Investigative Reporters and Editors
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Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc. is a nonprofit organization
that focuses on the quality of investigative reporting. Formed in 1975, it presents the IRE Awards and holds conferences and training classes for journalists. Its headquarters is in Columbia, Missouri, at the University of Missouri
School of Journalism. The IRE Awards have categories in all different media.
Nonprofit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
that focuses on the quality of investigative reporting. Formed in 1975, it presents the IRE Awards and holds conferences and training classes for journalists. Its headquarters is in Columbia, Missouri, at the University of Missouri
University of Missouri
The University of Missouri System is a state university system providing centralized administration for four universities, a health care system, an extension program, five research and technology parks, and a publishing press. More than 64,000 students are currently enrolled at its four campuses...
School of Journalism. The IRE Awards have categories in all different media.
Awards won
- 1977 Conscience-in-Media AwardConscience-in-Media AwardThe Conscience-in-Media Award is presented by the American Society of Journalists and Authors to journalists that the society deems worthy of recognition for their distinctive contributions. The award is not given out often, and is awarded to those journalists which the ASJA feels have...
, from the American Society of Journalists and AuthorsAmerican Society of Journalists and AuthorsThe American Society of Journalists and Authors was founded in 1948 as the Society of Magazine Writers, and is an organization of independent nonfiction writers in the United States...
Awards winners
| Year | Category | Title | Organization | Winners |
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| 2009 | IRE Medal Newspapers: Circulation over 500,000 and Wire Service | "Toxic Waters" | The New York Times | Charles Duhigg Charles Duhigg Charles Duhigg is a reporter at The New York Times, where he writes for the business section. Prior to joining the staff of the New York Times in 2006, he was a staff writer of the Los Angeles Times. He lives in Brooklyn, New York City... , Matthew Bloch, Matt Ericson, Tyson Evans, Brian Hamman, Griff Palmer, Karl Russell, Derek Willis, Brent McDonald, Zach Wise |
| 2009 | IRE Medal Television: Top 20 market | "Under Fire: Discrimination & Corruption in the Texas National Guard" | KHOU-TV KHOU-TV KHOU is the CBS affiliate television station in Houston, Texas. Serving Greater Houston, it is owned by the Belo Corporation and broadcasts on digital and PSIP channel 11... Houston |
Mark Greenblatt, David Raziq, Keith Tomshe, Chris Henao, Robyn Hughes, Keith Connors |
| 2009 | Renner Award | "Blood of their Brothers - The Border Trilogy" | San Diego Magazine | Shane Liddick |
| 2009 | FOI Award | "Your Right to Know" | Freelance | Heather Brooke |
| 2009 | Newspapers: Circulation 250,000-500,000 | "Human Trafficking In America" | The Kansas City Star | Mike McGraw, Laura Bauer, Mark Morris, Keith Myers |
| 2009 | Newspapers: Circulation 100,000-250,000 | "Flipping Fraud" | Sarasota (Fla.) Herald-Tribune | Michael Braga, Chris Davis, Matthew Doig |
| 2009 | Newspapers: Circulation under 100,000 | "Underground, Out of Reach" | Bristol (Va.) Herald Courier | Daniel Gilbert |
| 2009 | Newspapers: Local Circulation/Weeklies | "Crossing the Line" | Lake Oswego (Ore.) Review | Lee van der Voo, Nick Budnick |
| 2009 | Television: Network/Syndicated | "The Swedish Crusade and The Cardinal" | SVT Sveriges Television Sveriges Television AB , Sweden's Television, is a national television broadcaster based in Sweden, funded by a compulsory fee to be paid by all television owners... - The Swedish Public Television Service |
Ali Fegan, Lars-Goran Svensson, Magnus Tingman, Johan Kallstrom, Mattias Jonsson |
| 2009 | Television: Below Top 20 markets | "State of Your Money" | WTHR-TV -Indianapolis | Bob Segall, Cyndee Hebert, Bill Ditton |
| 2009 | Magazine/Specialty | "Katrina's Hidden Race War and Body of Evidence" | The Nation | A.C. Thompson |
| 2009 | Book | The Sellout | Charles Gasparino | |
| 2009 | Radio | "In The Kennel: Uncovering a Navy Unit's Culture of Abuse" | Youth Radio Youth Radio Youth Media International better known as Youth Radio is a youth-based non-profit media outlet based in Oakland, California. From its beginning until May 2007, it was located in Berkeley, California. It has won various awards, including the Edward R. Murrow Award and the Peabody Award in 2001... and National Public Radio |
Rachel Krantz, Charlie Foster, Lissa Soep, Ellin O'Leary, Nishat Kurwa, Graham Smith, Chris Turpin, Tom Bowman Tom Bowman (journalist) Tom Bowman is NPR's pentagon reporter and has been an investigative reporter for the Baltimore Sun for 19 years.He has been The Sun's military affairs correspondent since 1997. Before then he covered the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis and the National Security Agency. He has reported from... |
| 2009 | Online | "Disposable Army" | ProPublica ProPublica ProPublica is a non-profit corporation based in New York City. It describes itself as an independent non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest. In 2010 it became the first online news source to win a Pulitzer Prize, for a piece written by one of its... , Los Angeles Times, ABC News |
T. Christian Miller T. Christian Miller T. Christian Miller is an investigative reporter for ProPublica, formerly for the Los Angeles Times. In 1999, he won the for Environmental Journalism. In 2004, he was awarded the Livingston Award for international reporting, one of the most competitive and prestigious reporting prizes in American... , Doug Smith, Francine Orr, Pratap Chatterjee Pratap Chatterjee Pratap Chatterjee is an Indian/Sri Lankan investigative journalist and progressive author. He is a British citizen and was raised in India, although he has lived in California for many years. He served as the executive director of CorpWatch, an Oakland-based corporate accountability organization... , Anvi Patel |
| 2009 | Student (All Media) | "Wrongful Conviction, Unequal Compensation" | New York City News Service | Clark Merrefield, Rosaleen Ortiz, Dan Macht, Joshua Cinelli, Matt Townsend, Stephen Bronner |
| 2009 | Breaking News Investigations (All Media) | "Holes in the System" | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | John Diedrich, Gina Barton, Ben Poston, Ryan Haggerty, Daniel Bice |
| 2008 | IRE Medal | NOAH Housing Program | WWL-TV WWL-TV WWL-TV, virtual channel 4, is the CBS-affiliated television station serving New Orleans, Louisiana, southeast Louisiana and parts of southern and coastal Mississippi, and is the primary CBS station for South and Coastal Mississippi. It broadcasts on UHF digital channel 36... New Orleans |
Lee Zurik |
| 2008 | Renner Award | "Tobacco Underground" | The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and the Center for Public Integrity | Stefan Candea, Duncan Campbell, Te-Ping Chen, Gong Jing, Alain Lallemand, Vlad Lavrov, William Marsden, Paul Cristian Radu, Roman Shleynov, Leo Sisti, Drew Sullivan, Marina Walker Guevara, Kate Willson, David E. Kaplan |
| 2008 | FOI Award | "The Email Trail" | KTRK-TV KTRK-TV KTRK-TV, channel 13, is an owned-and-operated television station of the Walt Disney Company-owned American Broadcasting Company, located in Houston, Texas... Houston |
Wayne Dolcefino Wayne Dolcefino Wayne Dolcefino is an Emmy Award-winning news reporter for KTRK-TV ABC-13 in Houston, Texas, USA. As the investigative reporter for "13 Undercover," he is responsible for a number of civic and consumer investigations.... , Steve Bivens, David Defranchi |
| 2008 | Newspapers: Circulation over 500,000 and Wire Service | "A Mayor in Crisis" | Detroit Free Press | Jim Schaefer Jim Schaefer Jim Schaefer is a journalist based in Detroit, Michigan, for The Detroit Free Press.He graduated from Ohio State University.He was an investigative producer for WXYZ-TV.He led an investigation into fentanyl.... , M.L. Elrick M.L. Elrick Michael L. Elrick is a journalist based in Detroit, Michigan, for The Detroit Free Press, and WDIV-TV.Elrick graduated from Michigan State University in 1990 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism.... , David Zeman, Jennifer Dixon, Dawson Bell, Free Press Staff |
| 2008 | Newspapers: Circulation over 500,000 and Wire Service | "Guantanamo: Beyond the Law" | McClatchy | Tom Lasseter, Matthew Schofield |
| 2008 | Newspapers: Circulation 250,000 - 500,000 | "Culture of Resistance" | The Seattle Times | Michael J. Berens, Ken Armstrong Ken Armstrong (journalist) Ken Armstrong is a staff reporter at The Seattle Times.He worked at the Chicago Tribune.He was a 2001 Nieman Fellow at Harvard University, and in 2002, was the McGraw Professor of Writing at Princeton University.... |
| 2008 | Newspapers: Circulation 100,000-250,000 | Chauncey Bailey Project | Oakland Tribune / Chauncey Bailey Project | Thomas Peele, Mary Fricker, Bob Butler, A.C. Thompson, Josh Richman |
| 2008 | Newspapers: Circulation under 100,000 | "Hospital Corruption" | Virgin Island Daily News | Tim Fields, Joy Blackburn |
| 2008 | Newspapers: Local Circulation Weeklies | "Hear No Evil, Smell No Evil" | Fort Worth Weekly and the Center for Public Integrity | Joaquin Sapien, Ben Welsh |
| 2008 | Television: Network/Syndicated | "The Wasteland" | CBS News-60 Minutes | Jeff Fager Jeff Fager Jeff Fager is the Chairman of CBS News and the Executive Producer of 60 Minutes, the hour-long CBS news magazine created in 1968.-Career:... , Bill Owens, Scott Pelley Scott Pelley Scott Cameron Pelley is an American television journalist who is currently anchor and managing editor of the CBS Evening News and a correspondent for the CBS news magazine 60 Minutes... , Solly Granatstein Solly Granatstein Solly Granatstein is an American television producer, formerly with 60 minutes, and currently with Dateline NBC. He is also the screenwriter, with Vince Beiser, of "The Great Antonio," an upcoming film, developed Steven Soderbergh and Warner Brothers.... , Tom Honeysett, Claudia Weinstein, David Lom, Brad Simpson, Somyot Pisapark, Nicole Young, Lamy Li, Kevin Livelli |
| 2008 | Television: Top 20 markets | "Contaminated Water" | KNBC-TV Los Angeles | Joel Grover Joel Grover Joel Grover is an investigative journalist for KNBC in Los Angeles, California. He is nationally known for his undercover investigations, exposes and consumer reports.- Education and early career :... , Matt Goldberg |
| 2008 | Television: Below Top 20 markets | "NOAH Housing Program" | WWL-TV WWL-TV WWL-TV, virtual channel 4, is the CBS-affiliated television station serving New Orleans, Louisiana, southeast Louisiana and parts of southern and coastal Mississippi, and is the primary CBS station for South and Coastal Mississippi. It broadcasts on UHF digital channel 36... |
Lee Zurik |
| 2008 | Magazine/Specialty | "Cyber-War" | BusinessWeek | Keith Epstein, Brian Grow, Ben Elgin, Cliff Edwards, Chi-Chu Tschang |
| 2008 | Radio | "36 Years of Solitary: Murder, Death and Injustice at Angola" | NPR | Laura Sullivan Laura Sullivan Laura Sullivan is a correspondent and investigative reporter for National Public Radio. She has worked there since 2004. She covers crime, punishment and prisons for Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Talk of the Nation and other NPR programs.Sullivan's work specializes in shedding light on... , Amy Walters Amy Walters Amy Walters is a radio journalist , not to be confused with Amy Walter ABC News' Political Director.After graduating from Earlham College with a Bachelor's degree in English, Walters joined NPR's Middle East Bureau in Jerusalem... , Steven Drummond |
| 2008 | Online | "The Redevelopment Investigation" | voiceofsandiego.org | Will Carless, Rob Davis, Andrew Donohue |
| 2008 | Book | The Shadow Factory | James Bamford James Bamford V. James Bamford is an American bestselling author and journalist who writes about United States intelligence agencies, most notably the National Security Agency.-Biography:... |
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| 2008 | Student (All Media) | "Sexual Harassment at UGA" | The Red and Black | Kristen Coulter, Brian Hughes, Carolyn Crist, Melissa Weinman, Matthew Grayson |
| 2007 | IRE medals (Largest Newspaper Award winner) | "The Other Walter Reed" | The Washington Post | Dana Priest Dana Priest Dana Priest is an American author and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist. Priest has worked almost 20 years for The Washington Post. As one of the Post's specialists on National Security she has written many articles on the United States' "War on terror." In 2006 she won the Pulitzer Prize for Beat... , Anne Hull Anne Hull Anne Hull is an American journalist, on the national staff of the Washington Post.She won a 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.-Life:... |
| 2007 | IRE medal | "Toxic Pipeline" | The New York Times | Walt Bogdanich Walt Bogdanich Walt Bogdanich is an American investigative journalist.-Life:Bogdanich graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1975 with a degree in political science... , Jake Hooker Jake Hooker (journalist) Jake Hooker is an American journalist and recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting for investigations done while in China... , Brent McDonald, Robert Harris, Andy Lehren (Largest Newspaper Award winner) |
| 2007 | IRE medal (Medium Newspaper Award winner) | "American Imports, Chinese Deaths" | The Salt Lake Tribune | Loretta Tofani Loretta Tofani Loretta Tofani is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist.-Life:Tofani earned a bachelor’s degree from Fordham University in 1975 and a master’s degree in journalism from the University of California, Berkeley... |
| 2007 | IRE medal (Network/Syndicated winner) | Mississippi Cold Case | MSNBC | David Ridgen David Ridgen David Ridgen is an award-winning independent Canadian filmmaker. He has worked for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, MSNBC, NPR, TVOntario and others.Ridgen co-directed Canadian Images of Vietnam with his brother Robert Ridgen in 1990... , Michael Hannan, Brad Clarke, Judith Greenberg, Scott Hooker |
| 2007 | Renner Award | The Chauncey Bailey Project | A.C. Thompson, Thomas Peele, Josh Richman, Angela Hill, Mary Fricker, G.W. Schulz, Cecily Burt, Bob Butler, Paul T. Rosynsky, Harry Harris | |
| 2007 | FOIA Award | "Pennsylvania Open Records" | WTAE-TV WTAE-TV WTAE-TV is the ABC affiliated television station for Western Pennsylvania that is licensed to Pittsburgh, broadcasting on UHF channel 51 and identifying via PSIP as channel 4 . It also serves as an ABC affiliate for the Wheeling/Steubenville and Clarksburg/Weston, West Virginia market areas... Pittsburgh |
Jim Parsons, Bob Longo, Kendall Cross, Mike Lazorko |
| 2007 | Newspapers: Circulation (250,000-500,000) | "They Failed to Act" | Newsday | Jennifer Barrios, Sophia Chang, Michael Ebert, Reid J. Epstein, Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Eden Laikin, Herbet Lowe, Joseph Mallia, Jennifer Maloney, Luis Perez, Karla Schuster |
| 2007 | Newspapers: Circulation (under 100,000) | "The Wait of Conviction" | The Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle | Sandy Hodson |
| 2007 | Newspapers: Local Circulation Weeklies | "The People Under the Bridge" | Village Voice Media/Miami New Times | Isaiah Thompson |
| 2007 | Television: Top 20 markets | "The Buried and the Dead" | WFAA-TV WFAA-TV WFAA, channel 8, is an ABC-affiliated television station serving the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex, one of the top ten media markets in North America. The station is the flagship of Belo Corporation and the largest ABC affiliate not owned and operated by the network... Dallas |
Brett Shipp, Mark Smith, Kraig Kirchem, Michael Valentine, Mark Ginther |
| 2007 | Television: Below top 20 markets | "Radioactive Dumping" | WSMV-TV WSMV-TV WSMV-TV, virtual channel 4, is the NBC-affiliated television station serving the Nashville, Tennessee area. It broadcasts its digital signal on VHF channel 10. Owned by Meredith Corporation, its transmitter and tower are located adjacent to its studios on Knob Road in west Nashville, south of... Nashville |
Demetria Kalodimos Demetria Kalodimos Demetria Kalodimos is an Emmy Award-winning anchorperson for WSMV-TV, an NBC affiliate based in Nashville in the U.S. state of Tennessee. She anchors the weeknight broadcasts at 5, 6 and 10 PM, and is the longest continuously-serving evening news anchor ever at WSMV.-Life and education:Kalodimos... , David Sussman |
| 2007 | Magazine/Specialty | "Thanks for Nothing" | The Nation | Joshua Kors Joshua Kors Joshua Kors is an investigative reporter for The Nation. He covers military and veterans' issues.-Life:Kors is from Walnut Creek, California, where he attended Las Lomas High School... |
| 2007 | Radio | "Toxic Traces Revisited" | Minnesota Public Radio News | Lorna Benson, Michael Edgerly |
| 2007 | Online | "Collateral Damage: Human Rights and U.S. Military Aid after 9/11" | The Center for Public Integrity and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists | Nathaniel Heller, Ben Welsh, Marina Walker Guevara, Tom Stites, Sarah Fort, Patrick Kiger, Michael Bilton, Prangtip Daorueng, Ignacio Gomez, Andreas Harsono, Alain Lallemand, Yossi Melman Yossi Melman Yossi Melman is an Israeli writer and journalist.Yossi Melman graduated from Hebrew University of Jerusalem and was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University... , Mutegi Njau, Paul Radu, Gerardo Reyes, Leo Sisti |
| 2007 | Book | Curveball: Spies, Lies and the Con Man Who Caused a War | Bob Drogin Bob Drogin Bob Drogin covers intelligence and national security in the Washington bureau of the Los Angeles Times.-Life:He is a native of Bayonne, N.J., and a graduate of Oberlin College and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism... |
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| 2007 | Student (All Media) | "Public Payroll, Family Affairs: Aldermen Keep It Relative" | creatingcommunityconnections.org | Allison Riggio, Hunter Clauss |
| 2006 | IRE Medal; Tom Renner Award winner | "Nuestra Familia, Our Family" | Center for Investigative Reporting | Oriana Zill de Granados, Julia Reynolds Julia Reynolds Julia Reynolds is a reporter with the Center for Investigative Reporting. She also edits El Andar, a magazine of Latino politics and culture.-References:... , George Sanchez |
| 2006 | IRE Medal (Small Newspaper Award winner) | "Beyond Sago: Coal Mine Safety in America" | Charleston (W.Va.) Gazette | Ken Ward, Jr. Ken Ward, Jr. Ken Ward, Jr. is a staff reporter for the Charleston Gazette, who has been nationally recognized for his writing on the coal mining industry. He is chairman of the Society of Environmental Journalists First Amendment Task Force, founded in 2002 to "to address freedom-of-information, right-to-know,... |
| 2006 | Book Award | The Looming Tower | Lawrence Wright Lawrence Wright Lawrence Wright is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American author, screenwriter, staff writer for The New Yorker magazine, and fellow at the Center for Law and Security at the New York University School of Law... |
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| 2006 | FOI Award winner | "Secret Political Piggy Bank" | Times Union of Albany, N.Y. | James Odato, Michele Morgan Bolton, Fred LeBrun, Brendan Lyons, Elizabeth Benjamin Elizabeth Benjamin (journalist) Elizabeth Benjamin is a reporter for NY1 and Your News Now, serving as the editor-in-chief of "State of Politics," a blog covering the politics of the state of New York, and as the host of the daily political news and interview show . She has been employed with YNN and NY1 since April 2011... , Carol DeMare, J. Robert Port, Rex Smith, Jim McGrath, Howard Healy, John de Rosier |
| 2006 | FOI Award Winner | Farmsubsidy.org | Nils Mulvad, Brigitte Alfter, Jack Thurston | |
| 2006 | Newspapers: Circulation (more than 500,000) or wire service | "A Tank of Gas, A World of Trouble" | Chicago Tribune | Paul Salopek Paul Salopek Paul Salopek is a two-time Pulitzer Prize winning writer. Salopek was raised in central Mexico.-Life:Salopek received a degree in environmental biology from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1984... , Kuni Takahashi Kuni Takahashi is a photojournalist. Originally from Sendai, Japan, Takahashi came to the United States to study photojournalism at the Maine Photo Workshops, the New England School of Photography in Boston and the Eddie Adams Workshop in New York. He joined the Chicago Tribune as a staff photographer in 2004... , Brenda Kilianski |
| 2006 | Newspapers: Circulation (250,000-500,000) | "On Shaky Ground" | The (Baltimore) Sun | Fred Schulte, June Arney |
| 2006 | Newspapers: Circulation (100,000-250,000) | "Lessons in Waste" | The Record of Hackensack, N.J. | Jean Rimbach, Kathleen Carroll |
| 2006 | Newspapers: Local Circulation Weeklies | "Run Over by Metro" | Houston Press | Todd Spivak |
| 2006 | Television: Network/syndicated | "Bitter Pills" | Dateline NBC | Chris Hansen Chris Hansen Christopher Edward "Chris" Hansen is an American television infotainment personality. He is known for his work on Dateline NBC, in particular the former segment known as To Catch a Predator, which revolved around catching potential Internet sex predators using a sting operation.-Career:Hansen... , Steve Eckert, Joshua Kuvin, Allan Maraynes, Katherine Chan, Elizabeth Cole, David Corvo |
| 2006 | Television: Top 20 markets | "Citizenship for Sale" | WTVJ-TV Miami | Jeff Burnside, Scott Zamost, Felix Castro, Ed Garcia, Pedro Cancio, Maria Carpio |
| 2006 | Television: Below op 20 markets | "Cause for Alarm" | WTHR-TV Indianapolis | Bob Segall, Bill Ditton, Gerry Lanosga, Holly Stephen |
| 2006 | Magazine/Specialty Publications | "Broken Promises" | Bloomberg Markets | William Selway, Martin Z. Braun, David Dietz David Dietz David Dietz was a Pulitzer Prize-winning science journalist and author.Dietz attended Case Western Reserve University and received his bachelor's degree in 1919. In 1921 he took a position as science editor for the Scripps-Howard Newspapers, a job he kept until his retirement in 1977... |
| 2006 | Radio | "Mental Anguish and the Military" | National Public Radio | Daniel Zwerdling Daniel Zwerdling Daniel Zwerdling is an American investigative journalist.In 2006 and 2007, he reported that officers at Fort Carson were punishing soldiers, returning from the war in Iraq and Afghanistan with post traumatic stress disorder and other serious mental health problems.-Life:From 2002 to 2004, he was... , Anne Hawke, Ellen Weiss Ellen Weiss Ellen Weiss is a journalist and three-time Peabody Award winner. She joined National Public Radio in 1982, eventually running the NPR News national desk and serving as executive producer of the NPR News magazine All Things Considered. She was named NPR vice president for news in April 2007 and... |
| 2006 | Online | "The Mark Foley Investigation" | ABCNews.com | Brian Ross Brian Ross (journalist) Brian Elliot Ross is an American investigative correspondent for ABC News. He has been with ABC News since July 1994. From 1974 until 1994, Ross was a correspondent for NBC News.-Major scoops:... , Rhonda Schwartz, Maddy Sauer, Simon Surowicz, Krista Kjellman, Steve Alperin Steve Alperin Steve Alperin is best known as an editor, producer, and writer at ABC News. Alperin served as Peter Jennings's head writer and producer for most of the ABC anchor's last decade at the helm of World News Tonight... , Michael Clemente, Christopher Isham |
| 2006 | Student Work (All Media) | "A Stunning Toll" | University of North Texas students | |
| 2005 | IRE Medal | "Toxic Legacy" | The (Hackensack, N.J.) Record | Jan Barry, Thomas Franklin Thomas E. Franklin Thomas Ewan Franklin is an American photographer for The Bergen Record, best known for his photograph Raising the Flag at Ground Zero, which depicts firefighters raising the American flag at the World Trade Center after the September 11, 2001 attacks.-Biography:Franklin is a 1988 graduate of the... , Mary Jo Layton, Alex Nussbaum, Clint Riley, Tom Troncone, Barbara Williams, Lindy Washburn |
| 2005 | IRE Medal | "School Bus Bloat 2005" | WJW-TV Cleveland | Tom Merriman, Mark DeMarino, Greg Easterly, Dave Hollis, Matt Rafferty, Chuck Rigdon |
| 2005 | Newspapers: Circulation (more than 500,000) or wire service | "High Price of Homeland Security" | The Washington Post | Scott Higham Scott Higham Scott Higham is a Pulitzer Prize-winning member of The Washington Post's investigations unit. He has conducted numerous investigations for the news organization, including an examination of abuse at the Abu Ghraib prison, and waste and fraud in Homeland Security contracting... , Robert O'Harrow Jr. |
| 2005 | Newspapers: Circulation (250,000-500,000) | "FEMA: A Legacy of Waste" | South Florida Sun-Sentinel | Sally Kestin, Megan O'Matz, John Maines, Jon Burstein |
| 2005 | Newspapers: Circulation (less than 100,000) | "Brother's Keeper: West Virginia's Mental Health Crisis" | Charleston (W. Va.) Gazette | Scott M. Finn |
| 2005 | Newspapers: Local Circulation Weeklies | "PGE Investigation" | Willamette Week | Nigel Jaquiss Nigel Jaquiss Nigel Jaquiss is an American journalist who won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting, for his work exposing former Governor of Oregon Neil Goldschmidt's sexual abuse of a 14-year-old girl while he was mayor of Portland, Oregon... |
| 2005 | Television: Network/syndicated | "Special Report: 17 years of Ocean Dumping" | Korean Broadcasting System | Kim Myung Seop, Han Seung Bok, Lee Seung Ik, Yoon Hee Jin |
| 2005 | Television: Below top 20 markets | "La Oroya " | KMOV-TV St. Louis | Craig Cheatham, Marty Van Housen, Jim Thomas |
| 2005 | Magazine/Specialty Publications | "Big Pharma's Shameful Secret " | Bloomberg News | David Evans, Michael Smith Michael Smith (journalist) Michael Smith is a journalist for Bloomberg News.He was a freelance journalist covering Chile.He graduated from University of North Carolina.He worked at the Daily Record in Morristown, New Jersey and the Associated Press.... , Liz Willen |
| 2005 | Radio | "Seniors and Drugs: Prescribed to Death " | CBC Radio | Sandra Bartlett, Bob Carty, Pauline Dakin, David McKie, Paddy Moore, Susanne Reber |
| 2005 | Books | On American Soil: How Justice Became a Casualty of World War II | Jack Hamann, Leslie Hamann | |
| 2005 | Books | Evidence of Harm: Mercury in Vaccines and the Autism Epidemic — A Medical Controversy | David Kirby | |
| 2005 | Tom Renner Award | "Unpunished Killings " | The (Jackson, Miss.) Clarion-Ledger | Jerry Mitchell |
| 2005 | FOI Award - IRE Medal | "The Hidden Costs of Tenure " | Small Newspaper Group (Springfield, Ill., Bureau) | Scott Reeder |
| 2005 | Student Work (All Media) | "An Army of Anyone " | Westwind & Westword | J. David McSwane |
| 2004 | Newspapers: Circulation (more than 500,000) or wire service | "Death on the Tracks: How Railroads Sidestep Blame" | The New York Times | Walt Bogdanich Walt Bogdanich Walt Bogdanich is an American investigative journalist.-Life:Bogdanich graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1975 with a degree in political science... , Jenny Nordberg, Tom Torok, Eric Koli, Jo Craven McGinty, Claire Hoffman Claire Hoffman Claire Denise Hoffman is an American journalist, author, and Assistant Professor of Journalism at the University of California, Riverside.... |
| 2004 | Newspapers: Circulation (250,000-500,000) | "Justice Withheld" | The Miami Herald | Manny Garcia, Jason Grotto, Judy Miller |
| 2004 | Medium newspapers (100,000-250,000) | "DWI: Sobering Acquittals; DWI Dismissals" | The Charlotte (N.C.) Observer | Ames Alexander, Ted Mellnik, Gary Wright, Liz Chandler, Lisa Hammersly Munn, Binyamin Appelbaum and Henry Eichel |
| 2004 | IRE Medal Small newspapers (under 100,000) | "Web of Deceit" | Charleston (W.V.) Gazette | Eric Eyre |
| 2004 | Small newspapers (under 100,000) | "Insider Trading in City Hall" | Erie, Pa., Times-News | Kevin Flowers, Peter Panepento |
| 2004 | Local Circulation Weeklies | "The 30-Year Secret; Who Knew" | Willamette Week (Portland, Ore.) | Nigel Jaquiss Nigel Jaquiss Nigel Jaquiss is an American journalist who won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting, for his work exposing former Governor of Oregon Neil Goldschmidt's sexual abuse of a 14-year-old girl while he was mayor of Portland, Oregon... |
| 2004 | Television: Network/syndicated | "A Pattern of Suspicion" | Dateline, NBC News | John Larson, Jason Samuels, Andrew Lehren, Melanie Jackson, Shayla Harris, Ben Vient, Grace Jean, Gary Simmons, Neal Shapiro, David Corvo, Marc Rosenwasser and Aretha Marshall |
| 2004 | Television: Top 20 markets | "Expressway Investigation" | WFTS-TV WFTS-TV WFTS, virtual channel 28, is the ABC affiliate television station for the Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida market, owned by The E.W. Scripps Company. It broadcasts its digital signal on UHF channel 29. Its transmitter is located in Riverview, Florida.-History:... Tampa, Fla. |
Mike Mason, Aaron Wische, Matt McGlashen, Randy Wright |
| 2004 | Television: Below top 20 markets | "Racial Profiling Problems" | WOAI-TV WOAI-TV WOAI-TV, virtual channel 4 , is the NBC affiliate television station serving the San Antonio, Texas metropolitan area. Its transmitter is located in Elmendorf, Texas, with its studios located in downtown San Antonio.... San Antonio |
Brian Collister, Holly Whisenhunt Stephen, Steve Kline |
| 2004 | Radio | "Abuse of Immigrant Detainees" | National Public Radio | Daniel Zwerdling Daniel Zwerdling Daniel Zwerdling is an American investigative journalist.In 2006 and 2007, he reported that officers at Fort Carson were punishing soldiers, returning from the war in Iraq and Afghanistan with post traumatic stress disorder and other serious mental health problems.-Life:From 2002 to 2004, he was... , Anne Hawke, Ellen Weiss Ellen Weiss Ellen Weiss is a journalist and three-time Peabody Award winner. She joined National Public Radio in 1982, eventually running the NPR News national desk and serving as executive producer of the NPR News magazine All Things Considered. She was named NPR vice president for news in April 2007 and... , Bill Marimow |
| 2004 | Online | "Outsourcing the Pentagon" | The Center for Public Integrity | Elizabeth Brown, M. Asif Ismail, Alex Knott, Dan Guttman, Larry Makinson |
| 2004 | Books | The Price of Loyalty: George W. Bush, the White House, and the Education of Paul O'Neill | Simon & Schuster | Ron Suskind Ron Suskind Ron Suskind is a Pulitzer Prize winning American journalist and best-selling author. He was the senior national affairs writer for The Wall Street Journal from 1993 to 2000 and has published the books A Hope in the Unseen, The Price of Loyalty, The One Percent Doctrine, The Way of the World and... |
| 2004 | Tom Renner Award | "Clout on Wheels: The scandal of Chicago's Hired Truck Program" | Chicago Sun-Times | Tim Novak, Steve Warmbir |
| 2004 | FOI Award | "Cries for Help" | WTHR-TV Indianapolis | Angie Moreschi, Bill Ditton and Gerry Lanosga |
| 2004 | Student Work (All Media) | "A Death in the Desert" | Frontline/World | Claudine LoMonaco and Mary Spicuzza |
| 2004 | Special Citation for an International Entry | "Children Trapped in Poverty" | Joongang Ilbo, South Korea | Kyu-youn Lee, Kichan Kim, Jungha Kim and Min-ho Son |
| 2004 | Special Citation | "Power Trips" | American Radio Works, Marketplace, Medill School of Journalism | Steve Henn, Ochen Kaylan, Chris Farrell, Nate Dimeo, Stephen Smith |
| 2003 | Newspapers: Circulation (more than 500,000) or wire service | "Big Green" | The Washington Post | Joe Stephens, David B. Ottaway |
| 2003 | Newspapers: Circulation (250,000-500,000) | "Crumbling Schools" | The Miami Herald | Debbie Cenziper Debbie Cenziper Debbie Cenziper is an American investigative journalist for The Washington Post.She worked as an investigative reporter for the Miami Herald, for The Charlotte Observer, and for the Florida Sun Sentinel... , Jason Grotto |
| 2003 | IRE Medal Newspapers: Circulation (100,000-250,000) | "Buried Secrets, Brutal Truths" | The (Toledo, Ohio) Blade | Michael D. Sallah Michael D. Sallah Michael D. Sallah is a Pulitzer Prize- winning American investigative journalist from Toledo, Ohio.-Life:He graduated from St. John's Jesuit High School and the University of Toledo, where he obtained his undergraduate degree in journalism.... , Mitch Weiss Mitch Weiss Mitchell S. Weiss is an American investigative journalist, and editor of the Charlotte Observer. He won the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting, with Joe Mahr and Michael D. Sallah.-Life:... , Joe Mahr Joe Mahr Joe Mahr is an American investigative journalist, who won the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting.-Life:He was born in Genoa, Ohio and attended Genoa Area High School and the Honors Tutorial College at Ohio University, where he obtained his undergraduate degree in journalism.In 2004,... |
| 2003 | Newspapers: Circulation (100,000-250,000) | "Casualties of Peace" | Dayton Daily News | Russell Carollo Russell Carollo Russell Carollo is an American journalist, and special projects reporter with The Sacramento Bee. With Jeff Nesmith, he won the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting,and the 1996 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting.-Life:... , Mei-Ling Hopgood |
| 2003 | Newspapers: Circulation (under 100,000) | "Murder, Race, Justice: The State vs. Darryl Hunt" | Winston-Salem Journal | Phoebe Zerwick, Les Gura |
| 2003 | Newspapers: Local Circulation Weeklies | "The War Within" | Westword | Julie Jargon |
| 2003 | Television: Network/syndicated | "A Dangerous Business" | Frontline/New York Times Television/Canadian Broadcasting Corporation | David Barstow David Barstow -Life:Born in Boston, he received a bachelor's degree from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism in 1986. Barstow has worked for The New York Times since 1999, and has been an investigative reporter there since 2002.He worked for The St... , David Rummel, Neil Docherty, Lowell Bergman, Linden MacIntyre, Robin Stein, James Sandler, Nelli Kheyfets, Remy Weber, Jason Maloney, Lynda Baril, Louis Wiley Jr., David Fanning, Ann Derry and Lawrie Mifflin |
| 2003 | Television: Top 20 markets | "Honor and Betrayal: Scandal at the Academy" | KMGH-TV KMGH-TV KMGH-TV, channel 7, is the ABC-affiliated television station in Denver, Colorado. The station itself is usually branded as "Denver's 7", but its newscasts are branded as "7 News". It broadcasts its digital signal on VHF channel 7 from a transmitter located in Golden, Colorado... Denver |
Jeff Harris, John Ferrugia John Ferrugia John Ferrugia, Investigative Reporter/ News Anchor has worked at KMGH-TV in Denver, Colorado since 1992. He is a former CBS News correspondent who, in the 1980’s, covered the White House; foreign and domestic assignments; and was a principal correspondent for the news magazine “West 57th”.-Early... , Kurt Silver, Jason Foster, Byron Grandy |
| 2003 | Television: Below top 20 markets | "Perks of Power" | WTVF-TV Nashville | Phil Williams, Bryan Staples |
| 2003 | Magazine/specialty publication | "U.S. Energy Policy" | Time | James B. Steele, Donald L. Barlett Donald L. Barlett Donald L. Barlett is an American investigative journalist and author who collaborated with James B. Steele. According to The Washington Journalism Review they were a better investigative reporting team than even Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein. Together they have won two Pulitzer Prizes, two... |
| 2003 | Radio | "Handshake Hotels" | WNYC New York Public Radio | Andrea Bernstein, Amy Eddings |
| 2003 | Online | "The Water Barons" | Center for Public Integrity | William Marsden, Maud Beelman, Bill Allison, Erika Hobbs, Daniel Politi, Aron Pilhofer, Andre Verloy, Laura Peterson and Samiya Edwards |
| 2003 | Books Medal | "Perfectly Legal: The Covert Campaign to Rig Our Tax System to Benefit the Super Rich -- and Cheat Everybody Else" | Penguin Group USA | David Cay Johnston David Cay Johnston David Cay Johnston is an investigative journalist and author, a specialist in economics and tax issues, and winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Beat Reporting.... |
| 2003 | FOI Award Medal | "Gov. Bill Janklow's pardons & commutations" | (Sioux Falls, S.D.) Argus Leader | David Kranz, Stu Whitney, Terry Woster, Jon Walker, Patrick Lalley |
| 2003 | Student Work (All Media) | "Raising the Cap" | The Daily Tar Heel | John Frank, Jamie Dougher, Matt Hanson, Joe Rauch, Suzanne Presto and Lynne Shallcross |
| 2003 | Special Citation for an International Entry | "Public Land, Private Profit" | The Sydney Morning Herald | Gerard Ryle Gerard Ryle Gerard Ryle is an Australian investigative reporter who is internationally recognised for work on subjects including politics, financial and medical scandals and police corruption. He emigrated from his native Ireland in 1988 and has worked for the Fairfax newspapers The Age and the Sydney Morning... , Brian Robins |
| 2002 | IRE Medal Newspapers: Circulation (over 250,000) | "Crisis in the Catholic Church" | The Boston Globe | Walter V. Robinson Walter V. Robinson Walter V. Robinson is an American journalist and journalism professor.He led the Boston Globes coverage of the Roman Catholic clergy sexual abuse scandal, for which the newspaper won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service... , Matt Carroll, Sacha Pfeiffer, Michael Rezendes, Stephen Kurkjian, Michael Paulson, Kevin Cullen and Thomas Farragher |
| 2002 | Newspapers: Circulation (over 250,000) | "The Vertical Vision" | Los Angeles Times | Alan C. Miller, Kevin Sack |
| 2002 | Newspapers: Circulation (100,000 through 250,000) | "Last Gasp" | The Fresno Bee | Mark Grossi; Barbara Anderson; Russell Clemings |
| 2002 | Newspapers: Circulation (under 100,000) | "Against Their Will" | Winston-Salem Journal | Kevin Begos; Danielle Deaver; John Railey, Scott Sexton |
| 2002 | Newspapers: Local Circulation Weeklies | "The Lush Life of a Rudy Appointee" | The Village Voice | Tom Robbins |
| 2002 | Television: Network/syndicated | "Unsolved Rapes" | ABC News 20/20 | David Sloan, Carla DeLandri, Brian Ross Brian Ross (journalist) Brian Elliot Ross is an American investigative correspondent for ABC News. He has been with ABC News since July 1994. From 1974 until 1994, Ross was a correspondent for NBC News.-Major scoops:... , Brenda Breslauer, Yoruba Richen, Tom Marcyes |
| 2002 | Television: Top 20 markets | "Evidence of Errors" | KHOU-TV KHOU-TV KHOU is the CBS affiliate television station in Houston, Texas. Serving Greater Houston, it is owned by the Belo Corporation and broadcasts on digital and PSIP channel 11... Houston, |
David Raziq, Anna Werner, Chris Henao |
| 2002 | Television: Below top 20 markets | "Friends in High Places" | WTVF-TV Nashville, | Phil Williams; Bryan Staples |
| 2002 | Magazine/specialty publication | "Series on 9-11 intelligence failures" | Newsweek | Michael Isikoff Michael Isikoff Michael Isikoff is an investigative journalist for NBC News, formerly with the United States magazine Newsweek. He joined Newsweek as an investigative correspondent in June, 1994, and has written extensively on the U.S... , Daniel Klaidman, Evan Thomas Evan Thomas Evan Welling Thomas III is an American journalist and author. He currently teaches journalism at Princeton University.-Life and career:Thomas was born in Huntington, New York and was raised in Cold Spring Harbor, New York... , Mark Hosenball Mark Hosenball Mark Hosenball is an investigative correspondent at Newsweek. He started there in November 1993, after working at Dateline NBC as an investigative producer. He also worked at The Sunday Times, the Evening Standard, Time Out, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and The New Republic... |
| 2002 | Online | "Gunrunners" | Center for Investigative Reporting | Julie Reynolds, Matthew Brunwasser, William Kistner, Dave Gilson, Rick Young, Lowell Bergman, Omar Lavieri, Allyce Bess, Marlena Telvick, Monica Sagullo, James Sandler, Will Evans, Mabel Tampinco, Robin Stein, Kelly Davis and Jared Saylor |
| 2002 | Book | "Capitol Offenders: How Private Interests Govern Our States" | The Center for Public Integrity, | Diane Renzulli, John Dunbar, Alex Knott, Robert Moore, Leah Rush |
| 2002 | Tom Renner Award | "Crime, Inc." | Chicago Sun-Times | Frank Main Frank Main - Early life :Main was born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey on September 8, 1964. He grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma, graduating from Bishop Kelley High School in 1982. He then matriculated at Emory University in Georgia... , Carlos Sadovi, Steve Warmbir |
| 2002 | FOI Award | "The Campus Files: Reagan, Hoover and the UC Red Scare" | San Francisco Chronicle | Seth Rosenfeld |
| 2002 | Student Work (All Media) | "The Secret Court of 1920" | The Harvard Crimson | Amit R. Paley |
| 2002 | Special Citation | Rabbi Fred Neulander investigation, | The Philadelphia Inquirer | Nancy Phillips |
| 2002 | Special Citation for an International Entry | "How Elected Officials Divided Up 45 Million Euros Since 1992" | Le Figaro (Paris, France) | Mark Hunter, Nour Richard-Guerroudj, Salim Jaouani, Fabien Laborde, Lucie Monier-Reyes and Aurore Gorius |
| 2001 | IRE Medal Newspapers: Circulation (over 250,000) | "The District's Lost Children" | The Washington Post | Sari Horwitz Sari Horwitz Sari Horwitz is a Pulitzer-Prize winning member of The Washington Post's investigation unit. A reporter for The Washington Post since 1984, she has covered crime, homeland security, federal law enforcement, education, and social services.-Career:... , Scott Higham Scott Higham Scott Higham is a Pulitzer Prize-winning member of The Washington Post's investigations unit. He has conducted numerous investigations for the news organization, including an examination of abuse at the Abu Ghraib prison, and waste and fraud in Homeland Security contracting... , Sarah Cohen Sarah Cohen (journalist) Sarah Cohen is an American journalist, and Knight Professor of the Practice of Journalism and Public Policy, at Duke University.She won the 2009 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting, and 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting.-Life:... |
| 2001 | Newspapers: Circulation (over 250,000) | "Cops and Confessions and The Roscetti Case" | Chicago Tribune | Ken Armstrong Ken Armstrong (journalist) Ken Armstrong is a staff reporter at The Seattle Times.He worked at the Chicago Tribune.He was a 2001 Nieman Fellow at Harvard University, and in 2002, was the McGraw Professor of Writing at Princeton University.... , Steve Mills, Maurice Possley |
| 2001 | Newspapers: Circulation (100,000 through 250,000) | "The Foreign Game" | Dayton Daily News | Christine Vasconez, Doug Harris, Mike Wagner, Russell Carollo Russell Carollo Russell Carollo is an American journalist, and special projects reporter with The Sacramento Bee. With Jeff Nesmith, he won the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting,and the 1996 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting.-Life:... |
| 2001 | Newspapers: Circulation (under 100,000) | "A Price Too High" | Pocono Record | Matt Birkbeck Matt Birkbeck Matt Birkbeck is an American author and award winning investigative journalist. His articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Reader's Digest, Boston Magazine and a host of other magazines, including People, where he served as a correspondent for a decade. In 2004, he... |
| 2001 | Newspapers: Circulation (under 100,000) | "Trapped at Thirtymile" | Yakima Herald-Republic | Tom Roeder, Jesse A. Hamilton Jesse A. Hamilton Jesse A. Hamilton is an American journalist working as a reporter at Bloomberg L.P. in Washington, D.C.-Life:He graduated from Western Washington University with a B.A... , Stephanie Earls |
| 2001 | Newspapers: Local Circulation Weeklies | "Fallout" | SF Weekly | Lisa Davis & John Mecklin John Mecklin (journalist) John Mecklin is a journalist, novelist and editor, who specializes in narrative journalism. He is the editor-in-chief of Miller-McCune, a national public policy magazine named after its founder, Sara Miller McCune.- Career :... |
| 2001 | Television: Network/syndicated | "The Osprey" | CBS News 60 Minutes, | Mike Wallace Mike Wallace (journalist) Myron Leon "Mike" Wallace is an American journalist, former game show host, actor and media personality. During his 60+ year career, he has interviewed a wide range of prominent newsmakers.... , Paul Gallagher, Charles Fitzgerald, Robert Zimet |
| 2001 | Television: Top 20 markets | "Lives at Risk: An Emergency Room Investigation" | WFAA-TV WFAA-TV WFAA, channel 8, is an ABC-affiliated television station serving the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex, one of the top ten media markets in North America. The station is the flagship of Belo Corporation and the largest ABC affiliate not owned and operated by the network... Dallas/Fort Worth |
Valeri Williams, Meridith Schucker, Jesus Hernandez, WFAA Photography Staff, WFAA Graphics |
| 2001 | Radio | "Burning the Evidence" | American RadioWorks/Minnesota, | Stephen Smith, Michael Montgomery, Bill Buzenberg, Deborah George, Adriatik Kelmendi |
| 2001 | Book | "Fateful Harvest" | HarperCollins, | Duff Wilson Duff Wilson -Life:He graduated from Western Washington University in 1976, and from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 1982.He worked for the Seattle TimesHe was on the board of Investigative Reporters and Editors.-Awards:... |
| 2001 | FOI Award Medal | "Body of Secrets" | Doubleday | James Bamford |
| 2001 | Student Work (All Media) | "A Flood of Problems" | University of Missouri, for The Missourian (Columbia, Mo.) | MaryJo Sylwester |
| 2000 | Newspapers: Circulation (under 100,000) | "Stadium Naples" | Naples Daily News | Gina Edwards |
| 2000 | Newspapers: Circulation (100,000 through 250,000) | "Detroit Fire Department: Out of Service" | The Detroit News | Melvin Claxton, Charles Hurt |
| 2000 | Newspapers: Circulation (over 250,000) | "The Body Brokers" | The Orange County Register | Mark Katches, William Heisel, Ronald Campbell, Sharon Henry, Michael Goulding. |
| 2000 | Television: Network/syndicated | "First Casualty" | CBS; 60 Minutes II | Bob Simon Bob Simon Bob Simon is a CBS News television correspondent.From 1964–67, Simon served as an American Foreign Service officer and was a Fulbright Scholar in France and a Woodrow Wilson scholar. From 1969–71, he served a tour in the CBS News London bureau. From 1971–77, he was based in the London and Saigon... , Draggan Mihailovich, Christine Spolar |
| 2000 | Television: Network/syndicated | "The Paper Chase" | Dateline NBC | John Larson, Lynne Dale, Allan Maraynes, Neal Shapiro Neal Shapiro Neal B. Shapiro is the president of PBS station Thirteen/WNET New York City, installed in February 2007. He is the chief executive of the station's license holder, the Educational Broadcasting Corporation , which also operates the Long Island, New York, PBS outlet WLIW.- Life and Career :Shapiro... , Andy Lehren, Mable Chan |
| 2000 | Television: Top 20 markets | "Treading on Danger? | KHOU-TV KHOU-TV KHOU is the CBS affiliate television station in Houston, Texas. Serving Greater Houston, it is owned by the Belo Corporation and broadcasts on digital and PSIP channel 11... |
David Raziq, Anna Werner, Chris Henao |
| 2000 | Television: Below top 20 markets | "Who's Policing the Police" | WTVF-TV Nashville | Phil Williams, Bryan Staples |
| 2000 | Magazine/specialty publication | "The Secret History of Lead" | The Nation | Jamie Lincoln Kitman |
| 2000 | Radio | "Beneath Native Land: Occidental Petroleum in South America" | Living on Earth from NPR | Ingrid Lobet |
| 2000 | Tom Renner Award | "California's Billion Dollar Rip-Off" | KCBS-TV KCBS-TV KCBS-TV, channel 2, is an owned-and-operated television station of the CBS Television Network, located in Los Angeles, California. KCBS-TV shares its offices and studio facilities with sister station KCAL-TV inside CBS Studio Center in the Studio City section of Los Angeles, and its transmitter... |
Joel Grover Joel Grover Joel Grover is an investigative journalist for KNBC in Los Angeles, California. He is nationally known for his undercover investigations, exposes and consumer reports.- Education and early career :... , Jennifer Cobb |
| 2000 | Online | "Our Private Legislatures - Public Service, Personal Gain" | Center for Public Integrity | Diane Renzulli, Meleah Rush, John Dunbar, Alex Knott, Robert Moore, Ken Vogel |
| 2000 | FOI Award | "Inside the '96 Olympics" | Atlanta Journal-Constitution | Melissa Turner |
| 2000 | Book | "The Book of Honor: Covert Lives and Classified Deaths at the CIA" | Doubleday | Ted Gup Ted Gup Ted Gup , a 1968 graduate of Western Reserve Academy in Hudson, Ohio, is a writer noted for being the first to reveal publicly in 1992 the existence of a large underground bunker at West Virginia's famed Greenbrier Resort to house the Congress of the United States in case of a nuclear attack on... |
| 2000 | Student Work (All Media) | "Cycle of Influence: How Campaign Contributions, Lobbyist Spending and Personal Financial Interests Affect the West Virginia Legislature" | Charleston Gazette/University of Missouri | Scott M. Finn |
| 1999 | Newspapers: Local Circulation Weeklies IRE Medal | "Above the Law" | The Nashville Scene | Willy Stern |
| 1999 | Newspapers: Circulation (under 100,000) | "Timecard Troubles" | The Times Herald-Record, Middletown, N.Y. | Christopher Mele, Oliver Mackson |
| 1999 | Newspapers: Circulation (100,000 through 250,000) IRE Medal | "Deadly Alliance" | The Toledo Blade | Sam Roe Sam Roe Sam Roe is a Chicago Tribune journalist who was part of a team of reporters that won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting for an examination of hazardous toys and other children's products.... |
| 1999 | Newspapers: Circulation (100,000 through 250,000) | "Falling from the Sky" | The Dayton Daily News | Russell Carollo Russell Carollo Russell Carollo is an American journalist, and special projects reporter with The Sacramento Bee. With Jeff Nesmith, he won the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting,and the 1996 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting.-Life:... |
| 1999 | Newspapers: Circulation (over 250,000) IRE Medal | "Invisible Lives, Invisible Deaths" | The Washington Post | Katherine Boo Katherine Boo Katherine Boo is an award-winning journalist known primarily for writing about America's poor and disadvantaged.-Life:A native of Washington, D.C., Boo graduated summa cum laude from Barnard College and began her career in journalism with editorial positions at Washington's City Paper and then the... |
| 1999 | Newspapers: Circulation (over 250,000) | "Prosecutorial Misconduct" | Chicago Tribune | Ken Armstrong, Maurice Possley. |
| 1999 | Television: Network/syndicated | "Tobacco Slaves" | 60 Minutes II | Bill Owens, Margaret Ebrahim, Scott Pelley Scott Pelley Scott Cameron Pelley is an American television journalist who is currently anchor and managing editor of the CBS Evening News and a correspondent for the CBS news magazine 60 Minutes... |
| 1999 | Television: Top 20 markets | "The Investigation of First USA" | WFAA-TV WFAA-TV WFAA, channel 8, is an ABC-affiliated television station serving the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex, one of the top ten media markets in North America. The station is the flagship of Belo Corporation and the largest ABC affiliate not owned and operated by the network... Dallas |
Valeri Williams, Lisa Hampshire, Meridith Schucker, Jesus Hernandez, Don Smith |
| 1999 | Television: Top 20 markets | "Armed Forces Recruiting Fraud" | WFAA-TV WFAA-TV WFAA, channel 8, is an ABC-affiliated television station serving the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex, one of the top ten media markets in North America. The station is the flagship of Belo Corporation and the largest ABC affiliate not owned and operated by the network... Dallas |
Byron Harris, P.J. Ward, Chris Johnson |
| 1999 | Television: Below top 20 markets | "Case Dismissed" | WTHR-TV Indianapolis | Bill Ditton, Jeremy Rogalski, Kathleen Johnston, Gerry Lanosga |
| 1999 | Special citation | "Disclosure Denied" and other work | APBnews.com | Amy Worden, James Gordon Meek, Bob Port, Ben Lesser, Sydney H. Schanberg |
| 1999 | FOI Award | "Spotlight on Secrecy" | San Francisco Bay Guardian | Bruce B. Bruggmann and Bay Guardian Editorial Staff |
| 1999 | Book | "Animal Underworld: Inside America's Black Market for Rare and Exotic Species" | The Center for Public Integrity | Alan Green |
| 1999 | Student | "Troubled Bridges" | KOMU-TV KOMU-TV KOMU-TV is the NBC-affiliated television station for Mid-Missouri licensed to Columbia. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 8 from a transmitter at studios on US 63 southeast of downtown. The station can also be seen on Mediacom, Suddenlink, and Charter channel 7 as well... , Channel 8, Columbia, MO. |
Mark Greenblatt |
| 1998 | Tom Renner Award | "Dirty Money" | The Record | Thomas Zambito, Jim Haner |
| 1998 | Freedom of Information Award | open records law | The (Terre Haute) Tribune-Star; The Evansville Courier; The Times of Northwest Indiana; The (Fort Wayne) Journal Gazette; The (Muncie) Star-Press; The South Bend Tribune; The Indianapolis Star and News | Journalists at seven Indiana newspapers. |
| 1998 | Television: Network/Syndicated | "Tomb of The Unknowns" | CBS Evening News | Vince Gonzales Vince Gonzales Wenceslao Gonzales O'Reilly was a Cuban-born professional baseball player during the 1950s and 1960s. A left-handed pitcher who stood tall and weighed , Gonzales appeared in one Major League Baseball game in 1955 as a member of the Washington Senators.Gonzales entered pro baseball in 1951 as a... , Eric Engberg Eric Engberg -Life:Engberg attended Highland Park High School in Highland Park, Illinois. He graduated from the University of Missouri School of Journalism.... |
| 1998 | Newspapers: Circulation (above 250,000) IRE Medal | "Rezulin: A Billion-Dollar Killer" | The Los Angeles Times | David Willman David Willman David Willman is a Pulitzer Prize winning investigative journalist.-Life:He graduated from San Jose State University with a B.A. in Journalism in 1978.... |
| 1998 | Newspapers: Circulation (above 250,000) | "Population Bomb" | The Wall Street Journal | Alix M. Freedman Alix M. Freedman Alix M. Freedman is an American journalist, and ethics editor at Thomson Reuters.She won the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting.She won the 1999 George Polk Award.-Life:She wrote for the Harvard Crimson... |
| 1998 | Television: Top 20 | "Fake Doctors, Real Dangers" | CBS-2 News, Los Angeles, | Eleanore M. Vega, Drew C. Griffin, Jeffrey Wilkins, Dolores Lopez, Rob Macey, Les Rose |
| 1998 | Newspapers: Circulation (100,000 - 250,000) | "City Courts" | The Advocate, of Baton Rouge | DeAnn Smith |
| 1998 | Television: Below Top 20 | "Olympic Bribery Scandal" | KTVX-TV, Salt Lake City | Chris Vanocur Chris Vanocur Chris Vanocur is an American television journalist for KTVX.He graduated from Northwestern University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Speech in 1982... , the KTVX Newsroom |
| 1998 | Newspapers: Circulation (under 100,000) | "Force In Disarray" | The Courier-Post, Camden, N.J., | Clint Riley |
| 1998 | Magazine/Specialty Publications | "What Corporate Welfare Costs You" | Time Magazine | Don Barlett, James B. Steele |
| 1998 | Books IRE Medal | A Promise of Justice: The Eighteen-Year Fight to Save Four Innocent Men | Hyperion | David Protess, Rob Warden Rob Warden Rob Warden is the executive director of the Center on Wrongful Convictions, Bluhm Legal Clinic, Northwestern University School of Law. An award winning legal affairs journalist, he is the co-author with David Protess of A Promise of Justice on the pardons of the Ford Heights Four, and Gone in the... |
| 1998 | Books | Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage | Public Affairs Press | Sherry Sontag, Christopher Drew with Annette Lawrence Drew |
| 1998 | Local Circulation Weeklies | "Sweet Deals Gone Sour" | Nashville Scene | Willy Stern |