disclosed nor corrected over a period of eight years.
	The Philadelphia Inquirer For reporting by Gilbert M. Gaul that disclosed how the American blood industry operates with little government regulation or supervision.
	The Tennessean For an extended investigation by Phil Williams and Jim O'Hara of corruption in the state's charity bingo industry, which prompted the indictment of dozens of individuals and legislative restrictions on bingo operations.
	The Atlanta Journal-Constitution For stories by Jane O. Hansen that exposed abuses and incompetence in Georgia's child welfare system and inspired state reforms.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

(For reporting by Gilbert M. Gaul that disclosed how the American blood industry operates with little government regulation or supervision.)

Nominations 1990 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
	Washington Daily News For revealing that the city's water supply was contaminated with carcinogens, a problem that the local government had neither disclosed nor corrected over a period of eight years.
	The Philadelphia Inquirer For reporting by Gilbert M. Gaul that disclosed how the American blood industry operates with little government regulation or supervision.
	The Tennessean For an extended investigation by Phil Williams and Jim O'Hara of corruption in the state's charity bingo industry, which prompted the indictment of dozens of individuals and legislative restrictions on bingo operations.
	The Atlanta Journal-Constitution For stories by Jane O. Hansen that exposed abuses and incompetence in Georgia's child welfare system and inspired state reforms.

Anchorage Daily News

(For reporting about the high incidence of alcoholism and suicide among Alaska Natives in a series that focused attention on their despair and resulted in various reforms.)

Nominations 1989 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
	Anchorage Daily News For reporting about the high incidence of alcoholism and suicide among native Alaskans in a series that focused attention on their despair and resulted in various reforms.
	The Times For its campaign urging reform of the state's public education system, which helped prompt legislation initiating change.
	The Atlanta Journal-Constitution For an investigation by Bill Dedman of the racial discrimination practiced by lending institutions in Atlanta, reporting which led to significant reforms in those policies.
	The Philadelphia Inquirer For a 15-month investigation by Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele of "rifle shot" provisions in the Tax Reform Act of 1986, a series which aroused such widespread public indignation that Congress subsequently rejected proposals giving special tax breaks to many politically connected individuals and businesses.

The Charlotte Observer

(For revealing misuse of funds by the PTL television ministry through persistent coverage conducted in the face of a massive campaign by PTL to discredit the newspaper.)

Nominations 1988 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
	The Charlotte Observer For revealing misuse of funds by the PTL television ministry through persistent coverage conducted in the face of a massive campaign by PTL to discredit the newspaper.
	Montgomery Advertiser For its compelling investigation of the state's unusually high infant-mortality rate, which prompted legislation to combat the problem.
	The Courier-Journal For reporting that described vote-buying and influence peddling in Kentucky elections and resulted in calls for new state and federal legislation.

Andrew Schneider, Matthew Brelis

Honored for : Pittsburgh Press

(For reporting by Andrew Schneider and Matthew Brelis which revealed the inadequacy of the FAA's medical screening of airline pilots and led to significant reforms.)

Nominations 1987 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
	Pittsburgh Press For reporting by Andrew Schneider and Matthew Brelis, which revealed the inadequacy of the FAA's medical screening of airline pilots and led to significant reforms.
	El Paso Herald-Post For its "Year of the Printed Word," an intensive local effort to promote literacy through reporting and organizing community events.
	Sun-Sentinel For an investigation led by Fred Schulte, which exposed serious medical mishaps, including heart surgery deaths, at the nation's Veterans Administration hospitals and prompted remedial government action.

The Denver Post

(For its in-depth study of missing children, which revealed that most are involved in custody disputes or are runaways, and which helped mitigate national fears stirred by exaggerated statistics.)

Nominations 1986 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
	The Denver Post For its in-depth study of "missing children," which revealed that most are involved in custody disputes or are runaways, and which helped mitigate national fears stirred by exaggerated statistics.
	Dallas Times Herald For its coverage of the crash of Delta flight 191 on August 2, 1985, and the resultant series, "How Safe are the Skies?," which examined air traffic safety in the United States and found it wanting.
	The News Herald For its investigation into allegations of systematic and widespread torture of prison inmates by jailers in the Jackson County Jail in Marianna, Florida, which resulted in the indictment of seven prison guards.

Mark Thompson

Honored for : Fort Worth Star-Telegram

(For reporting by Mark Thompson (reporter) 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.)

Nominations 1985 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
	Fort Worth Star-Telegram For reporting by Mark J. Thompson 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.
	Chicago Tribune For its sustained effort to expose the control of Chicago's minority neighborhoods by street gangs--reporting which prompted Mayor Washington to launch a $4.5 million gang control program.
	Casper Star-Tribune For a series by Richard High and Anne Mackinnon which, despite strong opposition from local utilities, investigated the state's need for improved natural gas regulation and led to significant reforms.

Los Angeles Times

(For an in-depth examination of southern California's growing Latino community by a team of editors and reporters.)

Nominations 1984 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
	Los Angeles Times For an in-depth examination of southern California's growing Latino community by a team of editors and reporters.
	Detroit Free Press For a series by Stephen Franklin and Marcia Stepanek that exposed the failure of the automobile industry and the federal government to protect the motoring public from defective cars.
	The Fayetteville Times For the series "And Justice for All?" which revealed failures and favoritism in the Cumberland County (N.C.) District Court System.

The Clarion-Ledger

(For its successful campaign supporting Governor Winter in his legislative battle for reform of Mississippi's public education system.)

Nominations 1983 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
	The Clarion-Ledger For its successful campaign supporting Governor Winter in his legislative battle for reform of Mississippi's public education system.
	The Boston Globe For its balanced and informative special report on the nuclear arms race. (Moved by the Board to the National Reporting category.)
	Seattle Post-Intelligencer For its ongoing investigation of mismanagement of the Washington Public Power Supply System's (WPPSS) nuclear construction program.

Sydney P. Freedberg, David Ashenfelter

Honored for : The Detroit News

(For a series by Sydney P. Freedberg and David Ashenfelter 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.)

Nominations 1982 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
	The Detroit News For a series by Sydney P. Freedberg and David Ashenfelter 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.
	Los Angeles Herald-Examiner For its series on exploitation of illegal aliens in California's garment industry.
	New York Daily News For its series on the crisis in New York's subway system.
	The Providence Journal For its series on hazardous working conditions in Rhode Island's jewelry industry.

The Charlotte Observer

(For its series on 'Brown Lung, a Case of Deadly Neglect.')

Nominations 1981 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
	The Charlotte Observer For its series on "Brown Lung: A Case of Deadly Neglect."
	Press-Telegram For its series on unnecessary deaths due to inadequate emergency room care in Los Angeles County.
	The Tennessean For its reporting on the national resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan.

Gannett News Service

(For its series on financial contributions to the Pauline Fathers.)

Nominations 1980 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
	Gannett News Service For its series on financial contributions to the Pauline Fathers.
	The Miami Herald For disclosures of medical incompetence, malfeasance and abuse.
	The Miami Herald For its series on police brutality.
	The Philadelphia Inquirer For a series on toxic waste.
	The St. Petersburg Times For its investigation of the Church of Scientology. (Moved by the Board to the National Reporting category.)

The Point Reyes Light

(For its investigation of Synanon.)

The Philadelphia Inquirer

(For a series of articles showing abuses of power by the police in its home city.)

The Lufkin Daily News

(For an obituary of a local man who died in Marine training camp, which grew into an investigation of that death and a fundamental reform in the recruiting and training practices of the United States Marine Corps.)

Anchorage Daily News

(For its disclosures of the impact and influence of the Teamsters Union on Alaska's economy and politics.)

The Boston Globe

(For its massive and balanced coverage of the Boston school desegregation crisis.)

Newsday

(For its definitive report on the illicit narcotic traffic in the United States and abroad, entitled, "The Heroin Trail.")

The Washington Post

(For its investigation of the Watergate case.)

The New York Times

(For the publication of the Pentagon Papers.)

Winston-Salem Journal

(For coverage of environmental problems, as exemplified by a successful campaign to block strip mining operation that would have caused irreparable damage to the hill country of northwest North Carolina.)

Newsday

(For its three-year investigation and exposure of secret land deals in eastern Long Island, which led to a series of criminal convictions, discharges and resignations among public and political officeholders in the area.)

Los Angeles Times

(For its expose of wrongdoing within the Los Angeles City Government Commissions, resulting in resignations or criminal convictions of certain members, as well as widespread reforms.)

The Press-Enterprise

(For its expose of corruption in the courts in connection with the handling of the property and estates of an Indian tribe in California, and its successful efforts to punish the culprits.)

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

(For its successful campaign to stiffen the law against water pollution in Wisconsin, a notable advance in the national effort for the conservation of natural resources.)

The Courier-Journal

(For its successful campaign to control the Kentucky strip mining industry, a notable advance in the national effort for the conservation of natural resources.)

The Boston Globe

(For its campaign to prevent confirmation of Francis X Morrissey as a Federal District Judge in Massachusetts.)

The Hutchinson News

(For its courageous and constructive campaign, culminating in 1964, to bring about more equitable reapportionment of the Kansas Legislature, despite powerful opposition in its own community.)

Tampa Bay Times

(For its aggressive investigation of the Florida Turnpike Authority which disclosed widespread illegal acts and resulted in a major reorganization of the State's road construction program.)

Chicago Daily News

(For calling public attention to the issue of providing birth control services in the public health programs in its area.)

The News Herald

(For its three-year campaign against entrenched power and corruption, with resultant reforms in Panama City and Bay County.)

Amarillo Globe-News

(For exposing a breakdown in local law enforcement with resultant punitive action that swept lax officials from their posts and brought about the election of a reform slate. The newspaper thus exerted its civic leadership in the finest tradition of journalism.)

Gene Sherman

Honored for : Los Angeles Times

(For its thorough, sustained and well-conceived attack on narcotics traffic and the enterprising reporting of Gene Sherman, which led to the opening of negotiations between the United States and Mexico to halt the flow of illegal drugs into southern California and other border states.)

Observer-Dispatch

(For their successful campaign against corruption, gambling and vice in their home city and the achievement of sweeping civic reforms in the face of political pressure and threats of violence. By their stalwart leadership of the forces of good government, these newspapers upheld the best tradition of a free press.)

Arkansas Gazette

(For demonstrating the highest qualities of civic leadership, journalistic responsibility and moral courage in the face of great public tension during the school integration crisis of 1957.)

Chicago Daily News

(For determined and courageous public service in exposing a $2,500,000 fraud centering in the office of the State Auditor of Illinois, resulting in the indictment and conviction of the State Auditor and others. This led to the reorganization of State procedures to prevent a recurrence of the fraud.)

Register-Pajaronian

(For courageous exposure of corruption in public office, which led to the resignation of a district attorney and the conviction of one of his associates.)

Ledger-Enquirer

(For its complete news coverage and fearless editorial attack on widespread corruption in neighboring Phenix City, Alabama, which were effective in destroying a corrupt and racket-ridden city government.)

Newsday

(For its expose of New York State's race track scandals and labor racketeering, which led to the extortion indictment, guilty plea and imprisonment of William C. DeKoning, Sr., New York labor racketeer.)

Whiteville News Reporter, Tabor-Loris Tribune

(For their successful campaign against the Ku Klux Klan, waged on their own doorstep at the risk of economic loss and personal danger, culminating in the conviction of over one hundred Klansmen and an end to terrorism in their communities.)

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

(For its investigation and disclosures of wide spread corruption in the Internal Revenue Bureau and other departments of the government.)

The Miami Herald, Brooklyn Eagle

(For their crime reporting during the year.)

George Thiem, Roy J. Harris

Honored for : Chicago Daily News, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

(For the work of George Thiem and Roy J. Harris, respectively, in exposing the presence of 37 Illinois newspapermen on an Illinois State payroll.)

Lincoln Journal Star

(For the campaign establishing the "Nebraska All-Star Primary" presidential preference primary which spotlighted, through a bi-partisan committee, issues early in the presidential campaign.)

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

(For the coverage of the Centralia, Illinois, mine disaster and the follow-up which resulted in impressive reforms in mine safety laws and regulations.)

Howard M. Norton

Honored for : The Baltimore Sun

(For its series of articles by Howard M. Norton dealing with the administration of unemployment compensation in Maryland, resulting in convictions and pleas of guilty in criminal court of 93 persons.)

Scranton Times

(For its fifteen-year investigation of judicial practices in the United States District Court for the middle district of Pennsylvania, resulting in removal of the District Judge and indictment of many others.)

Detroit Free Press

(For its investigation of legislative graft and corruption at Lansing, Michigan.)

The New York Times

(For its survey of the teaching of American History.)

Omaha World-Herald

(For its initiative and originality in planning a state-wide campaign for the collection of scrap metal for the war effort. The Nebraska plan was adopted on a national scale by the daily newspapers, resulting in a united effort which succeeded in supplying our war industries with necessary scrap material.)

Los Angeles Times

(For its successful campaign which resulted in the clarification and confirmation for all American newspapers of the right of free press as guaranteed under the Constitution.)

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

(For its successful campaign against the city smoke nuisance.)

Republican-American

(For its campaign exposing municipal graft.)

The Miami News

(For its campaign for the recall of the Miami City Commission.)

The Bismarck Tribune

(For its news reports and editorials entitled, 'Self Help in the Dust Bowl.')

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

(For its exposure of wholesale fraudulent registration in St. Louis. By a coordinated news, editorial and cartoon campaign this newspaper succeeded in invalidating upwards of 40,000 fraudulent ballots in November and brought about the appointment of a new election board.)

The Gazette

(For its crusade against corruption and misgovernment in the State of Iowa.)

The Sacramento Bee

(For its campaign against political machine influence in the appointment of two Federal judges in Nevada.)

Mail Tribune

(For its campaign against unscrupulous politicians in Jackson County, Oregon.)

New York World-Telegram

(For its series of articles on veterans relief, on the real estate bond evil, the campaign urging voters in the late New York City municipal election to "write in" the name of Joseph V. McKee, and the articles exposing the lottery schemes of various fraternal organizations.)

Indianapolis News

(For its successful campaign to eliminate waste in city management and to reduce the tax levy.)

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

(For a successful municipal graft exposure and consequent convictions.)

New York Evening World

(For its effective campaign to correct evils in the administration of justice, including the fight to curb "ambulance chasers," support of the "fence" bill, and measures to simplify procedure, prevent perjury and eliminate politics from municipal courts; a campaign which has been instrumental in securing remedial action.)

Indianapolis Times

(For its work in exposing political corruption to Indiana, prosecuting the guilty and bringing about a more wholesome state of affairs in civil government.)

Canton Daily News

(For its brave, patriotic and effective fight for the ending of a vicious state of affairs brought about by collusion between city authorities and the criminal element, a fight which had a tragic result in the assassination of the editor of the paper, Mr. Don R. Mellett.)

Ledger-Enquirer

(For the service which it rendered in its brave and energetic fight against the Ku Klux Klan; against the enactment of a law barring the teaching of evolution; against dishonest and incompetent public officials and for justice to the Negro and against lynching.)

New York World

(For its work in connection with the exposure of the Florida peonage evil.)

The Commercial Appeal

(For its courageous attitude in the publication of cartoons and the handling of news in reference to the operations of the Ku Klux Klan.)

New York World

(For articles exposing the operations of the Ku Klux Klan, published during September and October, 1921.)

The Boston Post

(For its exposure of the operations of Charles Ponzi by a series of articles which finally led to his arrest.)

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

(For its strong and courageous campaign for Americanism in a constituency where foreign elements made such a policy hazardous from a business point of view.)

The New York Times

(For its public service in publishing in full so many official reports, documents and speeches by European statesmen relating to the progress and conduct of the war.)