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Pulitzer Prize Winners for
Investigative Reporting
2005 - Nigel Jaquiss of Willamette Week, Portland, Ore. -
For his investigation exposing a former governor’s long
concealed sexual misconduct with a 14-year-old girl.
(Nominated Finalists)
Diana B. Henriques of New York Times - For her revelations that
thousands of vulnerable American soldiers were exploited by some
insurance companies, investment firms & lenders
Clark Kauffman of Des Moines Register - For his exposure of
glaring injustice in the handling of traffic tickets by public
officials
2004 - Michael D. Sallah, Mitch Weiss & Joe Mahr of The
Blade, Toledo, Ohio - For their powerful series on atrocities by
Tiger Force, an elite U.S. Army platoon, during the Vietnam War.
(Nominated Finalists)
David Ottaway & Joe Stephens of Washington Post - For their
detailed stories that revealed questionable practices by a
respected environmental organization & that produced sweeping
reforms.
David Barstow & Lowell Bergman of New York Times - For their
relentless examination of death & injury among American workers
& exposure of employers who break basic safety rules. (Moved by
the Board to the Public Service category, where it was also
entered.)
2003 - Clifford J. Levy of New York Times - For his vivid,
brilliantly written series "Broken Homes" that exposed the abuse
of mentally ill adults in state-regulated homes.
(Nominated Finalists)
Staff of Seattle Times - For its outstanding blend of
investigation & evocative storytelling that showed how a
footloose Algerian boy evolved into a terrorist.
Alan Miller & Kevin Sack of Los Angeles Times - For their
revelatory & 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.)
2002 - Sari Horwitz, Scott Higham & Sarah Cohen of
Washington Post - For a series that exposed the District of
Columbia's role in the neglect & death of 229 children placed in
protective care between 1993 & 2000, which prompted an overhaul
of the city's child welfare system.
(Nominated Finalists)
Dayton Daily News Staff - For its ambitious global examination
of the ethical issues surrounding the recruiting of foreign
athletes for American schools
Duff Wilson & David Heath of Seattle Times - 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, &
were given drugs in which the center & its doctors had a
financial interest
Craig Whitlock, David S. Fallis & April Witt of Washington Post
- For two series that documented systematic abuses, including
excessive shootings & questionable murder confessions, in the
Prince George's County police department.
2001 - David Willman of Los Angeles Times - For his
pioneering exposé of seven unsafe prescription drugs that had
been approved by the Food & Drug Administration, & an analysis
of the policy reforms that had reduced the agency's
effectiveness.
(Nominated Finalists)
Fredric N. Tulsky of San Jose Mercury News - For his
illuminating reporting on the arbitrary & inconsistent
administration of the federal system that grants political
asylum to refugees entering the U.S.
Mike McIntire & Jack Dolan of Hartford Courant - For their
persistent reporting that dispelled, locally & nationally, the
secrecy cloaking the mistakes of practicing doctors who have
been subjected to disciplinary actions or compelled to make
malpractice payments.
2000 - Sang-Hun Choe, Charles J. Hanley & Martha Mendoza of
Associated Press - 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.
(Nominated Finalists)
Sam
Roe of Blade, Toledo, Ohio - For a series of articles that cited
a 50-year pattern of misconduct by the American government & the
beryllium industry in the production of metal used in nuclear
bombs, which resulted in death & injury to dozens of workers,
leading to government investigations & safety reforms.
Kurt Eichenwald & Gina Kolata of New York Times - For reporting
that disclosed how pharmaceutical companies secretly paid
doctors to test drugs on patients.
1999 - Staff of Miami Herald - For its detailed reporting
that revealed pervasive voter fraud in a city mayoral election,
that was subsequently overturned.
(Nominated Finalists)
Alix M. Freedman of Wall Street Journal - For her reporting that
revealed how a controversial chemical sterilization technique
was exported by American population control advocates & used on
women in Third World countries, a disclosure that prompted
significant reforms.
Fred Schulte & Jenni Bergal of Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel -
For their investigation of the hidden dangers of cosmetic
surgery, a growing yet largely unregulated medical industry.
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1998 - Gary Cohn & Will Englund of Baltimore Sun - For their
compelling series on the international ship-breaking industry,
that revealed the dangers posed to workers & the environment
when discarded ships are dismantled.
(Nominated Finalists)
Staff of St. Petersburg Times - For its investigation of the
corrupt financial practices charged to the Rev. Henry Lyons,
president of the National Baptist Convention
Lisa Getter, Jeff Leen & Gail Epstein of Miami Herald - For
their reporting that disclosed how hundreds of local police
officers routinely served as unnecessary witnesses in
misdemeanor arrests to gain overtime pay
1997 - Eric Nalder, Deborah Nelson & Alex Tizon of Seattle
Times - For their investigation of widespread corruption &
inequities in the federally-sponsored housing program for Native
Americans, which inspired much-needed reforms
(Nominated Finalists)
Staff of Boston Globe - For its expose of abuse of disability
benefits by retired public employees, prompting reform of the
Massachusetts pension system.
Jim
Haner of Baltimore Sun - For engendering regulatory reform
through dogged reporting, which revealed that housing officials
in the city owned neglected inner-city properties.
1996 - Staff of Orange County Register, Santa Ana, Calif.
For reporting that uncovered fraudulent & unethical fertility
practices at a leading research university hospital & prompted
key regulatory reforms.
(Nominated Finalists)
Chris Adams of Times-Picayune, New Orleans, La. - For reporting
on widespread Medicaid abuse in the state involving prominent
officials.
David Jackson & William Gaines of Chicago Tribune - For stories
that probed questionable business dealings of the Nation of
Islam.
1995 - Brian Donovan & Stephanie Saul of Newsday, Long
Island, N.Y. - For their stories that revealed
disability-pension abuses by local police.
(Nominated Finalists)
Dave Davis & Joan Mazzolini of Plain Dealer, Cleveland - For
their series of stories exposing abuses by Ohio doctors &
hospitals, which resulted in significant reforms in the state's
regulatory system.
Keith A. Harriston & Mary Pat Flaherty of Washington Post - For
a series of articles that disclosed careless hiring, training &
disciplinary procedures within the District of Columbia police
department
1994 - Staff of Providence Journal-Bulletin - For thorough
reporting that disclosed pervasive corruption within the Rhode
Island court system.
(Nominated Finalists)
Dean Baquet & Jane Fritsch of New York Times - For their reports
that exposed costly fraud & mismanagement plaguing Empire Blue
Cross & Blue Shield in New York state, America's largest
not-for-profit health insurer.
Mark England & Darlene McCormick of Waco (Tex.) Tribune-Herald -
For stories that revealed sexual abuse & other criminal acts
within the local compound held by members of the Branch Davidian
cult.
1993 - Jeff Brazil & Steve Berry of Orlando Sentinel - For
exposing the unjust seizure of millions of dollars from
motorists -- most of them minorities -- by a sheriff's drug
squad.
(Nominated Finalists)
James Heaney of Buffalo News - For stories that identified the
major causes of the decline of Buffalo's older neighborhoods &
proposed possible solutions.
Dave Davis & Ted Wendling of Cleveland Plain Dealer - For their
series about victims of botched radiation therapy & lax
regulation by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission & other
agencies.
Terry Ganey, Michael D. Sorkin & Louis J. Rose of St. Louis
Post-Dispatch - For investigations of corruption by a Missouri
attorney general & a St. Louis chief prosecutor.
1992 - Lorraine Adams & Dan Malone of Dallas Morning News -
For reporting that charged Texas police with extensive
misconduct & abuses of power
(Nominated Finalists)
Staff of Greenville (S.C.) News - For its persistent
investigation of financial abuses at a University of South
Carolina foundation, which prompted significant reforms.
Jennifer Hyman of Democrat & Chronicle, Rochester, N.Y. - For
an investigation that revealed secret links between the
Rochester Institute of Technology & the CIA.
1991 - Joseph T. Hallinan & Susan M. Headden of Indianapolis
Star - For their shocking series on medical malpractice in the
state.
(Nominated Finalists)
Candy J. Cooper of San Francisco Examiner - 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 of Dallas Times Herald - For persistent reporting that
freed an innocent man serving a 55-year prison sentence.
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1990 - Lou Kilzer & Chris Ison of Star Tribune,
Minneapolis-St. Paul - For reporting that exposed a network of
local citizens who had links to members of the St. Paul fire
department & who profited from fires, including some described
by the fire department itself as being of suspicious origin.
(Nominated Finalists)
Olive Talley of Dallas Morning News - For an investigation
disclosing the inadequate health care system in America's
federal prisons, reporting that prompted a Congressional
inquiry.
Staff of Lexington (Ky.) Herald Leader - For "Cheating Our
Children." a series that examined local political abuses & their
damaging effect on Kentucky's public schools
1989 - Bill Dedman of Atlanta Journal & Constitution - For
his investigation of the racial discrimination practiced by
lending institutions in Atlanta, reporting which led to
significant reforms in those policies.
(Nominated Finalists)
Penny Loeb of New York Newsday - For her reports on a public
housing program that allowed prosperous tenants to live in city
projects intended for citizens with limited income.
Elsa Walsh & Benjamin Weiser of Washington Post - For a series
about how court secrecy procedures have created a system of
private justice within the public courts.
Mary Bishop of Roanoke (Va.) Times & World News - For her
investigation of dangerous practices & fraud in Virginia's pest
control industry.
1988 - Dean Baquet, William Gaines & Ann Marie Lipinski of
Chicago Tribune
For their detailed reporting on the self-interest & waste that
plague Chicago's City Council.
(Nominated Finalists)
Carlton Smith & Tomas Guillen of Seattle Times - For their
reports on the mishandled investigation of the Green River
murders, the biggest unsolved serial killer case in America.
Larry Copeland & Tracy Thompson of Atlanta Journal &
Constitution - For documenting pervasive racial injustice in
Georgia's Toombs Judicial Circuit.
1987 - John Woestendiek of Philadelphia Inquirer - For
outstanding prison beat reporting, which included proving the
innocence of a man convicted of murder.
Daniel R. Biddle, H. G. Bissinger & Fredric N. Tulsky of
Philadelphia Inquirer - For their series "Disorder in the
Court," which revealed transgressions of justice in the
Philadelphia court system & led to federal & state
investigations.
(Nominated Finalists)
Terrence Poppa of El Paso Herald-Post - For his resourceful
investigation of the dealings of Mexican drug lords.
Gary Marx & John Wark of Orlando (Fla.) Sentinel - For their
four-part series, which documented the misuse of funds by the
Shrine of North America, the nation's richest charity, & spurred
subsequent investigations in six states.
1986. - Jeffrey A. Marx and Michael M. York of Lexington
(Ky.) Herald Leader - For their series "Playing Above the
Rules," which exposed cash payoffs to University of Kentucky
basketball players in violation of NCAA regulations & led to
significant reforms.
(Nominated Finalists)
Joel Kaplan & James Pratt of Tennessean, Nashville - For their
investigation of Congressman Bill Boner's financial dealings,
which revealed flagrant abuses & caused the U.S. Justice
Department to re-open an investigation of the matter
Jim
Henderson & Hugh Aynesworth of Dallas Times Herald - For their
persistent & thorough investigation of self-proclaimed mass
murderer Henry Lee Lucas, which exposed him as the perpetrator
of a massive hoax
1985 - William K. Marimow of Philadelphia Inquirer - For his
revelation that city police dogs had attacked more than 350
people -- an expose that led to investigations of the K-9 unit &
the removal of a dozen officers from it.
Lucy Morgan & Jack Reed of St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times - For
their thorough reporting on Pasco County Sheriff John Short,
which revealed his department's corruption & led to his removal
from office by voters.
(Nominated Finalists)
Mark J. Thompson of Fort Worth Star-Telegram - 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.
1984 - Kenneth Cooper, Joan Fitz Gerald, Jonathan Kaufman,
Norman Lockman, Gary Mc Millan, Kirk Scharfenberg & David Wessel
of Boston Globe - 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.
(Nominated Finalists)
Peter Mark Rinearson of Seattle Times - For "Making It Fly," his
account of the new Boeing 757 jetliner. (Moved by the Board to
the Feature Writing category)
Clark Hallas, John S. Long & David C. McCumber of Arizona Daily
Star, Tucson - For their investigation into production problems
& mismanagement at the Hughes Aircraft Company's Tucson plant.
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1983 - Loretta Tofani of Washington Post - For her
investigation of rape & sexual assault in the Prince George's
County, Maryland, Detention Center.
(Nominated Finalists)
Donald C. Drake of Philadelphia Inquirer - For his series "The
Forsaken," a tragic portrait of the failure of mental health
care in America.
R.G.
Dunlop, Robert T. Garrett, Richard Whitt, Mike Brown, Bill Osinski, reporters & Stewart Bowman, photographer of Louisville
Courier-Journal - For their series on illegal & dangerous
operations in the coal industry.
1982 - Paul Henderson of Seattle Times - For reporting which
proved the innocence of a man convicted of rape.
(Nominated Finalists)
Joel Brinkley of Louisville Courier-Journal - For his series on
abuses in Kentucky's coroner system.
Sydney P. Freedberg & David Ashenfelter of Detroit News - For
their series which exposed the U.S. Navy's cover-up of
circumstances surrounding the deaths of seamen aboard ship &
which led to significant reforms in naval procedures. (Moved by
the Board to the Public Service category.)
1981 - Clark Hallas & Robert B. Lowe of Arizona Daily Star -
For their investigation of the University of Arizona Athletic
Department.
(Nominated Finalists)
Richard Morin, Carl Hiaasen & Susan Sachs of Miami Herald - For
their series "Key West: Smugglers' Island."
Pamela Zekman, Gene Mustain, Gilbert Jimenez, Norma Sosa, Larry
Cose, Patricia Smith & John White of Chicago Sun-Times - For
their series on accident swindlers.
1980 - Stephen A. Kurkjian, Alexander B. Hawes Jr., Nils
Bruzelius, Joan Vennochi & Robert M. Porterfield of Boston Globe
Spotlight Team - For articles on Boston's transit system.
(Nominated Finalists)
Lewis M. Simons & Ron Shaffer of Washington Post - For a series
on fraud in a large black self-help program.
Judy Grande & Brian Gallagher of Journal-News, Nyack, N.Y. - For
investigation of the handling of local murders.
Charles R. Cook & James S. Carlton of News, Port Arthur, Texas -
For expose of shoddy waste disposal practices.
Carole E. Agus, Andrew V. Fetherston Jr. & Frederick J. Tuccillo
of Newsday, Long Island, N.Y. - For investigation of a Long
Island sewer scandal.
1979 - Gilbert M. Gaul & Elliot G. Jaspin of Pottsville
(Pa.) Republican - For stories on the destruction of the Blue
Coal Company by men with ties to organized crime.
1978 - Anthony R. Dolan of Stamford (Conn.) Advocate - For a
series on municipal corruption
1977 - Acel Moore & Wendell Rawls Jr. of Philadelphia
Inquirer - For their reports on conditions in the Farview (Pa.)
State Hospital for the mentally ill
1976 - Staff of Chicago Tribune - For uncovering widespread
abuses in Federal housing programs in Chicago & exposing
shocking conditions at two private Chicago hospitals
1975 - Indianapolis Star of Indianapolis Star - For its
disclosures of local police corruption & dilatory law
enforcement, resulting in a cleanup of both the Police
Department & the office of the County Prosecutor.
1974 - William Sherman of New York Daily News
For his resourceful investigative reporting in the exposure of
extreme abuse of the New York Medicaid program
1973 - The Sun Newspapers Of Omaha of The Sun Newspapers Of
Omaha - For uncovering the large financial resources of Boys
Town, Nebraska, leading to reforms in this charitable
organization's solicitation & use of funds
contributed by the
public.
1972
Timothy Leland, Gerard M. O'Neill, Stephen A. Kurkjian & Ann
Desantis of Boston Globe - For their exposure of widespread
corruption in Somerville, Massachusetts.
1971 - William Jones of Chicago Tribune - For exposing
collusion between police & some of Chicago's largest private
ambulance companies to restrict service in low income areas,
leading to major reforms.
1970 - Harold Eugene Martin of Montgomery Advertiser &
Alabama Journal - For his expose of a commercial scheme for
using Alabama prisoners for drug experimentation & obtaining
blood plasma from them.
1969 - Albert L. Delugach & Denny Walsh of St. Louis
Globe-Democrat - For their campaign against fraud & abuse of
power within the St. Louis Steamfitters Union, Local 562.
1968 - J. Anthony Lukas of New York Times - For the social
document he wrote in his investigation of the life & the murder
of Linda Fitzpatrick.
1967 - Gene Miller of Miami Herald - Whose initiative &
investigative reporting helped to free two persons wrongfully
convicted of murder.
1966 - John Anthony Frasca of Tampa (Fla.) Tribune - For his
investigation & reporting of two robberies that resulted in the
freeing of an innocent man.
1965 - Gene Goltz of Houston Post - For his expose of
government corruption Pasadena, Texas, which resulted in
widespread reforms.
1964 - James V. Magee & Albert V. Gaudiosi, reporters &
Frederick Meyer, photographer of Philadelphia Bulletin - For
their expose of numbers racket operations with police collusion
in South Philadelphia, which resulted in arrests & a cleanup of
the police department.
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