Historical Winners List
Audio
"Medicaid, Under The Influence"
by Liz Essley White, Joe Yerardi and Alison Fitzgerald Kodjak, The Center for Public Integrity and NPR
Beat Reporting
"Age Discrimination"
by Peter Gosselin, Ariana Tobin and Ranjani Chakraborty, Propublica and VOX
Breaking News
"Amazon's HQ2 About-Face"
by Scott Calvert, Eliot Brown, Peter Grant, Tawnell Hobbs, Katie Honan, Melissa Korn, Douglas MacMillan, Eric Morath, Keiko Morris, Shayndi Raice, Stephanie Stamm, Laura Stevens, Jimmy Vielkind and Lauren Weber, The Wall Street Journal
Commentary
"Inside View"
by Andy Kessler, The Wall Street Journal
Explanatory
"Sign Here To Lose Everything"
by Zachary R. Mider, Zeke Faux, Demetrios Pogkas and David Ingold, Bloomberg News
Feature
"'If Bobbie Talks, I'm Finished': How Les Moonves Tried To Silence An Accuser"
by James B. Stewart, Rachel Abrams and Ellen Gabler, The New York Times
International Winner
"The Code That Crashed The World: The Untold Story of Notpetya, The Most Devestating Cyberattack in History"
by Andy Greenberg, WIRED
Investigative
"Facebook, Disinformation and Privacy"
by Nicholas Confessore, Matthew Rosenberg, Carole Cadwalladr, Sheera Frenkel, Cecilia Kang, Paul Mozur, Jack Nicas, Gabriel J.X. Dance, Michael LaForgia and Brian X. Chen, The New York Times
Local Winner
"Time Bomb: How Atmos Energy's Natural Gas Keeps Blowing Up Texas Homes"
by Cary Aspinwall, Allan James Vestal and Holly K. Hacker, The Dallas Morning News
Personal Service
"The Daunting Road to Forgiveness"
by Ron Lieber, The New York Times
Video
"Blackout In Puerto Rico"
by Rick Young, Laura Sullivan, Emma Schwartz, Fritz Kramer and Kate McCormick, Frontline PBS and NPR
Visual Storytelling Winner
"Tesla Tracker"
by Tom Randall and Dean Halford, Bloomberg News
Audio
"Robot-Proof Jobs"
by David Brancaccio, Katie Long, Nicole Childers, Ben Tolliday, Daniel Ramirez and Paulina Velasco, Marketplace
Beat Reporting
"Automating Hate"
by Julia Angwin, Je Larson, Ariana Tobin, Madeleine Varner, Noam Scheiber and Hannes Grassegger, Propublica
Breaking News
"Ouster at Uber"
by Mike Isaac, Farhad Manjoo, Kevin Roose and Ashwin Seshagiri, The New York Times
Commentary
"The Pharmalot View"
by Ed Silverman, Stat
Feature
"Stickin' with the Pig: A Tale of Loyalty and Loss"
by Tony Bartelme, The Post and Courier
Explanatory
"The Body Trade
by Brian Grow, John Shi man, Blake Morrison, Elizabeth Culliford, Reade Levinson, Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, Zach Goelman and Mike Wood, Reuters
Images/Graphics/Interactives Winner
"The Trump Effect Graphics"
by Christine Chan, Matthew Weber and the Reuters team, Reuters
International Winner
"China's Surveillance State"
by Josh Chin, Liza Lin, Eva Dou, Clément Bürge, Wenxin Fan, Natasha Khan, Dan Strumpf, Charles Rollet, Jeremy Page, Elliot Bentley, Jenny O’Grady, Tyler Paige and Giulia Marchi, The Wall Street Journal
Investigative
"Culture of Harassment"
by Emily Steel, Michael S. Schmidt, Jodi Kantor, Megan Twohey, Susan Chira and Catrin Einhorn, The New York Times
Local Winner
"The Tax Divide"
by Jason Grotto, Sandhya Kambhampati and Hal Dardick, Chicago Tribune & Propublica Illinois
Personal Finance
"The Equifax Breach"
by Ron Lieber, The New York Times
Video
"Future of Money"
by Chris Buck, Kyra Darnton, Solana Pyne, Laurence B. Chollet, Karen M. Sughrue, Erik German, Maria Villaseñor, Noah Mado and Je Bernier, Retro Report & Quartz
Audio
"Dov Charney's American Dream"
by Lisa Chow, Kaitlin Roberts, Molly Messick, Bruce Wallace, Luke Malone, and Simone Polanen, Gimlet Media
Beat Reporting
"Big Money, Unlikely Donors"
by David Zahniser, Emily Alpert Reyes, Joe Fox, and Len De Groot, Los Angeles Times
Breaking News
"Saudi Aramco: The World's Most Valuable IPO"
by Zanny Minton Beddoes, Henry Tricks, Anton La Guardia, Chris Lockwood, and Edward McBride, The Economist
Commentary
"Creative Destruction: The Schumpeter Column"
by Adrian Wooldridge, The Economist
Feature
"Hot Mess: How Goldman Lost Libya's Money"
by Matthew Campbell and Kit Chellel, Bloomberg Businessweek
Explanatory
"Superbug Spreaders"
by Natalie Obiko Pearson, Sharang Limaye, Jason Gale, Lydia Mulvany, Monte Reel, Stephanie Baker, Wenxin Fan, and Adi Narayan, Bloomberg News
Images/Graphics/Interactives Winner
"Business Visuals"
by Larry Buchanan, Karen Yourish, Walt Bogdanich, Jacqueline Williams, Ana Graciela Mendez, Motoko Rich, Amanda Cox, and Matthew Bloch, The New York Times
International Winner
"Venezuela Undone"
by Hannah Dreier and Ricardo Nunes, The Associated Press
Investigative
"Dangerous Doses"
by Sam Roe, Karisa King, and Ray Long, Chicago Tribune
"Allegiant Air"
by William R. Levesque, Nathaniel Lash, and Anthony Cormier, Tampa Bay Times
Personal Finance
"The High Cost of Coping"
by Taylor Tepper and Elizabeth O'Brien, MONEY Magazine
Local Winner
"Painkiller Profiteers"
by Eric Eyre, Charleston Gazette-Mail
Video
"Cosecha de Miseria (Harvest of Misery) & The Source"
by Gregory Gilderman, Marisa Venegas, Solly Granatstein, Shawn Efran, Marcus Stern, Brandon Kieffer, John Carlos Frey, and Monica Villamizar, Telemundo Network and Weather.com
Audio
"Your Money and Your Life"
by Chris Arnold, Uri Berliner, Neal Carruth, Lori Todd, John Ydstie, Heidi Glenn, Ariel Zambelich, Avie Schneider, Alyson Hurt and Annette Elizabeth Allen, NPR
Beat Reporting
"Testing Theranos"
by John Carreyrou, Michael Siconolfi and Christopher Weaver, The Wall Street Journal
Breaking News
"Inside the Dow-DuPont Merger"
by David Benoit, Jacob Bunge, Dana Cimilluca, Dana Mattioli and Dennis K. Berman, The Wall Street Journal
Commentary
"Inside the Boardroom"
by James B. Stewart, The New York Times
Explanatory
"Insult to Injury: America's Vanishing Worker Protections"
by Michael Grabell, Howard Berkes and Lena Groeger, ProPublica & NPR
Feature
"The Unraveling of Tom Hayes"
by David Enrich, The Wall Street Journal
Images/Graphics/Interactives Winner
"Making Data Visual"
by Amanda Cox, Gregor Aisch, Kevin Quealy, Matthew Bloch, Wilson Andrews, Josh Keller, Karen Yourish, Eric Buth, Nicholas Confessore and Sarah Cohen, The New York Times
International Winner
"Malaysia's Missing Millions"
by Tom Wright, Bradley Hope, Simon Clark, Mia Lamar, Justin Baer, Tom Di Fonzo and Paolo Bosonin, The Wall Street Journal
Investigative
"Seafood from Slaves"
by Margie Mason, Martha Mendoza, Robin McDowell and Esther Htusan, The Associated Press
Local Winner
"Painkiller Profiteers"
by Eric Eyre, Charleston Gazette-Mail
Personal Finance
"Aging's Costliest Challenge"
by Donna Rosato, Kate Santichen, Alexandra Mondalek and Shayla Hunter, MONEY Magazine
Video
"Joanna Stern's Videos"
by Joanna Stern and Drew Evans, The Wall Street Journal
Video/Audio Winner
"Inside Sysco: Exposing North America's Food Sheds"
by Vicky Nguyen, Kevin Nious, Jeremy Carroll, Felipe Escamilla, David Paredes, Julie Putnam and Mark Villarreal, KNTV
Beat Reporting
"Lobbying in America"
by Eric Lipton, Ben Protess, Nicholas Confessore and Brooke Williams, The New York Times
Breaking News
"Abdication of the 'Bond King"
by Gregory Zuckerman and Kirsten Grind, The Wall Street Journal
Commentary
"Wall Street Accountability"
by Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica
Feature
"California Goes Nuts"
by Tom Philpott and Matt Black, Mother Jones
Explanatory
"Borrowing Trouble"
by Jason Grotto and Heather Gillers, Chicago Tribune
Images/Graphics/Interactives Winner
"Economic Tools & Visualizations"
by Gregor Aisch, Wilson Andrews, Jeremy Ashkenas, Matthew Bloch, Mike Bostock, Shan Carter, Haeyoun Park, Alicia Parlapiano and Archie Tse, The New York Times
International Winner
"Product of Mexico"
by Richard Marosi and Don Bartletti, Los Angeles Times
Investigative
"Medicare Unmasked"
by Christopher S. Stewart, Christopher Weaver, John Carreyrou, Rob Barry, Anna Wilde Mathews and Tom McGinty, The Wall Street Journal
Personal Finance
"Helping Retirees Navigate Pension Cuts in Detroit's Bankruptcy"
by Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press
Video/Audio Winner
"Inside Sysco: Exposing North America's Food Sheds"
by Vicky Nguyen, Kevin Nious, Jeremy Carroll, Felipe Escamilla, David Paredes, Julie Putnam and Mark Villarreal, KNTV
Local Winner
"Misleading March to the Top"
by Mike Hendricks and Mará Rose Williams, The Kansas City Star
"Unchecked Care"
by Chris Serres and Glenn Howatt, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Beat Reporting
"Duke Energy and Nuclear Power in Florida"
by Ivan Penn, Tampa Bay Times
Breaking News
"Bangladesh"
by Jim Yardley, Julfikar Ali Manik, and Steven Greenhouse, The New York Times
Commentary
"Commentary by Peter Goodman"
by Peter Goodman, The Huffington Post
Explanatory
"Assets of the Ayatollah"
by Steve Stecklow, Babak Dehghanpisheh, and Yeganeh Torbati, Reuters
Images/Visuals
"Interactive Graphics"
by Ford Fessenden, Tom Giratikanon, Josh Keller, Archie Tse, Tim Wallace, Derek Watkins, Jeremy White, Karen Yourish, Shan Carter, Hannah Fairfield, Alicia Parlapiano, Mike Bostock, Amanda Cox, Matthew Ericson, Kevin Quealy, and Josh Williams, The New York Times
International Winner
"The Shortest Route to Riches"
by Kerry A. Dolan and Rafael Marques de Morais, Forbes
Investigative
"Breathless and Burdened: Dying from Black Lung, Buried by Law and Medicine"
by Chris Hamby, Brian Ross, Matthew Mosk, Rhonda Schwartz, Chris Zubak-Skees, Ronnie Greene, and Jim Morris, The Center for Public Integrity, in partnership with ABC News
Magazines
"Stranded: An iPhone Tester Caught in Apple's Supply Chain"
by Cam Simpson, Bloomberg Businessweek
News Services
"Rigging the World's Biggest Market"
by Liam Vaughan, Gavin Finch, Bob Ivry, and Ambereen Choudhury, Bloomberg News
Large Newspapers
"Five of the NSA Stories"
by Barton Gellman, Laura Poitras, Ellen Nakashima, Craig Timberg, Steven Rich, and Ashkan Soltani, The Washington Post
Small & Medium Newspapers
"Deadly Delays"
by Ellen Gabler, Mark Johnson, John Fauber, Allan James Vestal, and Kristyna Wentz-Graff, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Online
"Planet Money Makes A T-Shirt"
by Kainaz Amaria, Alex Blumberg, Brian Boyer, Jacob Goldstein, Wes Lindamood, and Joshua Davis, NPR
News Services
"Rigging the World's Biggest Market"
by Liam Vaughan, Gavin Finch, Bob Ivry, and Ambereen Choudhury, Bloomberg News
Large Newspapers
"Five of the NSA Stories"
by Barton Gellman, Laura Poitras, Ellen Nakashima, Craig Timberg, Steven Rich, and Ashkan Soltani, The Washington Post
Beat Reporting
"Corporate Taxation Series"
by Tom Bergin, Reuters
Breaking News
"Best Buy CEO Resigns Under Cloud"
by Thomas Lee, David Phelps, Janet Moore, Paul McEnroe, Tony Kennedy, Patrick Kennedy and Eric Wieffering, Star Tribune
Broadcast
"Denticaid: Medicaid Dental Abuse in Texas"
by Byron Harris, Billy Bryant, Jason Trahan and Mark Smith, WFAA-TV
Commentary
"John Gapper (Financial Times)"
by John Gapper, Financial Times
Explanatory
"Beef's Raw Edges"
byMike McGraw and Alan Bavley, The Kansas City Star
Images/Visuals
"Economy Interactives"
by Tom Giratikanon, Amanda Cox, Sergio Pecanha, Alicia Parlapiano, Jeremy White, Robert Gebeloff, Ford Fessenden, Archie Tse, Alan McLean, Shan Carter, Mike Bostock and Matthew Ericson, The New York Times
International
"China's Secret Fortunes"
by David Barboza and Sharon LaFraniere, The New York Times
Investigative
"Walmart Abroad"
by David Barstow, Alejandra Xanic von Bertrab and Stephanie Clifford, The New York Times
Magazines
"Cashier du Cinema"
by Connie Bruck, The New Yorker
News Services
"Inside Chesapeake Energy"
by Brian Grow, Anna Driver, Joshua Schneyer, Janet Roberts, Jeanine Prezioso, David Sheppard and John Shiffman, Reuters
Large Newspapers
"Playing With Fire"
by Patricia Callahan, Sam Roe and Michael Hawthorne
Small & Medium Newspapers
"Prognosis: Profits"
by Ames Alexander, Karen Garloch, Joseph Neff and David Raynor, The Charlotte Observer and The News & Observer
"Ghost Workers"
by Mandy Locke and David Raynor, The News & Observer
Online
"Ghost Factories"
by Alison Young and Peter Eisler, USA Today
Personal Finance
"The Intelligent Investor"
by Jason Zweig, The Wall Street Journal
Lifetime Achievement Award
"Five of the NSA Stories"
by John Huey, TIME
Minard Editor Award
"Five of the NSA Stories"
by Michael Williams, Reuters
Beat Reporting
"Side Effects"
by John Fauber, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Blogging
"Felix Salmon's Blog"
by Felix Salmon, Reuters
Breaking News
"GM-UAW Contract Negotiations"
by Brent Snavely, Greg Gardner and Chrissie Thompson, Detroit Free Press
Broadcast Enterprise
"When Patents Attack"
by Laura Sydell and Alex Blumberg, NPR and This American Life
Business Book
"Steve Jobs"
by Walter Isaacson, Simon & Schuster
Commentary
"Euro Zone"
by Zanny Minton Beddoes, Edward Carr, John Peet, Patrick , The Economist
Explanatory
"The Next Housing Shock"
by Scott Pelley, Robert G. Anderson, Daniel Ruetenik, Robert J. Shattuck and Nicole Young, CBS News 60 Minutes
Large Newspapers
"Wheels of Fortune"
by Ken Bensinger, Los Angeles Times
Small & Medium Newspapers
"Shattered Trust"
by Raquel Rutledge, Rick Barrett, John Diedrich, Ben Poston and Mike De Sisti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
"Inside Amazon's Warehouse"
by Spencer Soper and Scott Kraus, The Morning Call
Magazines
"Inside Pfizer's Palace Coup"
by Peter Elkind, Jennifer Reingold and Doris Burke, Fortune
News Services
"Shell Games"
by Brian Grow, Kelly Carr, Laurence Fletcher, Nanette Byrnes, Matthew Bigg, Joshua Schneyer, Cynthia Johnston and Sara Ledwith, Reuters
Online Enterprise
"Jet Tracker"
by DMark Maremont, Tom McGinty, Jon Keegan, Palani Kumanan, Sarah Slobin and Neil King Jr., The Wall Street Journal
Personal Finance
"Protecting Your Parents Series"
by Penelope Wang, Kim Clark and Lisa Gibbs, Money
Honorable Mention - Business Books
"Poor Economics"
by Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo, PublicAffairs
Lifetime Achievement Award
by Gerald F. Seib, The Wall Street Journal/Dow Jones Newswires
Minard Editor Award
by Winnie O'Kelley, The New York Times
Beat Reporting
"Education Inc."
by Daniel Golden, John Hechinger and John Lauerman, Bloomberg News
Blogging
"Liveblogging Yahoo Earnings Calls in 2010 (They're Funny!)"
by Kara Swisher, All Things Digital
Breaking News
"Flash Crash"
by Tom Lauricella, Peter A. McKay, Scott Patterson, Jenny Strasburg, Robin Sidel, Carolyn Cui and Mary Pilon, The Wall Street Journal
Business Book
"More Money Than God: Hedge Funds and the Making of a New Elite"
by Sebastian Mallaby, The Penguin Press
Commentary
"Paul Krugman Columns"
by Paul Krugman, The New York Times
Explanatory
"Edifice Complex"
by David Nicklaus and Tim Logan, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Large Newspapers
"Deep Trouble"
by Ben Casselman,Russell Gold,Douglas A. Blackmon,Vanessa O'Connell,Alexandra BerzonandAna Campoy, The Wall Street Journal
Medium & Small Newspapers
"Hounded - Debtors and the New Breed of Collectors"
by Chris Serres and Glenn Howatt, Minneapolis Star Tribune
"Seniors for Sale"
by Michael J. Berens, The Seattle Times
Magazines
"End-of-Life Warning at $618,616 Makes Me Wonder Was It Worth It"
by Amanda Bennett and Charles R. Babcock, Bloomberg Businessweek
News Services
"Profiting from Fallen Soldiers"
by David Evans, Bloomberg News
Online Enterprise
"What They Know"
by Julia Angwin, Emily Steel, Scott Thurm, Christina Tsuei, Paul Antonson, Jill Kirschenbaum, Jovi Juan, Andrew Garcia Phillips, Sarah Slobin, Susan McGregor, Tom McGinty and Jennifer Valentino-DeVries, The Wall Street Journal
Personal Finance
"Student Debt"
by Ron Lieber, The New York Times
Television Enterprise
"Remington Under Fire: A CNBC Investigation"
by Mitch Weitzner, Scott Cohn, Jeff Pohlman, Emily Bodenberg, Steven Banton and Gary Vandenbergh, CNBC
Lifetime Achievement Award
by Steven Pearlstein, The Washington Post
Minard Editor Award
by Hank Gilman, Fortune
Beat Writing
"The Toyota Recall"
by Ralph Vartabedian and Ken Bensinger, Los Angeles Times
Breaking News
"GM, Chrysler Nudges Toward Bankruptcy"
by Christine Tierney, David Shepardson and Gordon Trowbridge, The Detroit News
Business Book
"Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System - and Themselves"
by Andrew Ross Sorkin, Penguin Group (USA) - Viking
Commentary
"Capitalist Fools and Wall Street's Toxic Message"
by Joseph E. Stiglitz, Vanity Fair
Online Commentary and Blogging
"Pogue's Posts"
by David Pogue, The New York Times
Feature Writing
"Wall Street on the Tundra"
by Michael Lewis, Vanity Fair
Large Newspapers
"Food Safety"
by Michael Moss and Andrew Martin, The New York Times
Medium & Small Newspapers
"Keys to the Kingdom: How State Regulators Enabled a $7 Billion Ponzi Scheme"
by Michael Sallah, Rob Barry and Lucy Komisar, The Miami Herald
Magazines
"How Bernie Did It"
by James Bandler, Nicholas Varchaver and Doris Burke, Fortune Magazine
News Services
"Goldman, Moody's and the Collapse of the American Economy"
by Greg Gordon, Kevin G. Hall and Chris Adams, McClatchy Newspapers
Personal Finance
"From Prison to the Pinnacle"
by Matthew Hathaway, Elizabethe Holland and Jim Gallagher, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Television Breaking News
"The Madoff Scandal"
by Scott Cohn, Mary Thompson, Courtney Ford, Wally Griffith and Molly Mazilu, CNBC
Television Enterprise
"House of Cards"
by David Faber, Mitch Weitzner, James Jacoby, Jill Landes, Patrick Ahearn, JamesSegelstein and Lisa Orlando, CNBC
Honorable Mention - Television Enterprise
"Black Money"
by Marlena Telvick, Lowell Bergman, Oriana Zill de Granados and Daniel Hirst, PBS Frontline
Lifetime Achievement Award
by Walt Bogdanich, The New York Times
Minard Editor Award
by Alix Freedman, The Wall Street Journal
Beat Writing
"The Fall of Wachovia"
by Rick Rothacker, The Charlotte Observer
"Wall Street"
by Gretchen Morgenson, The New York Times
Breaking News
"The Day That Changed Wall Street"
by Carrick Mollenkamp, Susanne Craig, Serena Ng, Aaron Lucchetti, Matthew Karnitschnig, Dan Fitzpatrick, Deborah Solomon, Dennis K. Berman, Liam Pleven, Peter Lattman and Annelena Lobb, The Wall Street Journal
Business Book
"Trillion Dollar Meltdown: Easy Money, High Rollers, and the Great Credit Crash"
by Charles R. Morris, PublicAffairs
Commentary
"Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac"
by Brian M. Carney, The Wall Street Journal
Online
"Middle Class Crunch"
by Art Lenehan, Peggy Collins, Aaron Whallon, Anh Ly, Elizabeth Daza, Joe Farro, Sean Enzwiler, Rachel Elson, Mark Baumgartner, Lauren Barack, Richard Conniff and Judi Hasson, MSN Money
Feature Writing
"The End"
by Michael Lewis, Condé Nast Portfolio
Large Newspapers
"The Reckoning"
by Gretchen Morgenson, Peter S. Goodman, Charles Duhigg, Carter Dougherty, Eric Dash, Julie Creswell, Jo Becker, Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Stephen Labaton, The New York Times
Medium & Small Newspapers
"Borrowers Betrayed"
by Jack Dolan, Matthew Haggman and Rob Barry, Rob Barry and Lucy Komisar, The Miami Herald
Magazines
"Obamanomics"
by David Leonhardt, The New York Times Magazine
News Services
"Broken Promises"
by William Selway and Martin Z. Braun, Bloomberg News
Television Breaking News
"Economic Crisis: House of Cards"
by Steve Kroft, Jennifer MacDonald and L. Franklin Devine, CBS News 60 Minutes
Television Enterprise
"The Wasteland"
by Scott Pelley, Solly Granatstein and Nicole Young, CBS News 60 Minutes
Lifetime Achievement Award
by Bill Emmott, The Economist
Minard Editor Award
by Lawrence Ingrassia, The New York Times
Beat Writing
"Breakdown at Bear Stearns"
by Kate Kelly, Serena Ng, Susanne Craig and David Reilly, The Wall Street Journal
Honorable Mention - Beat Writing
"Golden Opportunities"
by Charles Duhigg, The New York Times
Breaking News
"The Fall of E. Stanley O'Neal at Merrill Lynch"
by Jenny Anderson and Landon Thomas Jr., The New York Times
Honorable Mention - Breaking News
"A New U.S. Auto Industry"
by Katie Merx, Tim Higgins, Tom Walsh, Mark Phelan, Susan Tompor, Sarah A. Webster, Katherine Yung and Joe Guy Collier, Detroit Free Press
Business Book
"Mine's Bigger: Tom Perkins and the Making of the Greatest Sailing Machine Ever Built"
by David A. Kaplan, William Morrow
Commentary
"Talking Business"
by Joe Nocera, Vanity Fair
Honorable Mention - Commentary
"Business Columnist"
by Daniel Howes, The Detroit News
Feature Writing
"Message in a Bottle"
by Charles Fishman, Fast Company
Magazines
"House of Junk"
by Allan Sloan, Fortune
Honorable Mention - Magazines
"In Nature's Casino"
by Michael Lewis, The New York Times Magazine
Large Newspapers
"Toxic Pipeline"
by Walt Bogdanich, Jake Hooker, David Barboza and Andrew W. Lehren, The New York Times
Medium Newspapers
"Sold a Nightmare"
by Binyamin Appelbaum, Lisa Hammersly Munn, Ted Mellnik, Peter St. Onge and Liz Chandler, The Charlotte Observer
Small Newspapers
"The China Effect"
by Tony Bartelme, The Post and Courier
News Services
"Wall Street's Faustian Bargain"
by Mark Pittman, Bob Ivry and Kathleen M. Howley, Bloomberg News
Television Daily
"India's Promise"
by Steve Washington, Darren Gersh, Dana Greenspon and Sanjay Jha, PBS Nightly Business Report
Television Enterprise
"Money for Nothing"
by Byron Harris, Mark Smith and Kraig Kirchem, WFAA-TV
Lifetime Achievement Award
by Daniel Hertzberg, The Wall Street Journal
Minard Editor Award
by Frank J. Comes, BusinessWeek
Beat Writing
"Radio Shack CEO's Resume in Question"
by Heather Landy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Business Book
"The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More"
by Chris Anderson, Hyperion
Commentary
"Steve Bailey Downtown"
by Steve Bailey, The Boston Globe
Deadline Writing
"The Implosion of a Highflying Hedge Fund"
by Ann Davis, Henny Sender and Gregory Zuckerman, The Wall Street Journal
Feature Writing
"Rewriting the Social Contract"
by Louis Uchitelle, The New York Times
Large Newspapers
"The Secretive Backdating of Option Awards for Corporate Executives"
by Charles Forelle, James Bandler, Mark Maremont and Steve Stecklow, The Wall Street Journal
Medium Newspapers
"Crab Factory"
by Chiaki Kawajiri, Gady A. Epstein and Stephanie Desmon, The Baltimore Sun
Magazines
"How Many Lightbulbs Does It Take to Change the World? One."
by Charles Fishman, Fast Company
News Services or Online Content
"Who Are the Short Sellers?"
by Alistair Barr, MarketWatch
News Services
"Wall Street's Faustian Bargain"
by Mark Pittman, Bob Ivry and Kathleen M. Howley, Bloomberg News
Television Daily
"Trophy"
by Jim Popkin, Lisa Myers, Albert Oetgen, Doug Adams, Adam Ciralsky and Rich Gardella, NBC News
Lifetime Achievement Award
by Matthew Winkler, Bloomberg News
Minard Editor Award
by Dan Kelly, The Wall Street Journal
Beat Writing
"The Most Expensive Drugs and How They Came to Be"
by Geeta Anand, The Wall Street Journal
Business Book
"DisneyWar"
by James B. Stewart, Simon & Schuster
Commentary
"Review and Outlook: Kianna's Law"
by Robert L. Pollock, The Wall Street Journal
"Business and Economics Columns"
by Steven Pearlstein, The Washington Post
Deadline Writing
"Sale of MBNA"
by Maureen Milford, Ted Griffith, Luladey B. Tadesse, Robin Brown, Gary Soulsman, Christopher Yasiejko, Michele Besso, Steven Church, Jeff Montgomery and Peter Bothum, The News Journal
Large Newspapers
"Borrower Beware"
by Ann Hardie, Carrie Teegardin and Alan Judd, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Medium Newspapers
"Ohio Rare Coin Funds"
by Christopher Kirkpatrick, Joshua Boak, Steve Eder, Jim Drew and Mike Wilkinson, The Blade
Honorable Mention - Medium Newspapers
"Selling Drug Secrets"
by Luke Timmerman and David Heath, The Seattle Times
Magazines
"Why Carly's Big Bet Is Failing, How the HP Board KO'd Carly"
by Carol Loomis, Fortune
Small Newspapers
"School's Pursuit of Profit Leaves Students Behind"
by Sam Kennedy and Christina Gostomski, The Morning Call
News Services or Online Content
"LAX Loans"
by Frank Bass, Dirk Lammers and Larry Margasak, The Associated Press
Television Deadline
"The Katrina Effect"
by Anne Thompson, Doug Adams, Liz Brown, Carl Sears, Kelly Venardos, Joo Lee, Rick Brown, Katie Ernst, Rich Dubroff, Doug Stoddart, Chuck Schaeffer, Mario Garcia, Meaghan Rady, Genevieve Michel-Bryan, Jill Silverstri, Chris Scholl, Sharon Hoffman, Albert Oetgen and John Reiss, NBC Nightly News
Television Enterprise
"China Rising"
by Paul Solman, Lee Koromvokis, Jeffrey Klein, Jacob Klein and Joanne Elgart Jennings, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Honorable Mention - Television Enterprise
"Learning the Hard Way"
by Byron Harris, Kraig Kirchem and Mark Smith, WFAA-TV
Lifetime Achievement Award
by Myron Kandel, CNN
Minard Editor Award
by Ronald Henkoff, Bloomberg News & Bloomberg Markets
Beat Writing
"The Short Life of 'Lifetime' Health-Care Benefits"
by Ellen E. Schultz and Theo Francis, The Wall Street Journal
Commentary
"Cracks in Fannie Mae's Foundation"
by Peter Eavis, TheStreet.com
Deadline Writing
"End of an Era"
by Andrew Ross Sorkin, Steve Lohr, David Barboza, Gary Rivlin and John Markoff, The New York Times
Large Newspapers
"Death on the Tracks"
by Walt Bogdanich, The New York Times
Medium Newspapers
"Danger Overhead: Crushed Roofs"
by Bill Vlasic and Jeff Plungis, The Detroit News
Small Newspapers
"The China Challenge"
by Craig Troianello, Yakima Herald-Republic
Magazines
"The Toll of a New Machine"
by Charles Fishman, Fast Company
"Why We're Losing the War on Cancer (and How to Win It)"
by Clifton Leaf, Fortune
News Services or Online Content
"Exposing Small-Cap Fraud"
by Carol S. Remond, Dow Jones Newswires
Television Deadline
"Money for Nothing?"
by Chris Cuomo, Shelley Ross, Bob Lange, Thomas Berman and Jack Pyle, ABC News: Primetime
Lifetime Achievement Award
by Byron E. "Barney" Calame, The New York Times
Minard Editor Award
by Timothy K. Smith, Fortune
Beat Writing
"A Spotlight on Boeing's Legal and Ethical Scandals"
by J. Lynn Lunsford, Andy Pasztor and Anne Marie Squeo, The Wall Street Journal
Commentary
"Golden State"
by Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times
Deadline Writing
"The Day Grasso Quit as NYSE Chief"
by Susanne Craig, Ianthe Jeanne Dugan, Theo Francis and Kate Kelly, The Wall Street Journal
Large Newspapers
"Big Green"
by David B. Ottaway and Joe Stephens, The Washington Post
Medium Newspapers
"Drugging the Poor"
by Fred Schulte, South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Small Newspapers
"Everybody at Risk"
by Kate Long, The Charleston Gazette
Magazines
"Is Your Job Next?" and "The Rise of India"
by Aaron Bernstein, Pete Engardio and Manjeet Kripalani, BusinessWeek
News Services or Online Content
"The Flimflam Man"
by Adrian Cox, David Evans and Abhay Singh, Bloomberg News
"Risky Rx"
by Chris Adams and Alison Young, Knight Ridder Washington Bureau
Television Short Form
"The Jobless Recovery"
by Doug Adams, Christiana Arvelis, Donna Bass, Steve Capus, Joo Lee, Karen Nye, Albert Oetgen, Felicia Patinkin, Charles Schaeffer, Nikki Stamos and Anne Thompson, NBC Nightly News
Television Long Form
"Imported from India"
by Rome Hartman and Lesley Stah, CBS News 60 Minutes
Lifetime Achievement Award
by Louis Rukeyser (posthumously), CNBC
Minard Editor Award
by Michael Siconolfi, The Wall Street Journal
Beat Writing
"Inside the S.E.C."
by Stephen Labaton, The New York Times
Commentary
"Auto Industry Commentary"
by Jerry Flint, Forbes
Deadline Writing
"WorldCom's Whirlwind Demise"
by Rebecca Blumenstein, Gregory Zuckerman, Jared Sandberg, Shawn Young, Susan Pulliam, Deborah Solomon and Carrick Mollenkamp, The Wall Street Journal
Large Newspapers
"AOL's Advertising Deals"
by Alec Klein, The Washington Post
Medium Newspapers
"The CEO and His Church"
by Deborah O'Neil and Jeff Harrington, St. Petersburg Times
Small Newspapers
"A License to Steal"
by Eric Eyre and Scott Finn, The Charleston Gazette
Magazines
"Nationalities of Convenience"
by Hal Lux , Institutional Investor
News Services or Online Content
"SuperModels"
by Jon D. Markman, CNBC on MSN Money
Television Short Form
"Enron Investigation"
by Brian Ross, Rhonda Schwartz, Chris Vlasto, Jill Rackmill, David Scott, Gerilyn Curtin and Simon Surowicz, ABC News
Television Long Form
"La Oroya, City of Lead"
by Craig Cheatham, Mark Hadler and Andrea Torrence, KMOV-TV
Lifetime Achievement Award
by Floyd Norris, The New York Times
Minard Editor Award
by Glenn Kramon, The New York Times
Deadline or Beat Writing
"Enron: The Demise of a Giant"
by Rebecca Smith and John Emshwiller, The Wall Street Journal
Commentary
"Market Watch"
by Gretchen Morgenson, The New York Times
Large Newspapers
"Uninformed Consent"
by Duff Wilson and David Heath, The Seattle Times
Medium Newspapers
"Unequal Opportunity"
by Jeffrey Meitrodt, Mark Schleifstein, Pamela Coyle and Ronette King, The Times-Picayune
Small Newspapers
"Foal Deaths"
by Janet Patton, Lexington Herald-Leader
Magazines
"The Numbers Game, Why Earnings Are Too Rosy, Confused About Earnings"
by David Henry and Nanette Byrnes, BusinessWeek
News Services or Online Content
"Muddy Markets"
by Jonathan Berr, Adam Levy, Peter Robison, Russell Hubbard and Neil Roland, Bloomberg News
Television
"The Money Trai"
by Allan Dodds Frank and Lisa Slow, Cable News Network/CNNfn
Lifetime Achievement Award
by Paul E. Steiger, The Wall Street Journal
Minard Editor Award
by Everett Lawrence Minard III (posthumously), Forbes Global
Beat Writing
"Juice Squeeze"
by Rebecca Smith, The Wall Street Journal
Commentary
"Floyd Norris Columns"
by Floyd Norris, The New York Times
Large Newspapers
"The Body Brokers"
by William Heisel, Mark Katches and Ronald Campbell, The Orange County Register
Medium Newspapers
"Government Inc."
by Robert Sargent, Ramsey Campbell, Jim Leusner and Sean Holton, The Orlando Sentinel
Small Newspapers
"Porn in the USA"
by Bruce Rushton, The Riverfront Times
Magazines
"AOL's Rough Riders"
by Gary Rivlin, The Industry Standard
Television
"The Paper Chase"
by Lynne Dale and John LarsonDateline NBC
Radio
"The 100 Greatest Events in the History of the Automotive Industry"
by Edward Wallace, KLIF-AM
Lifetime Achievement Award
by Allan Sloan, Newsweek
Deadline and/or Beat Writing
"The Rise of Day Trading"
by Ianthe Jeanne Dugan, The Washington Post
Commentary
"Business and Technology Columns"
by David Ignatius, The Washington Post
Large Newspapers
"Retirement Rip-Off"
by Ellen E. Schultz, The Wall Street Journal
Medium Newspapers
"A Killer in Our Food"
by Alison Young, Jeffrey Taylor and Janet L. Fix, Detroit Free Press
Small Newspapers
"The Doctor Will Sell You Now"
by Harris Meyer, New Times Broward Palm Beach
Magazines
"Cheap Car Parts Can Cost You a Bundle"
by Jeff Blyskal, Consumer Reports
Television
"Sweepstakes Series"
by Brian Gaffney, Lea Thompson, Neal Shapiro and John ReissDateline NBC
Radio
"Minnesota in the .com Age"
by Carl Goldstein, Bill Catlin, Chris Farrell and Jon Gordon, Minnesota Public Radio
Lifetime Achievement Award
Norman Pearlstine, Time Inc.
Deadline and/or Beat Writing
"Coverage of the Near Collapse of Long-Term Capital Management"
by The New York Times Staff, The New York Times
Commentary
"Personal Technology Columns"
by Walter S. Mossberg, The Wall Street Journal
Large Newspapers
"Prying Perks from the Poor"
by Joel Rutchick, Cleveland Plain Dealer
Medium Newspapers
"Cosmetic Surgery: The Hidden Dangers"
by Fred Schulte and Jenni Bergal, Sun-Sentinel
Small Newspapers
"The Dairy Boom: Growth, Trouble and Transition"
by Jennifer Hieger and Bill Heisel Jr., Yakima Herald-Republic
Magazines
"Bull Marketing"
by Shane Tritsch, Chicago
Network and Large-Market Television
"Investigative Piece on the International Pharmaceutical Industry"
by Mike Wallace and Walt Bogdanich, CBS News 60 Minutes
Radio
"The World Turned Upside Down"
by Chris Farrell, Stephen Smith, Karen Tofte and Bill Catlin, Minnesota Public Radio
Lifetime Achievement Award
Stephen B. Shepard, Business Week
Deadline and/or Beat Writing
"Coverage of the Tobacco Industry"
byAlix M. Freedman and Suein L. Hwang, The Wall Street Journal
Commentary
"Selected Columns"
by Allan Sloan, Newsweek
Large Newspapers
"The Spin Desk"
by Michael Siconolfi, The Wall Street Journal
Medium Newspapers
"House of Cards"
by William Conroy, Nancy Shields, John T. Ward, Larry Arnold, Rick Linsk and Terri Somers, Asbury Park Press
Small Newspapers
"Borrowing Trouble"
by Amy Hetzner and Amy Baldwin, Birmingham Post-Herald
Magazines
"New Economy"
by Michael J. Mandel and Dean Foust, Business Week
Lifetime Achievement Award
Alan Abelson, Barron's
Deadline and/or Beat Writing
"Coverage of the Economy"
by Scott Thurm, San Jose Mercury News
Commentary
"Business World Columns"
by Holman W. Jenkins Jr., The Wall Street Journal
Large Newspapers
"Test by Fire: The Story of Malden Mills
by Bruce D. Butterfield, Boston Globe
Medium Newspapers
"Series of Investigative Reports on Comparator Systems Corp."
by Cathy Taylor, Liz Pulliam and Elliot Blair Smith, Orange County Register
Small Newspapers
"River of No Return
by Lynda V. Mapes, The Spokesman-Review
Magazines
"Abuse of Power"
by Mark Maremont and Jane Sasseen, Business Week
Network and Large-Market Television
"On Dangerous Ground"
by Byron Harris, WFAA-TV
Other TV Markets
"My First House"
by Antonio Valverde, KMEX-TV
Radio
Bottomline Blues
Sarah Gardner, Marketplace-USC radio
Lifetime Achievement Award
Jane Bryant Quinn, Newsweek
Deadline and/or Beat Writing
"Coverage of the Media Industry"
by Geraldine Fabrikant, The New York Times
Commentary
"Selected Editorials"
by Bill Bishop, Lexington Herald-Leader
Large Newspapers
"Series on Archer-Daniels-Midland Co."
by Thomas M. Burton, Scott Kilman and Richard Gibson, The Wall Street Journal
Medium Newspapers
"Formula for Disaster: The Lodi Explosion"
by Debra Lynn Vial, Michael Moore and Bruce Locklin, The Record
Small Newspapers
"Oil's New Frontiers"
by Kim Fararo, Anchorage Daily News
Magazines
"Fatal Litigation"
by Joseph Nocera, Fortune
Lifetime Achievement Award
Marshall Loeb, Fortune and Money
Deadline and/or Beat Writing
"Coverage of the Collapse of Kidder Peabody"
by Michael Siconolfi and Laura Jereski, The Wall Street Journal
Commentary
"Selected Columns"
by Jane Bryant Quinn, Newsweek
Large Newspapers
"Investigative Series on SAFE Investment Fund"
by Joel Rutchick and Timothy Heider, Plain Dealer
Medium Newspapers
"Stacking the Deck: The Birth of Louisiana Gambling"
by Peter Nicholas, Susan Finch, Mark Schleifstein, Mike Hughlett and James O'Byrne, Times-Picayune
Small Newspapers
"Wasteland"
by Jim Lynch and Karen Dorn Steele, Spokesman-Review
Magazines
"The Politics of Wind"
by Phillip Longman, Florida Trend
Lifetime Achievement Award
Leonard S. Silk (posthumously), The New York Times
Deadline and/or Beat Writing
"Coverage of the Paramount Takeover Battle"
by Kathryn Harris, Los Angeles Times
Commentary
"Selected Columns"
by Robert J. Samuelson, Newsweek
Large Newspapers
"Investigative Series on Prudential Securities"
by Scot J. Paltrow, Los Angeles Times
Medium Newspapers
"The HMO Maze: How Medicare Fails Seniors"
by Fred Schulte and Larry Keller, Sun-Sentinel
Small Newspapers
"UC Inc."
by Lance Williams, San Francisco Examiner
Magazines
"Divided Dynasty"
by Bryan Burrough, Vanity Fair
Lifetime Achievement Award
James W. Michaels, Forbes
Deadline and/or Beat Writing
"Coverage of General Motors Corps"
by Joseph B. White and Paul Ingrassia, The Wall Street Journal
Commentary
"Deals Columns"
by Allan Sloan, Newsday
Large Newspapers
"Fire Power"
by Alix M. Freedman, The Wall Street Journal
Medium Newspapers
"Profits and Power: Japan's Foreign-Aid Machine"
by Pete Carey and Lewis M. Simons, San Jose Mercury News
Small Newspapers
"Failing the Children"
by Michael Hinkelman and Emory Thomas Jr., Atlanta Business Chronicle
Magazines
"The Job Drought"
by Brian O'Reilly, Fortune
Lifetime Achievement Award
Carol J. Loomis, Fortune
Deadline and/or Beat Writing
"Selection of Articles on the Federal Reserve's Decision-Making Process"
by Alan Murray, The Wall Street Journal
Commentary
"Selected Columns"
by Warren T. Brookes (posthumously), The Detroit News
Large Newspapers
"Coverage of Massachusetts' Public Pension Scandal"
by Gerard O'Neill, Dick Lehr, Bruce Mohl, Brian C. Mooney and Karen Douglass, The Boston Globe
Medium Newspapers
"Adios Wisconsin: The Mexican Job Connection"
by John Fauber and Jack Norman, The Milwaukee Journal
Small Newspapers
"Shocks to the System"
by Emory Thomas Jr. and M. Rex Smith, Atlanta Business Chronicle
Magazines
"Scientology: The Cult of Greed"
by Richard Behar, Time
"Series of Articles on the BCCI Scandal"
by Jonathan Beaty and S. C. Gwynne, Time
Lifetime Achievement Award
Hobart Rowen, The Washington Post
Deadline and/or Beat Writing
"Coverage of the Collapse of Donald Trump's Financial Empire"
by Neil Barsky, The Wall Street Journal
Commentary
"Deals Columns"
by Allan Sloan, Newsday
Large Newspapers
"The Vendetta"
by Bryan Burrough, The Wall Street Journal
Medium Newspapers
"Frank's Town"
by Bill Dalton, Mike Hendricks and Chris Lester, The Kansas City Star
Small Newspapers
"A Requiem for Fashion"
by Phyllis Furman and Linda Moss, Crain's New York Business
Magazines
"Series of Articles on the IRS"
by Joseph S. Coyle, Frank Lalli, Denise M. Topolnicki, Elizabeth MacDonald and Robert Wool, Money
Deadline and/or Beat Writing
"Coverage of the Time-Warner Merger"
by Kathryn Harris and Paul Richter, Los Angeles Times
Commentary
"Columns on the Alleged Prosecutorial Abuses of the RICO Law"
by L. Gordon Crovitz, The Wall Street Journal
Large Newspapers
"The Man from Wall Street: John Shad's Reign at the SEC"
by David A. Vise and Steve Coll, The Washington Post
Medium Newspapers
"Coverage of the Collapse of Charles H. Keating Jr.'s Lincoln Savings & Loan"
by Jerry Kammer, Andy Hall and Team, The Arizona Republic
Small Newspapers
"Calculated Madness: The Rise and Fall of Crazy Eddie Antar"
by Gary Belsky and Phyllis Furman, Crain's New York Business
Magazines
"The Best Paid Lawyers in America"
by Peter Brimelow, Leslie Spencer and Dierdre Fanning, Forbes
Deadline and/or Beat Writing
"Coverage of RJR Nabisco Buyout"
by John Helyar and Bryan Burrough, The Wall Street Journal
Honorable Mention Deadline and/or Beat Writing
"Coverage of Texas Air Corp."
by Thomas Petzinger Jr. and Paulette Thomas, The Wall Street Journal
Commentary
"Selected Columns"
by David Warsh, The Boston Globe
Magazines
"Buyout Kings"
by Carol J. Loomis, Fortune
"The Empire Called AARP"
by Eric Schurenberg and Lani Luciano, Money
Large Newspapers
"The Great Tax Giveaway"
by Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele, The Philadelphia Inquirer
Medium Newspapers
"Invisible Work Force"
by S. Lynne Walker, The San Diego Union
Small Newspapers
"Towering Ambition"
by Howard Gold, Miami Review
Deadline and/or Beat Writing
"Coverage of Northrop and the MX Missile"
by Ralph Vartabedian, Los Angeles Times
Commentary
"Perspectives Columns"
by Ron Ridenhour, New Orleans City Business
Honorable Mention Commentary
"Series of Editorials on the Texaco/Pennzoil Battle""
by Gordon Crovitz, The Wall Street Journal
Large Newspapers
"Terrible Tuesday""
by Daniel Hertzberg and James B. Stewart, The Wall Street Journal
Medium Newspapers
"Down and Out in the Middle Class"
by David Sylvester, San Jose Mercury News
Small Newspapers
"Anatomy of a Takeover"
by Paul Farhi, San Francisco Examiner
Small Newspapers Honorable Mention
"The Peyton School Story: A Gamble Lost""
by Julie Bird, Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph
Magazines
"Hard Times"
by Robert Heilbroner, The New Yorker
Deadline and/or Beat Writing
"Coverage of Wall Street Insider Trading Scandal"
by Daniel Hertzberg and James B. Stewart, The Wall Street Journal
Commentary
"Series of Editorials on Farm Policy"
by Richard Doak, The Des Moines Register
Large Newspapers
"The Empire Crumbles"
by Kimberly Greer, Newsday
Medium Newspapers
"Technical Equities"
by Edward O. Welles, San Jose Mercury News' West Magazine
Small Newspapers
"Floating Point's Troubled Waters"
by Brent Walth, Willamette Week
Magazines
"Trouble!"
by William C. Symonds and Team, Business Week
Magazines
"Hard Times"
by Robert Heilbroner, The New Yorker
Special Award
Los Angeles Times
For overall excellence in business coverage
Deadline and/or Beat Writing
"Coverage of Wall Street Insider Trading Scandal"
by Daniel Hertzberg and James B. Stewart, The Wall Street Journal
Commentary
"Series of Editorials on Farm Policy"
by Richard Doak, The Des Moines Register
Large Newspapers
"The Empire Crumbles"
by Kimberly Greer, Newsday
Medium Newspapers
"Technical Equities"
by Edward O. Welles, San Jose Mercury News' West Magazine
Small Newspapers
"Floating Point's Troubled Waters"
by Brent Walth, Willamette Week
Magazines
"Trouble!"
by William C. Symonds and Team, Business Week
Magazines
"Hard Times"
by Robert Heilbroner, The New Yorker
Special Award
Los Angeles Times
For overall excellence in business coverage
Deadline and/or Beat Writing
"The Battle for Gulf"
by Robert J. Cole, The New York Times
Commentary
"Editorial Series"
by Daniel Henninger, The Wall Street Journal
Large Newspapers
"Monetary Zeal"
by Paul Blustein, The Wall Street Journal
Medium Newspapers
"Takeovers"
by ane Applegate, Patrick Boyle, James Flanigan, Linda Grant, Michael Hiltzik, John Lawrence, Paul Richter, Nancy Rivera and Debra Whitefield, Los Angeles Times
Small Newspapers
"The Tobacco Story"
by Beth McLeod, Lawrence Spohn, Stan Swofford and Greta Tilley, Greensboro News & Record
Magazines
"Full Speed Ahead - Damn the Torpedoes"
by Howard Rudnitsky and Allan Sloan, Forbes
"The Golden Boy"
by Richard Stern, Forbes
Special Award
"The Deficit"
by Robert Heilbroner, The New Yorker
Deadline and/or Beat Writing
"Coverage of Alan D. Saxon, Bullion Dealer"
by Al Delugach and Ronald Soble, Los Angeles Times
Editorial/Commentary
"Economic Prospects"
by Robert L. Heilbroner, The New Yorker
Large Newspapers
"High Tech: Leaving Home Series"
by Dan Morgan, The Washington Post
Medium Newspapers
"The King of Gems Series"
by Ted Gup, The Washington Post
Small Newspapers
No award was given for Small Newspapers
Magazines
"Quarterly Reports"
by Andrew Tobias, Playboy
Large Newspapers
"102 Miles Up the River"
by Robert Frump, The Philadelphia Inquirer
Small Newspapers
"Series on the Failure of Penn Square Bank"
Phillip L. Zweig, American Banker
Spot News
"Series on the Failure of Braniff Airlines"
by Dennis Fulton, Dallas Morning News
Special Award - Spot News
"Articles on the Outcome of the AT&T and IBM Antitrust Cases"
by Business and Financial Staff, The New York Times
Magazines
"It's Time to Make a Deal"
by Joseph Nocera, Texas Monthly
Columns/Editorials
"Review & Outlook"
by George Melloan, The Wall Street Journal
"Selected Editorials"
by Lester C. Thurow, Newsweek
Large Newspapers
"Corporate Mergers"
by Linda Grant and Karen Tumulty, Los Angeles Times
Small Newspapers
"Sacred Cows: Power, Politics and Prices in the Milk Industry"
The Courier-Journal
Magazines
"An American Fortune" and "Silver Thursday"
by L. J. Davis, Harper's
Honorable Mention
"The Federal Impact Series"
by Staff, Sentinel Star
Columns/Editorials
"How to Understand Inflation"
by Sarai Ribicoff (posthumous), Los Angeles Herald Examiner
Large Newspapers
"Government Out of Control: Contracts"
by Jonathan Neumann and Ted Gup, The Washington Post
Small Newspapers
"The Chrysler Saga"
Gary M. Hector, American Banker
Magazines
"The Wreck of the Auto Industry"
by William Tucker, Harper's
Honorable Mention
"Cable TV: Channels of Influence"
by Stan DeCoster and Ann Baldelli, The Day
Columns/Editorials
"Investment Series: Gambling with Someone Else's Money"
by Alan Gersten, Rocky Mountain News
Large Newspapers
"Coverage of U.S. Energy Crisis"
by Gaylord Shaw, Tom Redburn, William C. Rempel, Cathleen Decker, William J. Eaton, Norman Kempster, Larry Pryor, Bill Stall and Penelope McMillan, Los Angeles Times
Small Newspapers
"Rent Control"
Joe R. Cordero and Tim W. Ferguson, The Register
Magazines
"Demography's Good News for the Eighties"
by Walter Guzzardi Jr., Fortune
Honorable Mention
"The Underpaid and Under-Protected"
by Paul Lieberman and Chester Goolrick, The Atlanta Constitution
"Fooling With the Budget"
by Tom Bethell, Harper's
Richard C. Longworth and Bill Neikirk
Chicago Tribune
N. R. Kleinfield
"Coverage of U.S. Energy Crisis"
The New York Times