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Pulitzer Prize Winners for
Explanatory Reporting
2005 - Gareth Cook of Boston Globe - For explaining, with
clarity & humanity, the complex scientific & ethical dimensions
of stem cell research
(Nominated Finalists)
William J. Broad & David E. Sanger of New York Times - For their
aggressive reporting & lucid writing that cast light on the
shadowy process of nuclear proliferation
Staff of Newsday, Long Island, N.Y. - For its serious, energetic
& substantive series examining three decades of hip-hop music in
American life
2004 - Kevin Helliker & Thomas M. Burton of Wall Street
Journal - For their groundbreaking examination of aneurysms, an
often overlooked medical condition that kills thousands of
Americans each year.
(Nominated Finalists)
Erika Niedowski of Baltimore Sun - For her illuminating account
of how one of America's best hospitals let an infant die of a
preventable condition & how the devastated mother joined with
the hospital to spare other families such heartache.
Bernard Wolfson, William Heisel & Chris Knap of Orange County
Register - For their ambitious exploration of the quality of
care at 26 local hospitals & the creation of a "report card" to
help consumers make medical decisions
2003 - Staff of Wall Street Journal - For its clear,
concise & comprehensive stories that illuminated the roots,
significance & impact of corporate scandals in America. (Moved
by the jury from the Public Service category.)
(Nominated Finalists)
Staff of Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - For its painstaking
explanation of chronic-wasting disease among deer in Wisconsin,
& the impact of the affliction on the state's citizens,
communities & culture.
Jim
Haner, John B. O'Donnell & Kimberly A.C. Wilson of Baltimore Sun
- For "Justice Undone," their in-depth examination of the city's
disturbingly low conviction rate in murder cases.
2002 - New York Times Staff - For its informed & detailed
reporting, before & after the September 11th attacks on America,
that profiled the global terrorism network & the threats it
posed.
(Nominated Finalists)
New
York Times Staff - 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.
David Finkel of Washington Post - For his illuminating series of
articles on the lives & journeys of international migrants.
2001 - Chicago Tribune Staff - For "Gateway to Gridlock,"
its clear & compelling profile of the chaotic American air
traffic system.
(Nominated Finalists)
New
York Times Staff - 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
Louise Kiernan of Chicago Tribune - For her moving & humane
portrait of a young mother killed by a falling skyscraper
window, its effect on her three-year-old daughter, & the
negligence of the company involved.
2000 - Eric Newhouse of Great Falls (Mont.) Tribune - For
his vivid examination of alcohol abuse & the problems it creates
in the community.
(Nominated Finalists)
Brent Walth & Alex Pulaski of Oregonian - For their series on
how politics influences pesticide regulation.
Michael Winerip of New York Times - 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.
1999 - Richard Read of Oregonian - For vividly illustrating
the domestic impact of the Asian economic crisis by profiling
the local industry that exports frozen French fries.
(Nominated Finalists)
Tom
Brune of Seattle Times - 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 & Reynolds Holding of San Francisco Chronicle -
For their compelling series chronicling the epidemic of health
risks associated with the reckless use of unsafe hypodermic
needles.
1998 - Paul Salopek of Chicago Tribune - For his
enlightening profile of the Human Genome Diversity Project,
which seeks to chart the genetic relationship among all people.
(Nominated Finalists)
Linda Greenhouse of New York Times - For her consistently
illuminating coverage of the United States Supreme Court. (Moved
by the Board to the Beat Reporting category.)
David Barstow of St. Petersburg Times - 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.
1997 - Michael Vitez, reporter, & April Saul & Ron Cortes,
photographers of Philadelphia Inquirer - For a series on the
choices that confronted critically-ill patients who sought to
die with dignity.
(Nominated Finalists)
John Crewdson of Chicago Tribune - For a series of reports that
illustrated through dramatic examples the need for training of
personnel & installation of special equipment by U.S. airlines
to cope with medical emergencies in the air
Gregory Kane & Gilbert Lewthwaite of Baltimore Sun - For their
portrait of the complex practices of slavery in the Sudan.
1996 - Laurie Garrett of Newsday, Long Island, N.Y. - For
her courageous reporting from Zaire on the Ebola virus outbreak
there. (The winner was entered & nominated in the International
Reporting category & was moved by the Pulitzer Prize Board to
Explanatory Journalism.)
(Nominated Finalists)
Chris Lester & Jeffrey Spivak of Kansas City Star - For their
series on the impact of spreading suburban growth.
Adam Bryant, Stephen Engelberg & Matthew L. Wald of New York
Times - For their coverage of deficient safety regulation of
commuter air traffic
Michael A. Hiltzik, David R. Olmos & Barbara Marsh of Los
Angeles Times - For reporting on problems stemming from the lack
of regulation in California's booming managed health care
industry & the implications for the rest of the country.
1995
Leon Dash, staff writer, & Lucian Perkins, photographer of
Washington Post - For their profile of a District of Columbia
family's struggle with destructive cycles of poverty,
illiteracy, crime & drug abuse.
(Nominated Finalists)
Ron
Suskind of Wall Street Journal - For his stories about
inner-city honor students in Washington, D.C. & their
determination to survive & prosper.
Staff of Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser - For its probe of
questionable management practices & self-interest at the
Southern Poverty Law Center, the nation's best-endowed civil
rights charity.
1994 - Ronald Kotulak of Chicago Tribune - For his lucid
coverage of current developments in neurological science.
(Nominated Finalists)
Staff of Newsday, Long Island, N.Y. - For its exhaustive
investigation of breast cancer in the community, which included
a probe of the environmental factors that may contribute to its
spread.
Dallas Morning News Team of Dallas Morning News - For its series
examining the epidemic of violence against women in many
nations.
1993 - Mike Toner of Atlanta Journal-Constitution - For
"When Bugs Fight Back," a series that explored the diminishing
effectiveness of antibiotics & pesticides.
(Nominated Finalists)
Dennis Farney of Wall Street Journal - For "The American
Civilization," a series of articles examining Jeffersonian
ideals in contemporary America.
Staff of Post-Standard, Syracuse, N.Y. - For its series about
the inadequate medical care given New York state prison inmates.
1992 - Robert S. Capers & Eric Lipton of Hartford (Conn.)
Courant - For a series about the flawed Hubble Space Telescope
that illustrated many of the problems plaguing America's space
program
(Nominated Finalists)
Rob
Carson, Geff Hinds & Suki Dardarian of Morning News Tribune,
Tacoma, Wash. - For comprehensive coverage of a controversial &
ultimately unsuccessful special initiative on the state's 1991
ballot that would have granted terminally ill individuals the
right to have a physician end their lives.
James O'Byrne, Mark Schleifstein & G. Andrew Boyd of
Times-Picayune, New Orleans, La. - For "Louisiana in Peril,"
articles about the toxic waste & pollution that threaten the
future of the state.
1991 - Susan C. Faludi of Wall Street Journal - For a report
on the leveraged buy-out of Safeway Stores, Inc., that revealed
the human costs of high finance.
(Nominated Finalists)
Charles A. Hite of Roanoke Times & World-News - For insightful
stories about life-&-death decisions at a local intensive care
unit.
Ronald Kotulak & Peter Gorner of Chicago Tribune - For their
series about the promises & quandaries of genetic research.
1990 - David A. Vise & Steve Coll of Washington Post - For
stories scrutinizing the Securities & Exchange Commission & the
way it has been affected by the policies of its former chairman,
John Shad.
(Nominated Finalists)
Eric Nalder of Seattle Times - For a revealing series about
oil-tanker safety & the failure of industry & government to
adequately oversee the shipping of oil.
Staff of Dallas Morning News - For a series about five "hidden
wars" being waged around the world, primarily in Third World
countries.
Staff of Times-Advocate, Escondido, Calif. - For its coverage of
a shooting spree by a local mail carrier & the subsequent
examination of the problems & stress faced by postal service
workers.
1989 - David Hanners, reporter, William Snyder,
photographer, & Karen Blessen, artist of Dallas Morning News -
For their special report on a 1985 airplane crash, the follow-up
investigation, & the implications for air safety.
(Nominated Finalists)
David Shaw of Los Angeles Times - For his candid & thorough
reporting on media practices & practitioners.
Bernard Wysocki Jr. of Wall Street Journal - For stories about
America's struggle to maintain its technological superiority
over international competitors, especially Japan.
1988 - Daniel Hertzberg & James B. Stewart of Wall Street
Journal - For their stories about an investment banker charged
with insider trading & the critical day that followed the
October 19, 1987, stock market crash.
(Nominated Finalists)
Athelia Knight of Washington Post - For her account of a year in
the life of an urban high school, an in-depth portrait that
examined many of the problems facing American education.
Tim
Weiner of Philadelphia Inquirer - For his series of reports on a
secret Pentagon budget used by the government to sponsor defense
research & an arms buildup.
1987 - Jeff Lyon & Peter Gorner of Chicago Tribune - For
their series on the promises of gene therapy, which examined the
implications of this revolutionary medical treatment.
(Nominated Finalists)
Leon Dash of Washington Post - For his six-part series on
teen-age pregnancy, which examined in compelling detail the
complex realities behind a national problem.
Georgia Tasker of Miami Herald - For her special report on the
vanishing rain forest, which detailed the rapid destruction of
one of the earth's oldest & most fragile ecosystems.
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