| Eliza Griswold, NF ’07 Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America General Nonfiction, 2019 | A classic American story, grippingly told, of an Appalachian family struggling to retain its middle class status in the shadow of destruction wreaked by corporate fracking. Learn More |
| The staff of the [Oakland, CA] East Bay Times, including: Tammerlin Drummond, NF ’14 East Bay Times Breaking News, 2017 | For relentless coverage of the “Ghost Ship” fire, which killed 36 people at a warehouse party, and for reporting after the tragedy that exposed the city’s failure to take actions that might have prevented it. Learn More |
| The staffs of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, McClatchy and Miami Herald, including: Fernando Rodrigues, NF ’08 Uri Blau, NF ’14 Wayhu Dhyatmika, NF ’15 Explanatory Reporting, 2017 | For the Panama Papers, a series of stories using a collaboration of more than 300 reporters on six continents to expose the hidden infrastructure and global scale of offshore tax havens. Learn More |
| The staff of Seattle Times, including: Ken Armstrong, NF ’01 Craig Welch, NF ’07 Breaking News Reporting, 2015 | For its digital account of a landslide that killed 43 people and the impressive follow-up reporting that explored whether the calamity could have been avoided. Learn More |
| The staff of The Boston Globe, including David Abel, NF ’13 Christine Chinlund, NF ’98 Kevin Cullen, NF ’03 David Dahl, NF ’03 Mark Pothier, NF ’01 Stephen Smith, NF ’00 Breaking News Reporting, 2014 | For its exhaustive and empathetic coverage of the Boston Marathon bombings and the ensuing manhunt that enveloped the city, using photography and a range of digital tools to capture the full impact of the tragedy. Learn More |
| Mary Schmich, NF ’96 Chicago Tribune Commentary, 2012 | For her wide range of down-to-earth columns that reflect the character and capture the culture of her famed city. Learn More |
| Ken Armstrong, NF ’01 The Seattle Times Investigative Reporting, 2012 | For the investigation of how a little known governmental body in Washington State moved vulnerable patients from safer pain-control medication to methadone, a cheaper but more dangerous drug, coverage that prompted statewide health warnings. Learn More |
| Amy Ellis Nutt, NF ’05 The (Newark, N.J.) Star-Ledger Feature Writing, 2011 | For her deeply probing story of the mysterious sinking of a commercial fishing boat in the Atlantic Ocean that drowned six men. Learn More |
| Gene Weingarten, NF ’88 The Washington Post Feature Writing, 2010 | For his haunting story about parents, from varying walks of life, who accidentally kill their children by forgetting them in cars. Learn More |
| Raquel Rutledge, NF ’12 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Local Reporting, 2010 | For her penetrating reports on the fraud and abuse in a child-care program for low-wage working parents that fleeced taxpayers and imperiled children, resulting in a state and federal crackdown on providers. Learn More |
| Eugene Robinson, NF ’88 The Washington Post Commentary, 2009 | For his eloquent columns on the 2008 presidential campaign that focus on the election of the first African-American president, showcasing graceful writing and grasp of the larger historic picture. Learn More |
| Dexter Filkins, NF ’07 Carlotta Gall, NF ’12 Pir Zubair Shah, NF ’12 The New York Times International Reporting, 2009 | For its masterful, groundbreaking coverage of America’s deepening military and political challenges in Afghanistan and Pakistan, reporting frequently done under perilous condition. Learn More |
| The staff of The Washington Post, including: Michael Ruane, NF ’92 The Washington Post Breaking News Reporting, 2008 | For its exceptional, multi-faceted coverage of the deadly shooting rampage at Virginia Tech, telling the developing story in print and online. Learn More |
| Gene Weingarten, NF ’88 The Washington Post Feature Writing, 2008 | For his chronicling of a world-class violinist who, as an experiment, played beautiful music in a subway station filled with unheeding commuters. Learn More |
| The staff of The Washington Post, for the work of Dana Priest, Anne Hull and photographer Michel du Cille: Anne Hull, NF ’95 Public Service, 2008 | In exposing mistreatment of wounded veterans at Walter Reed Hospital, evoking a national outcry and producing reforms by federal officials. Learn More |
| Cynthia Tucker, NF ’89 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Commentary, 2007 | For her courageous, clear-headed columns that evince a strong sense of morality and persuasive knowledge of the community. Learn More |
| Heidi Evans, NF ’93 New York Daily News Editorial Writing, 2007 | For compassionate and compelling editorials on behalf of Ground Zero workers whose health problems were neglected by the city and the nation. Learn More |
| The staff of The Wall Street Journal, including: Jane Spencer, NF ’13 International Reporting, 2007 | For its sharply edged reports on the adverse impact of China’s booming capitalism on conditions ranging from inequality to pollution. Learn More |
| The staffs of The San Diego Union-Tribune and Copley News Service, including: Jerry Kammer, NF ’94 Copley News Service National Reporting, 2006 | For their disclosure of bribe-taking that sent former Rep. Randy Cunningham to prison in disgrace. Learn More |
| The staff of the The Associated Press, including: Anja Niedringhaus, NF ’07 Breaking News Photography, 2005 | For its stunning series of photographs of bloody yearlong combat inside Iraqi cities. Learn More |
| Julia Keller, NF ’98 Chicago Tribune Feature Writing, 2005 | For her gripping, meticulously reconstructed account of a deadly 10-second tornado that ripped through Utica, Illinois. Learn More |
| The staff of the Los Angeles Times, including: Janet Wilson, NF ’95 Breaking News Reporting, 2004 | For its compelling and comprehensive coverage of the massive wildfires that imperiled a populated region of southern California. Learn More |
| Robert Caro, NF ’66 Master of the Senate Biography or Autobiography, 2003 | Master of the Senate carries Lyndon Johnson’s story through one of its most remarkable periods: his twelve years, from 1949 to 1960, in the United States Senate. At the heart of the book is its unprecedented revelation of how legislative power works in America, how the Senate works, and how Johnson, in his ascent to the presidency, mastered the Senate as no political leader before him had ever done. Learn More |
| Mary Jordan, NF ’90 The Washington Post International Reporting, 2003 | For the exposure of horrific conditions in Mexico’s criminal justice system and how they affect the daily lives of people. Learn More |
| The staff of The Boston Globe, including: Kevin Cullen, NF ’03 Public Service, 2003 | 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. Learn More |
| The staff of The Washington Post, including: Amy Goldstein, NF ’05 National Reporting, 2002 | For its comprehensive coverage of America’s war on terrorism, which regularly brought forth new information together with skilled analysis of unfolding developments. Learn More |
| The staff of The New York Times, including; Chris Hedges, NF ’99 Public Service, 2002 | 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. Learn More |
| The staff of the Chicago Tribune, including; Louise Kiernan, NF ’05 Explanatory Reporting, 2001 | For “Gateway to Gridlock,” its clear and compelling profile of the chaotic American air traffic system. Learn More |
| Ian Johnson, NF ’07 The Wall Street Journal International Reporting, 2001 | For his revealing stories from China about victims of the government’s often brutal suppression of the Falun Gong movement and the implications of that campaign for the future. Learn More |
| The staff of The New York Times, including: Gerald Boyd, NF ’81 National Reporting, 2001 | For its compelling and memorable series exploring racial experiences and attitudes across contemporary America. Learn More |
| The staff of The Oregonian, including: Brent Walth, NF ’06 Richard Read, NF ’97 Public Service, 2001 | 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. Learn More |
| J.R. Moehringer, NF ’01 Los Angeles Times Feature Writing, 2000 | For his portrait of Gee’s Bend, an isolated river community in Alabama where many descendants of slaves live, and how a proposed ferry to the mainland might change it. Learn More |
| The staff of The Wall Street Journal, including: Carla Robbins, NF ’90 The Wall Street Journal National Reporting, 2000 | For its revealing stories that question U.S. defense spending and military deployment in the post-Cold War era and offer alternatives for the future. Learn More |
| Blair Kamin, NF ’13 Chicago Tribune Criticism, 1999 | For his lucid coverage of city architecture, including an influential series supporting the development of Chicago’s lakefront area. Learn More |
| Richard Read, NF ’97 The Oregonian Explanatory Reporting, 1999 | For vividly illustrating the domestic impact of the Asian economic crisis by profiling the local industry that exports frozen french fries. Learn More |
| The staff of The Wall Street Journal, including: Carla Robbins, NF ’90 International Reporting, 1999 | For its in-depth, analytical coverage of the Russian financial crisis. Learn More |
| The staff of The Miami Herald, including: Lisa Getter, NF ’95 Investigative Reporting, 1999 | For its detailed reporting that revealed pervasive voter fraud in a city mayoral election, that was subsequently overturned. Learn More |
| The staff of The Washington Post, including: David Jackson, NF ’09 Public Service, 1998 | For its series that identified and analyzed patterns of reckless gunplay by city police officers who had little training or supervision. Learn More |
| The staff of the Grand Forks Herald, including: Bryan Monroe, NF ’03 Public Service, 1998 | 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. Learn More |
| Eileen McNamara, NF ’88 The Boston Globe Commentary, 1997 | For her many-sided columns on Massachusetts people and issues. Learn More |
| Rick Bragg, NF ’93 The New York Times Feature Writing, 1996 | For his elegantly written stories about contemporary America. Learn More |
| The News & Observer, for the work of Melanie Sill, Pat Stith and Joby Warrick: Melanie Sill, NF ’94 Public Service, 1996 | On the environmental and health risks of waste disposal systems used in North Carolina’s growing hog industry. Learn More |
| The Dallas Morning News Team of The Dallas Morning News, including: David Marcus, NF ’96 George Rodrigue, NF ’90 Beatriz Terrazas, NF ’99 International Reporting, 1994 | For its series examining the epidemic of violence against women in many nations. Learn More |
| The staff of The Miami Herald, including: Lisa Getter, NF ’95 Public Service, 1993 | 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. Learn More |
| Maria Henson, NF ’94 Lexington Herald-Leader Editorial Writing, 1992 | For her editorials about battered women in Kentucky, which focused statewide attention on the problem and prompted significant reforms. Learn More |
| Joseph Hallinan, NF ’98 The Indianapolis Star Investigative Reporting, 1991 | For the shocking series on medical malpractice in the state. Learn More |
| The staff of The Des Moines Register, including: Geneva Overholser, NF ’86 Public Service, 1991 | 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. Learn More |
| David Turnley, NF ’98 Detroit Free Press Feature Photography, 1990 | For photographs of the political uprisings in China and Eastern Europe. Learn More |
| Dale Maharidge, NF ’88 And Their Children After Them General Nonfiction, 1990 | For the book “And Their Children After Them: The Legacy of Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: James Agee, Walker Evans, and the Rise and Fall of Cotton in the South,” co-authored with Michael Williamson Learn More |
| William Dietrich, NF ’88 The Seattle Times National Reporting, 1990 | For coverage of the Exxon Valdez oil spill and its aftermath. Learn More |
| The staff of The Philadelphia Inquirer, including: Gilbert Gaul, NF ’83 Public Service, 1990 | For reporting by Gilbert M. Gaul that disclosed how the American blood industry operates with little government regulation or supervision. Learn More |
| The staff of the Anchorage Daily News, including: W. Patrick Dougherty, NF ’89 Public Service, 1989 | 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. Learn More |
| Doug Marlette, NF ’81 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and The Charlotte Observer Editorial Cartooning, 1988 | 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. Learn More |
| The staff of The Alabama Journal, including: Jim Tharpe, NF ’89 General News Reporting, 1988 | For its compelling investigation of the state’s unusually high infant-mortality rate, which prompted legislation to combat the problem. Learn More |
| Ann Marie Lipinski, NF ’90 Chicago Tribune Investigative Reporting, 1988 | For the detailed reporting on the self-interest and waste that plague Chicago’s City Council. Learn More |
| The staff of The Charlotte Observer, including: Ed Williams, NF ’73 Foster Davis, NF ’76 Mark Ethridge, NF ’86 Charles Shepard, NF ’91 Elizabeth Leland, NF ’92 Public Service, 1988 | 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. Learn More |
| Daniel R. Biddle, NF ’90 H.G. (Buzz) Bissinger, NF ’86 Fredric N. Tulsky, NF ’89 The Philadelphia Inquirer Investigative Reporting, 1987 | For their series “Disorder in the Court,” which revealed transgressions of justice in the Philadelphia court system and led to federal and state investigations. Learn More |
| The staff of The New York Times, including: Nancy Lee, NF ’87 National Reporting, 1987 | For coverage of the aftermath of the Challenger explosion, which included stories that identified serious flaws in the shuttle’s design and in the administration of America’s space program. Learn More |
| Matthew Brelis, NF ’02 The Pittsburgh Press Public Service, 1987 | For reporting which revealed the inadequacy of the FAA’s medical screening of airline pilots and led to significant reforms. Learn More |
| George Rodrigue, NF ’90 The Dallas Morning News National Reporting, 1986 | For their investigation into subsidized housing in East Texas, which uncovered patterns of racial discrimination and segregation in public housing across the United States and led to significant reforms. Learn More |
| Stan Grossfeld, NF ’92 The Boston Globe Feature Photography, 1985 | For his series of photographs of the famine in Ethiopia and for his pictures of illegal aliens on the Mexican border. Learn More |
| William K. Marimow, NF ’83 The Philadelphia Inquirer Investigative Reporting, 1985 | For his revelation that city police dogs had attacked more than 350 people — an expose that led to investigations of the K-9 unit and the removal of a dozen officers from it. Learn More |
| The staff of the Los Angeles Times, including: Frank O. Sotomayor, NF ’86 Frank del Olmo, NF ’88 Public Service, 1984 | For an in-depth examination of southern California’s growing Latino community by a team of editors and reporters. Learn More |
| The staff of the Kansas City Star and Kansas City Times, including: Chris Waddle, NF ’05 Local General or Spot News Reporting, 1982 | For coverage of the Hyatt Regency Hotel disaster and identification of its causes. Learn More |
| Jonathan Yardley, NF ’69 The Washington Star Criticism, 1981 | For his book reviews. Learn More |
| Shirley Christian, NF ’74 The Miami Herald International Reporting, 1981 | For her dispatches from Central America. Learn More |
| The staff of the Longview (WA) Daily News, including: Linda Wilson, NF ’87 Local General or Spot News Reporting, 1981 | For its coverage of the Mt. St. Helens story, including the photographs by Roger A. Werth. Learn More |
| The staff of The Charlotte Observer, including: Mark Ethridge, NF ’86 Public Service, 1981 | For its series on “Brown Lung: A Case of Deadly Neglect.” Learn More |
| Ellen Goodman, NF ’74 The Boston Globe Commentary, 1980 | For distinguished commentary Learn More |
| Madeleine Blais, NF ’86 The Miami Herald Feature Writing, 1980 | For “Zepp’s Last Stand.” Learn More |
| The staff of The Philadelphia Inquirer, including: Rodney Nordland, NF ’89 Local General or Spot News Reporting, 1980 | For coverage of the nuclear accident at Three Mile Island. Learn More |
| Robert Porterfield, NF ’79 Local Investigative Specialized Reporting, 1980 | For articles on Boston’s transit system. Learn More |
| Gilbert Gaul, NF ’83 Pottsville (PA) Republican Local Investigative Specialized Reporting, 1979 | For stories on the destruction of the Blue Coal Company by men with ties to organized crime. Learn More |
| The staff of The Philadelphia Inquirer, including: William Marimow, NF ’83 Public Service, 1978 | For a series of articles showing abuses of power by the police in its home city. Learn More |
| Acel Moore, NF ’80 The Philadelphia Inquirer Local Investigative Specialized Reporting, 1977 | For the reports on conditions in the Farview (Pa.) State Hospital for the mentally ill. Learn More |
| The photographic staff of Louisville Courier-Journal and Times, including: Pamela Spaulding, NF ’85 Feature Photography, 1976 | For a comprehensive pictorial report on busing in Louisville’s schools. Learn More |
| Gene Miller, NF ’68 The Miami Herald Local General or Spot News Reporting, 1976 | For his persistent and courageous reporting over eight and one-half years that led to the exoneration and release of two men who had twice been tried for murder and wrongfully convicted and sentenced to death in Florida. Learn More |
| The staff of the Anchorage Daily News, including: Robert Porterfield, NF ’79 Anchorage Daily News Public Service, 1976 | For its disclosures of the impact and influence of the Teamsters Union on Alaska’s economy and politics. Learn More |
| Robert Caro, NF ’66 The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York Biography or Autobiography, 1975 | Learn More |
| Hedrick Smith, NF ’70 The New York Times International Reporting, 1974 | For his coverage of the Soviet Union and its allies in Eastern Europe in 1973. Learn More |
| John Strohmeyer, NF ’53 The Bethlehem (PA) Globe-Times Editorial Writing, 1972 | For his editorial campaign to reduce racial tensions in Bethlehem. Learn More |
| The staff of The New York Times, including: Hedrick Smith, NF ’70 Public Service, 1972 | For the publication of the Pentagon Papers. Learn More |
| The staff of the Akron Beacon Journal, including: Robert H. Giles, NF ’66 Local General or Spot News Reporting, 1971 | For its coverage of the Kent State University tragedy on May 4, 1970. Learn More |
| William Eaton, NF ’63 The Chicago Daily News National Reporting, 1970 | For disclosures about the background of Judge Clement F. Haynesworth Jr., in connection with his nomination for the United States Supreme Court. Learn More |
| The staff of the Detroit Free Press, including: Saul Friedman, NF ’63 Philip Meyer, NF ’67 Gene Goltz, NF ’70 Local General or Spot News Reporting, 1968 | For its coverage of the Detroit riots of 1967, recognizing both the brilliance of its detailed spot news staff work and its swift and accurate investigation into the underlying causes of the tragedy. Learn More |
| J. Anthony Lukas, NF ’69 The New York Times Local Investigative Specialized Reporting, 1968 | For the social document he wrote in his investigation of the life and the murder of Linda Fitzpatrick. Learn More |
| John Hughes, NF ’62 The Christian Science Monitor International Reporting, 1967 | For his thorough reporting of the attempted Communist coup in Indonesia in 1965 and the purge that followed in 1965-66. Learn More |
| Gene Miller, NF ’68 The Miami Herald Local Investigative Specialized Reporting, 1967 | Whose initiative and investigative reporting helped to free two persons wrongfully convicted of murder. Learn More |
| The staff of the Louisville Courier-Journal, including: E. Hugh Morris, NF ’15 John Edwared Pearce, NF ’58 Louisville Courier-Journal Public Service, 1967 | For its successful campaign to control the Kentucky strip mining industry, a notable advance in the national effort for the conservation of natural resources. Learn More |
| Robert Lasch, NF ’42 St. Louis Post-Dispatch Editorial Writing, 1966 | For his distinguished editorial writing in 1965. Learn More |
| Gene Goltz, NF ’70 The Houston Post Local Investigative Specialized Reporting, 1965 | For his expose of government corruption Pasadena, Texas, which resulted in widespread reforms. Learn More |
| Anthony Lewis, NF ’57 The New York Times National Reporting, 1963 | For his distinguished reporting of the proceedings of the United States Supreme Court during the year, with particular emphasis on the coverage of the decision in the reapportionment case and its consequences in many of the States of the Union. Learn More |
| Nathan Caldwell, NF ’41 Gene S. Graham, NF ’63 The Tennessean National Reporting, 1962 | For the exclusive disclosure and six years of detailed reporting, under great difficulties, of the undercover cooperation between management interests in the coal industry and the United Mine Workers. Learn More |
| Harry S. Ashmore, NF ’42 Arkansas Gazette Editorial Writing, 1958 | For the forcefulness, dispassionate analysis and clarity of his editorials on the school integration conflict in Little Rock. Learn More |
| Clark Mollenhoff, NF ’50 The Des Moines Register and Tribune National Reporting, 1958 | For his persistent inquiry into labor racketeering, which included investigatory reporting of wide significance. Learn More |
| William Lambert, NF ’60 Wallace Turner, NF ’59 The Oregonian Local Reporting – No edition time, 1957 | For their exposé of vice and corruption in Portland involving some municipal officials and officers of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America, Western Conference. They fulfilled their assignments despite great handicaps and the risk of reprisal from lawless elements. Learn More |
| Anthony Lewis, NF ’57 Washington Daily News National Reporting, 1955 | For publishing a series of articles which were adjudged directly responsible for clearing Abraham Chasanow, an employee of the U.S. Navy Department, and bringing about his restoration to duty with an acknowledgment by the Navy Department that it had committed a grave injustice in dismissing him as a security risk. Mr. Lewis received the full support of his newspaper in championing an American citizen, without adequate funds or resources for his defense, against an unjust act by a government department. This is in the best tradition of American journalism. Learn More |
| Keyes Beech, NF ’53 Chicago Daily News International Reporting, 1951 | For reporting of the Korean War. Learn More |
| Edwin O. Guthman, NF ’51 The Seattle Times National Reporting, 1950 | For his series on the clearing of Communist charges of Professor Melvin Rader, who had been accused of attending a secret Communist school. Learn More |
| John H. Crider, NF ’41 The Boston Herald Editorial Writing, 1949 | For distinguished editorial writing during the year. Learn More |
| E. Hugh Morris, NF ’51 John Edward Pearce, NF ’58 Public Service, 1967 | Learn More |
