Historical Winners

2022

 

Audio Winner
Anna Maria Barry-Jester and Miki Meek
'We're Coming for You': For Public Health Officials, a Year of Threats and Menace"
Kaiser Health News and This American Life


Beat Reporting Winners (tie)

"The Facebook Files" – The Wall Street Journal
Jeff Horwitz, Georgia Wells, Deepa Seetharaman, Keach Hagey, Justin Scheck, Newley Purnell, Sam Schechner and Emily Glazer


Breaking News Winner

"The GameStop Frenzy" – The Wall Street Journal
Juliet Chung, Gunjan Banerji, Julia-Ambra Verlaine, Caitlin McCabe and Akane Otani


Commentary Winner

"Auto Insurance Columns" – Crain's Detroit Business
Chad Livengood


Explanatory Winner

"Inside TikTok's Dangerously Addictive Algorithm" – The Wall Street Journal
Rob Barry, Georgia Wells, John West, Joanna Stern, Frank Matt, Tawnell D. Hobbs, Yoree Koh, Jason French and Julie Jargon


Feature Winner

"Revolt of the Delivery Workers" – New York Magazine and The Verge
Josh Dzieza


International Winner

"China Propaganda" – The New York Times and ProPublica
Paul Mozur, Raymond Zhong, Jeff Kao, Aaron Krolik, Aliza Aufrichtig, Muyi Xiao, Nailah Morgan and Gray Beltran


Investigative Winners (tie)

"Poisoned" – Tampa Bay Times and PBS Frontline
Corey G. Johnson, Rebecca Woolington and Eli Murray


Local Winner

"How Pennsylvania's Biggest Pension Fund Squandered Billions, Hurt Taxpayers and Triggered an FBI Investigation" – The Philadelphia Inquirer and Spotlight PA
Craig McCoy, Joseph DiStefano and Angela Couloumbis


Personal Finance and Consumer Reporting Winner

"Amazon's Advantage" – The Markup
Adrianne Jeffries, Leon Yin, Evelyn Larrubia, Gabriel Hongsdusit, Ben Tanen, Micha Gorelick, Ritu Ghiya and Jeff Crouse


Video Winner

"Framing Britney Spears" – The New York Times, FX and Hulu
Liz Day and Samantha Stark


Visual Storytelling Winner

"3-D Worlds" – The New York Times
Staff of The New York Times

2019

 

Audio Winner
Liz Essley White, Joe Yerardi and Alison Fitzgerald Kodjak
“Medicaid, Under the Influence”
The Center For Public Integrity and NPR


Beat Reporting Winner
Peter Gosselin, Ariana Tobin and Ranjani Chakraborty
“Age Discrimination”
Propublica And Vox


Breaking News Winner
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
“Amazon’s HQ2 About-Face”
The Wall Street Journal


Commentary Winner
Andy Kessler
“Inside View”
The Wall Street Journal


Explanatory Winner
Zachary R. Mider, Zeke Faux, Demetrios Pogkas and David Ingold
“Sign Here to Lose Everything”
Bloomberg News


Feature Winner
James B. Stewart, Rachel Abrams and Ellen Gabler
“‘If Bobbie Talks, I’m Finished’: How Les Moonves Tried to Silence an Accuser”
The New York Times


International Winner
Andy Greenberg
“The Code that Crashed the World: The Untold Story of Notpetya, the Most Devastating Cyberattack in History”
Wired


Investigative Winner
Nicholas Confessore, Matthew Rosenberg, Carole Cadwalladr, Sheera Frenkel, Cecilia Kang, Paul Mozur, Jack Nicas, Gabriel J.X. Dance, Michael Laforgia and Brian X. Chen
“Facebook, Disinformation And Privacy”
The New York Times


Local Winner
Cary Aspinwall, Allan James Vestal and Holly K. Hacker
“Time Bomb: How Atmos Energy’s Natural Gas Keeps Blowing Up Texas Homes”
The Dallas Morning News


Personal Service Winner
Ron Lieber
“The Daunting Road To Forgiveness”
The New York Times


Video Winner
Rick Young, Laura Sullivan, Emma Schwartz, Fritz Kramer and Kate Mccormick
“Blackout In Puerto Rico”
Frontline PBS and NPR


Visual Storytelling Winner
Tom Randall and Dean Halford
“Tesla Tracker”
Bloomberg News


Lifetime Achievement Award
Martin Wolf
Financial Times


Minard Editor Award
Michael W. Miller
The Wall Street Journal

2018

 

Audio
David Brancaccio, Katie Long, Nicole Childers, Ben Tolliday, Daniel Ramirez, and Paulina Velasco
"Robot-Proof Jobs"
Marketplace


Beat Reporting
Julia Angwin, Jeff Larson, Ariana Tobin, Madeleine Varner, Noam Scheiber, and Hannes Grassegger
"Automating Hate"
Propublica


Breaking News
Mike Isaac, Farhad Manjoo, Kevin Roose, and Ashwin Seshagiri
"Ouster at Uber"
The New York Times


Commentary
Ed Silverman
"The Pharmalot View"
Stat


Explanatory
Brian Grow, John Shiffman, Blake Morrison, Elizabeth Culliford, Reade Levinson, Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, Zach Goelman, and Mike Wood
"The Body Trade"
Reuters


Feature
Tony Bartelme
"Stickin’ With the Pig: A Tale of Loyalty and Loss"
The Post and Courier


Images/Graphics/Interactives
Christine Chan, Matthew Weber, and The Reuters Team
“The Trump Effect Graphics"
Reuters


International
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
"China’s Surveillance State"
The Wall Street Journal


Investigative
Emily Steel, Michael S. Schmidt, Jodi Kantor, Megan Twohey, Susan Chira, and Catrin Einhorn
"Culture of Harassment"
The New York Times


Local
Jason Grotto, Sandhya Kambhampati, and Hal Dardick 
"The Tax Divide"
Chicago Tribune & Propublica Illinois


Personal Finance
Ron Lieber
"The Equifax Breach"
The New York Times


Video
Chris Buck, Kyra Darnton, Solana Pyne, Laurence B. Chollet, Karen M. Sughrue, Erik German, Maria Villaseñor, Noah Madoff, and Jeff Bernier
"Future of Money"
Retro Report & Quartz


Lifetime Achievement Award
Joann S. Lublin
The Wall Street Journal


Minard Editor Award
John Hillkirk
Kaiser Health News

2017

 

Audio
Lisa Chow, Kaitlin Roberts, Molly Messick, Bruce Wallace, Luke Malone, and Simone Polanen
"Dov Charney's American Dream"
Gimlet Media


Beat Reporting
David Zahniser, Emily Alpert Reyes, Joe Fox, and Len De Groot
"Big Money, Unlikely Donors"
Los Angeles Times


Breaking News
Zanny Minton Beddoes, Henry Tricks, Anton La Guardia, Chris Lockwood, and Edward McBride
"Saudi Aramco: The World's Most Valuable IPO"
The Economist


Commentary
Adrian Wooldridge
The Economist


Explanatory
Natalie Obiko Pearson, Sharang Limaye, Jason Gale, Lydia Mulvany, Monte Reel, Stephanie Baker, Wenxin Fan, and Adi Narayan
Bloomberg News


Feature
Matthew Campbell and Kit Chellel
"Hot Mess: How Goldman Lost Libya's Money"
Bloomberg Businessweek


Images/Graphics/Interactives
Larry Buchanan, Karen Yourish, Walt Bogdanich, Jacqueline Williams, Ana Graciela Mendez, Motoko Rich, Amanda Cox, and Matthew Bloch
"Business Visuals"
The New York Times


International
Hannah Dreier and Ricardo Nunes
"Venezuela Undone"
The Associated Press


Investigative
Sam Roe, Karisa King, and Ray Long
"Dangerous Doses"
Chicago Tribune
and
William R. Levesque, Nathaniel Lash, and Anthony Cormier
"Allegiant Air"
Tampa Bay Times


Local
Eric Eyre
"Painkiller Profiteers"
Charleston Gazette-Mail


Personal Finance
Taylor Tepper and Elizabeth O'Brien
"The High Cost of Coping"
MONEY Magazine


Video
Gregory Gilderman, Marisa Venegas, Solly Granatstein, Shawn Efran, Marcus Stern, Brandon Kieffer, John Carlos Frey, and Monica Villamizar
"Cosecha de Miseria (Harvest of Misery) and the Source"
Telemundo Network and Weather.com


Lifetime Achievement Award
Walt Mossberg
The Verge and Recode


Minard Editor Award
Nicholas Varchaver
Fortune

2016

 

Audio
Chris Arnold, Uri Berliner, Neal Carruth, Lori Todd, John Ydstie, Heidi Glenn, Ariel Zambelich, Avie Schnieder, Alyson Hurt and Annette Elizabeth Allen
"Your Money and Your Life"
NPR


Beat Reporting
John Carreyrou, Michael Siconolfi, and Christopher Weaver
"Testing Theranos"
The Wall Street Journal


Breaking News
David Benoit, Jacob Bunge, Dana Cimilluca, Dana Mattioli, and Dennis K. Berman
"Inside the Dow-DuPont Merger"
The Wall Street Journal


Commentary
James B. Stewart
"Inside the Boardroom"
The New York Times


Explanatory
Michael Grabell, Howard Berkes, and Lena Groeger
"Insult to Injury: America's Vanishing Worker Protections"
ProPublica & NPR


Feature
David Enrich
"The Unraveling of Tom Hayes"
The Wall Street Journal


Images/Graphics/Interactives
Amanda Cox, Gregor Aisch, Kevin Quealy, Matthew Bloch, Wilson Andrews, Josh Keller, Karen Yourish, Eric Buth, Nicholas Confessore and Sarah Cohen
"Making Data Visual"
The New York Times


International
Tom Wright, Bradley Hope, Simon Clark, Mia Lamar, Justin Baer, Tom Di Fonzo and Paolo Bosonin
"Malaysia's Missing Millions"
The Wall Street Journal


Investigative
Margie Mason, Martha Mendoza, Robin McDowell, and Esther Htusan
"Seafood from Slaves"
The Associated Press


Local
Whit Richardson and Steve Mistler
"Payday at the Mill"
Portland Press Herald & Maine Sunday Telegram


Personal Finance
Donna Rosato, Kate Santichen, Alexandra Mondalek, and Shayla Hunter
"Aging's Costliest Challenge"
MONEY Magazine


Video
Joanna Stern and Drew Evans
"Joanna Stern's Videos"
The Wall Street Journal


Lifetime Achievement Award
Paul Ingrassia
Reuters
Minard Editor Award
Amy Stevens
Reuters

2015

 

Beat Reporting
Eric Lipton, Ben Protess, Nicholas Confessore and Brooke Williams
"Lobbying in America"
The New York Times


Breaking News
Gregory Zuckerman and Kirsten Grind
"Abdication of the 'Bond King'"
The Wall Street Journal


Commentary
Jesse Eisinger
"Wall Street Accountability"
ProPublica


Explanatory
Jason Grotto and Heather Gillers
"Borrowing Trouble"
Chicago Tribune


Feature
Tom Philpott and Matt Black
"California Goes Nuts"
Mother Jones


Images/Visuals
Gregor Aisch, Wilson Andrews, Jeremy Ashkenas, Matthew Bloch, Mike Bostock, Shan Carter, Haeyoun Park, Alicia Parlapiano and Archie Tse
"Economic Tools & Visualizations"
The New York Times


International
Richard Marosi and Don Bartletti
"Product of Mexico"
Los Angeles Times


Investigative
Christopher S. Stewart, Christopher Weaver, John Carreyrou, Rob Barry, Anna Wilde Mathews and Tom McGinty
"Medicare Unmasked"
The Wall Street Journal


Local
Mike Hendricks and Mará Rose Williams
"Misleading March to the Top"
The Kansas City Star
Chris Serres and Glenn Howatt
"Unchecked Care"
Minneapolis Star Tribune


Personal Finance
Susan Tompor
"Helping Retirees Navigate Pension Cuts in Detroit's Bankruptcy"
Detroit Free Press


Video/Audio
Vicky Nguyen, Kevin Nious, Jeremy Carroll, Felipe Escamilla, David Paredes, Julie Putnam and Mark Villarreal
"Inside Sysco: Exposing North America's Food Sheds"
KNTV


Lifetime Achievement Award
James Grant
Grant's Interest Rate Observer


Minard Editor Award
Rebecca Blumenstein
The Wall Street Journal

2014

 

Beat Reporting
Ivan Penn
"Duke Energy and Nuclear Power in Florida"
Tampa Bay Times


Breaking News
Jim Yardley, Julfikar Ali Manik, and Steven Greenhouse
"Bangladesh"
The New York Times


Commentary
Peter Goodman
"Commentary by Peter Goodman"
The Huffington Post


Explanatory
Steve Stecklow, Babak Dehghanpisheh, and Yeganeh Torbati
"Assets of the Ayatollah"
Reuters


Images/Visuals
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
"Interactive Graphics"
The New York Times


International
Kerry A. Dolan and Rafael Marques de Morais
"The Shortest Route to Riches"
Forbes


Investigative
Chris Hamby, Brian Ross, Matthew Mosk, Rhonda Schwartz, Chris Zubak-Skees, Ronnie Greene, and Jim Morris
"Breathless and Burdened: Dying from Black Lung, Buried by Law and Medicine"
The Center for Public Integrity, in partnership with ABC News


Magazines
Cam Simpson
"Stranded: An iPhone Tester Caught in Apple's Supply Chain"
Bloomberg Businessweek


News Services
Liam Vaughan, Gavin Finch, Bob Ivry, and Ambereen Choudhury
"Rigging the World's Biggest Market"
Bloomberg News


Large Newspapers
Barton Gellman, Laura Poitras, Ellen Nakashima, Craig Timberg, Steven Rich, and Ashkan Soltani
"Five of the NSA Stories"
The Washington Post


Small & Medium Newspapers
Ellen Gabler, Mark Johnson, John Fauber, Allan James Vestal, and Kristyna Wentz-Graff
"Deadly Delays"
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel


Online
Kainaz Amaria, Alex Blumberg, Brian Boyer, Jacob Goldstein, Wes Lindamood, and Joshua Davis
"Planet Money Makes a T-Shirt"
NPR


Personal Finance
Steve Kroft, Bill Owens, Jeff Fager, James Jacoby, Michael Karzis, and Matthew Lev
"60 Minutes: 40 Million Mistakes"
CBS News


Video/Audio
Tisha Thompson, Rick Yarborough, Jeff Piper, and Mike Goldrick
"Under the Hood: The AAMCO Investigation"
WRC-TV


Lifetime Achievement Award
James Flanigan
Los Angeles Times
Minard Editor Award
John Brecher
Bloomberg News

2013

 

Beat Reporting
Tom Bergin
"Corporate Taxation Series"
Reuters


Breaking News
Thomas Lee, David Phelps, Janet Moore, Paul McEnroe, Tony Kennedy, Patrick Kennedy and Eric Wieffering
"Best Buy CEO Resigns Under Cloud"
Star Tribune


Broadcast
Byron Harris, Billy Bryant, Jason Trahan and Mark Smith
"Denticaid: Medicaid Dental Abuse in Texas"
WFAA-TV


Commentary
John Gapper
"John Gapper (Financial Times)"
Financial Times


Explanatory
Mike McGraw and Alan Bavley
"Beef's Raw Edges"
The Kansas City Star


Images/Visuals
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
"Economy Interactives"
The New York Times


International
David Barboza and Sharon LaFraniere
"China's Secret Fortunes"
The New York Times


Investigative
David Barstow, Alejandra Xanic von Bertrab and Stephanie Clifford
"Walmart Abroad"
The New York Times


Magazines
Connie Bruck
"Cashier du Cinema"
The New Yorker


News Services
Brian Grow, Anna Driver, Joshua Schneyer, Janet Roberts, Jeanine Prezioso, David Sheppard and John Shiffman
"Inside Chesapeake Energy"
Reuters


Large Newspapers
Patricia Callahan, Sam Roe and Michael Hawthorne
"Playing With Fire"
Chicago Tribune


Small & Medium Newspapers
Ames Alexander, Karen Garloch, Joseph Neff and David Raynor
"Prognosis: Profits"
The Charlotte Observer and The News & Observer


Mandy Locke and David Raynor
"Ghost Workers"
The News & Observer


Online
Alison Young and Peter Eisler
"Ghost Factories"
USA Today


Personal Finance
Jason Zweig
"The Intelligent Investor"
The Wall Street Journal


Lifetime Achievement Award
John Huey
TIME


Minard Editor Award
Michael Williams
Reuters

2012

 

Large Newspapers
Ken Bensinger
"Wheels of Fortune"
Los Angeles Times


Medium & Small Newspapers
Raquel Rutledge, Rick Barrett, John Diedrich, Ben Poston and Mike De Sisti
"Shattered Trust"
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel


Medium & Small Newspapers
Spencer Soper and Scott Kraus
"Inside Amazon's Warehouse"
The Morning Call


Magazines
Peter Elkind, Jennifer Reingold and Doris Burke
"Inside Pfizer's Palace Coup"
Fortune


Commentary
Zanny Minton Beddoes, Edward Carr, John Peet, Patrick Foulis and John O'Sullivan
"Euro Zone"
The Economist


Breaking News
Brent Snavely, Greg Gardner and Chrissie Thompson
"GM-UAW Contract Negotiations"
Detroit Free Press


Beat Reporting
John Fauber
"Side Effects"
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel


News Services
Brian Grow, Kelly Carr, Laurence Fletcher, Nanette Byrnes, Matthew Bigg, Joshua Schneyer, Cynthia Johnston and Sara Ledwith
"Shell Games"
Reuters


Explanatory
Scott Pelley, Robert G. Anderson, Daniel Ruetenik, Robert J. Shattuck and Nicole Young
"The Next Housing Shock"
CBS News 60 Minutes


Online Enterprise
Mark Maremont, Tom McGinty, Jon Keegan, Palani Kumanan, Sarah Slobin and Neil King Jr.
"Jet Tracker"
The Wall Street Journal


Blogging
Felix Salmon
"Felix Salmon's Blog"
Reuters


Personal Finance
Penelope Wang, Kim Clark and Lisa Gibbs
"Protecting Your Parents Series"
Money


Broadcast Enterprise
Laura Sydell and Alex Blumberg
"When Patents Attack"
NPR and This American Life


Business Book
Walter Isaacson
"Steve Jobs"
Simon & Schuster


Honorable Mention - Business Books
Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo
"Poor Economics"
PublicAffairs


Lifetime Achievement Award
Gerald F. Seib
The Wall Street Journal/Dow Jones Newswires


Minard Editor Award
Winnie O'Kelley
The New York Times

2011

 

Large Newspapers
Ben Casselman,Russell Gold,Douglas A. Blackmon,Vanessa O'Connell,Alexandra BerzonandAna Campoy
"Deep Trouble"
The Wall Street Journal


Medium & Small Newspapers
Chris Serres and Glenn Howatt
"Hounded - Debtors and the New Breed of Collectors"
Minneapolis Star Tribune


Medium & Small Newspapers
Michael J. Berens
"Seniors for Sale"
The Seattle Times


Magazines
Amanda Bennett and Charles R. Babcock
"End-of-Life Warning at $618,616 Makes Me Wonder Was It Worth It"
Bloomberg Businessweek


Commentary
Paul Krugman
"Paul Krugman Columns"
The New York Times


Breaking News
Tom Lauricella, Peter A. McKay, Scott Patterson, Jenny Strasburg, Robin Sidel, Carolyn Cui and Mary Pilon
"Flash Crash"
The Wall Street Journal


Beat Reporting
Daniel Golden, John Hechinger and John Lauerman
"Education Inc."
Bloomberg News


News Services
David Evans
"Profiting from Fallen Soldiers"
Bloomberg News


Explanatory
David Nicklaus and Tim Logan
"Edifice Complex"
St. Louis Post-Dispatch


Online Enterprise
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
"What They Know"
The Wall Street Journal


Blogging
Kara Swisher
"Liveblogging Yahoo Earnings Calls in 2010 (They're Funny!)"
All Things Digital


Personal Finance
Ron Lieber
"Student Debt"
The New York Times


Television Enterprise
Mitch Weitzner, Scott Cohn, Jeff Pohlman, Emily Bodenberg, Steven Banton and Gary Vandenbergh
"Remington Under Fire: A CNBC Investigation"
CNBC


Business Book
Sebastian Mallaby
"More Money Than God: Hedge Funds and the Making of a New Elite"
The Penguin Press


Lifetime Achievement Award
Steven Pearlstein
The Washington Post


Minard Editor Award
Hank Gilman
Fortune

2010

 

Large Newspapers
Michael Moss and Andrew Martin
"Food Safety"
The New York Times


Medium & Small Newspapers
Michael Sallah, Rob Barry and Lucy Komisar
"Keys to the Kingdom: How State Regulators Enabled a $7 Billion Ponzi Scheme"
The Miami Herald


Magazines
James Bandler, Nicholas Varchaver and Doris Burke
"How Bernie Did It"
Fortune Magazine


Commentary
Joseph E. Stiglitz
"Capitalist Fools and Wall Street's Toxic Message"
Vanity Fair


Breaking News
Christine Tierney, David Shepardson and Gordon Trowbridge
"GM, Chrysler Nudges Toward Bankruptcy"
The Detroit News


Beat Writing
Ralph Vartabedian and Ken Bensinger
"The Toyota Recall"
Los Angeles Times


News Services
Greg Gordon, Kevin G. Hall and Chris Adams
"Goldman, Moody's and the Collapse of the American Economy"
McClatchy Newspapers


Feature Writing
Michael Lewis
"Wall Street on the Tundra"
Vanity Fair


Online Commentary and Blogging
David Pogue
"Pogue's Posts"
The New York Times


Personal Finance
Matthew Hathaway, Elizabethe Holland and Jim Gallagher
"From Prison to the Pinnacle"
St. Louis Post-Dispatch


Television Breaking News
Scott Cohn, Mary Thompson, Courtney Ford, Wally Griffith and Molly Mazilu
"The Madoff Scandal"
CNBC


Television Enterprise
David Faber, Mitch Weitzner, James Jacoby, Jill Landes, Patrick Ahearn, JamesSegelstein and Lisa Orlando
"House of Cards"
CNBC


Honorable Mention - Television Enterprise
Marlena Telvick, Lowell Bergman, Oriana Zill de Granados and Daniel Hirst
"Black Money"
PBS Frontline


Business Book
Andrew Ross Sorkin
"Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System - and Themselves"
Penguin Group (USA) - Viking


Lifetime Achievement Award
Walt Bogdanich
The New York Times


Minard Editor Award
Alix Freedman
The Wall Street Journal

2009

 

Large Newspapers
Gretchen Morgenson, Peter S. Goodman, Charles Duhigg, Carter Dougherty, Eric Dash, Julie Creswell, Jo Becker, Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Stephen Labaton
"The Reckoning"
The New York Times


Medium & Small Newspapers
Jack Dolan, Matthew Haggman and Rob Barry
"Borrowers Betrayed"
The Miami Herald


Honorable Mention - Medium & Small Newspapers
Ames Alexander, Peter St. Onge, Franco Ordoñez, Kerry Hall and Ted Mellnik
"The Cruelest Cuts"
The Charlotte Observer


Magazines
David Leonhardt
"Obamanomics"
The New York Times Magazine


Commentary
Brian M. Carney
"Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac"
The Wall Street Journal


Breaking News
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 Day That Changed Wall Street"
The Wall Street Journal


Beat Writing
Rick Rothacker
"The Fall of Wachovia"
The Charlotte Observer


Beat Writing
Gretchen Morgenson
"Wall Street"
The New York Times


News Services
William Selway and Martin Z. Braun
"Broken Promises"
Bloomberg News


Feature Writing
Michael Lewis
"The End"
Condé Nast Portfolio


Online
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
"Middle Class Crunch"
MSN Money


Television Breaking News
Steve Kroft, Jennifer MacDonald and L. Franklin Devine
"Economic Crisis: House of Cards"
CBS News 60 Minutes


Television Enterprise
Scott Pelley, Solly Granatstein and Nicole Young
"The Wasteland"
CBS News 60 Minutes


Business Book
Charles R. Morris
"Trillion Dollar Meltdown: Easy Money, High Rollers, and the Great Credit Crash"
PublicAffairs


Lifetime Achievement Award
Bill Emmott
The Economist


Minard Editor Award
Lawrence Ingrassia
The New York Times

2008

 

Large Newspapers
Walt Bogdanich, Jake Hooker, David Barboza and Andrew W. Lehren
"Toxic Pipeline"
The New York Times


Medium Newspapers
Binyamin Appelbaum, Lisa Hammersly Munn, Ted Mellnik, Peter St. Onge and Liz Chandler
"Sold a Nightmare"
The Charlotte Observer


Small Newspapers
Tony Bartelme
"The China Effect"
The Post and Courier


Magazines
Allan Sloan
"House of Junk"
Fortune


Honorable Mention - Magazines
Michael Lewis
"In Nature's Casino"
The New York Times Magazine


Commentary
Joe Nocera
"Talking Business"
The New York Times


Honorable Mention - Commentary
Daniel Howes
"Business Columnist"
The Detroit News


Breaking News
Jenny Anderson and Landon Thomas Jr.
"The Fall of E. Stanley O'Neal at Merrill Lynch"
The New York Times


Honorable Mention - Breaking News
Katie Merx, Tim Higgins, Tom Walsh, Mark Phelan, Susan Tompor, Sarah A. Webster, Katherine Yung and Joe Guy Collier
"A New U.S. Auto Industry"
Detroit Free Press


Beat Writing
Kate Kelly, Serena Ng, Susanne Craig and David Reilly
"Breakdown at Bear Stearns"
The Wall Street Journal


Honorable Mention - Beat Writing
Charles Duhigg
"Golden Opportunities"
The New York Times


News Services
Mark Pittman, Bob Ivry and Kathleen M. Howley
"Wall Street's Faustian Bargain"
Bloomberg News


Feature Writing
Charles Fishman
"Message in a Bottle"
Fast Company


Online
Art Lenehan, Anh Ly and Suzanne McGee
"Keeping Up With the Wangs"
MSN Money


Television Daily
Steve Washington, Darren Gersh, Dana Greenspon and Sanjay Jha
"India's Promise"
PBS Nightly Business Report


Television Enterprise
Byron Harris, Mark Smith and Kraig Kirchem
"Money for Nothing"
WFAA-TV


Business Book
David A. Kaplan
"Mine's Bigger: Tom Perkins and the Making of the Greatest Sailing Machine Ever Built"
William Morrow


Lifetime Achievement Award
Daniel Hertzberg
The Wall Street Journal


Minard Editor Award
Frank J. Comes
BusinessWeek

2007

 

Large Newspapers
Charles Forelle, James Bandler, Mark Maremont and Steve Stecklow
"The Secretive Backdating of Option Awards for Corporate Executives"
The Wall Street Journal


Medium Newspapers
Chiaki Kawajiri, Gady A. Epstein and Stephanie Desmon
"Crab Factory"
The Baltimore Sun


Small Newspapers
Mike McAndrew and Michelle Breidenbach
"The Great Empire Zone Giveaway"
The Post-Standard


Magazines
Charles Fishman
"How Many Lightbulbs Does It Take to Change the World? One."
Fast Company


Commentary
Steve Bailey
"Steve Bailey Downtown"
The Boston Globe


Deadline Writing
Ann Davis, Henny Sender and Gregory Zuckerman
"The Implosion of a Highflying Hedge Fund"
The Wall Street Journal


Beat Writing
Heather Landy
"Radio Shack CEO's Resume in Question"
Fort Worth Star-Telegram


News Services or Online Content
Alistair Barr
"Who Are the Short Sellers?"
MarketWatch


Feature Writing
Louis Uchitelle
"Rewriting the Social Contract"
The New York Times


Television Daily
Jim Popkin, Lisa Myers, Albert Oetgen, Doug Adams, Adam Ciralsky and Rich Gardella
"Trophy"
NBC News


Television Enterprise
Jeff Fager, Steve Kroft, Andy Court, Keith Sharman, Patti Hassler and Daniel J. Glucksman
"The Mother of All Heists"
CBS News 60 Minutes


Business Book
Chris Anderson
"The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More"
Hyperion


Lifetime Achievement Award
Matthew Winkler
Bloomberg News


Minard Editor Award
Dan Kelly
The Wall Street Journal

2006

 

Large Newspapers
Ann Hardie, Carrie Teegardin and Alan Judd
"Borrower Beware"
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution


Medium Newspapers
Christopher Kirkpatrick, Joshua Boak, Steve Eder, Jim Drew and Mike Wilkinson
"Ohio Rare Coin Funds"
The Blade


Honorable Mention - Medium Newspapers
Luke Timmerman and David Heath
"Selling Drug Secrets"
The Seattle Times


Small Newspapers
Sam Kennedy and Christina Gostomski
"School's Pursuit of Profit Leaves Students Behind"
The Morning Call


Magazines
Carol Loomis
"Why Carly's Big Bet Is Failing, How the HP Board KO'd Carly"
Fortune


Commentary
Robert L. Pollock
"Review and Outlook: Kianna's Law"
The Wall Street Journal


Commentary
Steven Pearlstein
"Business and Economics Columns"
The Washington Post


Deadline Writing
Maureen Milford, Ted Griffith, Luladey B. Tadesse, Robin Brown, Gary Soulsman, Christopher Yasiejko, Michele Besso, Steven Church, Jeff Montgomery and Peter Bothum
"Sale of MBNA"
The News Journal


Beat Writing
Geeta Anand
"The Most Expensive Drugs and How They Came to Be"
The Wall Street Journal


News Services or Online Content
Frank Bass, Dirk Lammers and Larry Margasak
"LAX Loans"
The Associated Press


Television Deadline
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
"The Katrina Effect"
NBC Nightly News


Television Enterprise
Paul Solman, Lee Koromvokis, Jeffrey Klein, Jacob Klein and Joanne Elgart Jennings
"China Rising"
The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer


Honorable Mention - Television Enterprise
Byron Harris, Kraig Kirchem and Mark Smith
"Learning the Hard Way"
WFAA-TV


Business Book
James B. Stewart
"DisneyWar"
Simon & Schuster


Lifetime Achievement Award
Myron Kandel
CNN


Minard Editor Award
Ronald Henkoff
Bloomberg News & Bloomberg Markets

2005

 

Large Newspapers
Walt Bogdanich
"Death on the Tracks"
The New York Times


Medium Newspapers
Bill Vlasic and Jeff Plungis
"Danger Overhead: Crushed Roofs"
The Detroit News


Small Newspapers
Craig Troianello
"The China Challenge"
Yakima Herald-Republic


Magazines
Charles Fishman
"The Toll of a New Machine"
Fast Company


Magazines
Clifton Leaf
"Why We're Losing the War on Cancer (and How to Win It)"
Fortune


Commentary
Peter Eavis
"Cracks in Fannie Mae's Foundation"
TheStreet.com


Deadline Writing
Andrew Ross Sorkin, Steve Lohr, David Barboza, Gary Rivlin and John Markoff
"End of an Era"
The New York Times


Beat Writing
Ellen E. Schultz and Theo Francis
"The Short Life of 'Lifetime' Health-Care Benefits"
The Wall Street Journal


News Services or Online Content
Carol S. Remond
"Exposing Small-Cap Fraud"
Dow Jones Newswires


Television Deadline
Chris Cuomo, Shelley Ross, Bob Lange, Thomas Berman and Jack Pyle
"Money for Nothing?"
ABC News: Primetime


Lifetime Achievement Award
Byron E. "Barney" Calame
The New York Times


Minard Editor Award
Timothy K. Smith
Fortune

2004

 

Large Newspapers
David B. Ottaway and Joe Stephens
"Big Green"
The Washington Post


Medium Newspapers
Fred Schulte
"Drugging the Poor"
South Florida Sun-Sentinel


Small Newspapers
Kate Long
"Everybody at Risk"
The Charleston Gazette


Magazines
Aaron Bernstein, Pete Engardio and Manjeet Kripalani
"Is Your Job Next?" and "The Rise of India"
BusinessWeek


Commentary
Michael Hiltzik
"Golden State"
Los Angeles Times


Deadline Writing
Susanne Craig, Ianthe Jeanne Dugan, Theo Francis and Kate Kelly
"The Day Grasso Quit as NYSE Chief"
The Wall Street Journal


Beat Writing
J. Lynn Lunsford, Andy Pasztor and Anne Marie Squeo
"A Spotlight on Boeing's Legal and Ethical Scandals"
The Wall Street Journal


News Services or Online Content
Adrian Cox, David Evans and Abhay Singh
"The Flimflam Man"
Bloomberg News


News Services or Online Content
Chris Adams and Alison Young
"Risky Rx"
Knight Ridder Washington Bureau


Television Short Form
Doug Adams, Christiana Arvelis, Donna Bass, Steve Capus, Joo Lee, Karen Nye, Albert Oetgen, Felicia Patinkin, Charles Schaeffer, Nikki Stamos and Anne Thompson
"The Jobless Recovery"
NBC Nightly News


Television Long Form
Rome Hartman and Lesley Stahl
"Imported from India"
CBS News 60 Minutes


Lifetime Achievement Award
Louis Rukeyser (posthumously)
CNBC


Minard Editor Award
Michael Siconolfi
The Wall Street Journal

2003

 

Large Newspapers
Alec Klein
"AOL's Advertising Deals"
The Washington Post


Medium Newspapers
Deborah O'Neil and Jeff Harrington
"The CEO and His Church"
St. Petersburg Times


Small Newspapers
Eric Eyre and Scott Finn
"A License to Steal"
The Charleston Gazette


Magazines
Hal Lux
"Nationalities of Convenience"
Institutional Investor


Commentary
Jerry Flint
"Auto Industry Commentary"
Forbes


Deadline Writing
Rebecca Blumenstein, Gregory Zuckerman, Jared Sandberg, Shawn Young, Susan Pulliam, Deborah Solomon and Carrick Mollenkamp
"WorldCom's Whirlwind Demise"
The Wall Street Journal


Beat Writing
Stephen Labaton
"Inside the S.E.C."
The New York Times


News Services or Online Content
Jon D. Markman
"SuperModels"
CNBC on MSN Money


Television Short Form
Brian Ross, Rhonda Schwartz, Chris Vlasto, Jill Rackmill, David Scott, Gerilyn Curtin and Simon Surowicz
"Enron Investigation"
ABC News


Television Long Form
Craig Cheatham, Mark Hadler and Andrea Torrence
"La Oroya, City of Lead"
KMOV-TV


Lifetime Achievement Award
Floyd Norris
The New York Times


Minard Editor Award
Glenn Kramon
The New York Times

2002

 

Large Newspapers
Duff Wilson and David Heath
"Uninformed Consent"
The Seattle Times


Medium Newspapers
Jeffrey Meitrodt, Mark Schleifstein, Pamela Coyle and Ronette King
"Unequal Opportunity"
The Times-Picayune


Small Newspapers
Janet Patton
"Foal Deaths"
Lexington Herald-Leader


Magazines
David Henry and Nanette Byrnes
"The Numbers Game, Why Earnings Are Too Rosy, Confused About Earnings"
BusinessWeek


Commentary
Gretchen Morgenson
"Market Watch"
The New York Times


Deadline or Beat Writing
Rebecca Smith and John Emshwiller
"Enron: The Demise of a Giant"
The Wall Street Journal


News or Wire Service
Jonathan Berr, Adam Levy, Peter Robison, Russell Hubbard and Neil Roland
"Muddy Markets"
Bloomberg News


Television
Allan Dodds Frank and Lisa Slow
"The Money Trail"
Cable News Network/CNNfn


Lifetime Achievement Award
Paul E. Steiger
The Wall Street Journal


Minard Editor Award
Everett Lawrence Minard III (posthumously)
Forbes Global

2001

 

Large Newspapers
William Heisel, Mark Katches and Ronald Campbell
"The Body Brokers"
The Orange County Register


Medium Newspapers
Robert Sargent, Ramsey Campbell, Jim Leusner and Sean Holton
"Government Inc."
The Orlando Sentinel


Small Newspapers
Bruce Rushton
"Porn in the USA"
The Riverfront Times


Magazines
Gary Rivlin
"AOL's Rough Riders"
The Industry Standard


Commentary
Floyd Norris
"Floyd Norris Columns"
The New York Times


Deadline and/or Beat Writing
Rebecca Smith
"Juice Squeeze"
The Wall Street Journal


Television
Lynne Dale and John Larson
"The Paper Chase"
Dateline NBC


Radio
Edward Wallace
"The 100 Greatest Events in the History of the Automotive Industry"
KLIF-AM


Lifetime Achievement Award
Allan Sloan
Newsweek

2000

 

Large Newspapers
Ellen E. Schultz
"Retirement Rip-Off"
The Wall Street Journal


Medium Newspapers
Alison Young, Jeffrey Taylor and Janet L. Fix
"A Killer in Our Food"
Detroit Free Press


Small Newspapers
Harris Meyer
"The Doctor Will Sell You Now"
New Times Broward Palm Beach


Magazines
Jeff Blyskal
"Cheap Car Parts Can Cost You a Bundle"
Consumer Reports


Commentary
David Ignatius
"Business and Technology Columns"
The Washington Post


Deadline and/or Beat Writing
Ianthe Jeanne Dugan
"The Rise of Day Trading"
The Washington Post


Television
Brian Gaffney, Lea Thompson, Neal Shapiro and John Reiss
"Sweepstakes Series"
Dateline NBC


Radio
Carl Goldstein, Bill Catlin, Chris Farrell and Jon Gordon
"Minnesota in the .com Age"
Minnesota Public Radio


Lifetime Achievement Award
Norman Pearlstine
Time Inc.

1999

 

Large Newspapers
Joel Rutchick
"Prying Perks from the Poor"
Cleveland Plain Dealer


Medium Newspapers
Fred Schulte and Jenni Bergal
"Cosmetic Surgery: The Hidden Dangers"
Sun-Sentinel


Small Newspapers
Jennifer Hieger and Bill Heisel Jr.
"The Dairy Boom: Growth, Trouble and Transition"
Yakima Herald-Republic


Magazines
Shane Tritsch
"Bull Marketing"
Chicago


Commentary
Walter S. Mossberg
"'Personal Technology Columns"
The Wall Street Journal


Deadline and/or Beat Writing
The New York Times Staff
"Coverage of the Near Collapse of Long-Term Capital Management"
The New York Times


Network and Large-Market Television
Mike Wallace and Walt Bogdanich
"Investigative Piece on the International Pharmaceutical Industry"
CBS News 60 Minutes


Radio
Chris Farrell, Stephen Smith, Karen Tofte and Bill Catlin
"The World Turned Upside Down"
Minnesota Public Radio


Lifetime Achievement Award
Stephen B. Shepard
Business Week

1997

 

Large Newspapers
Bruce D. Butterfield
"Test by Fire: The Story of Malden Mills"
Boston Globe


Medium Newspapers
Cathy Taylor, Liz Pulliam and Elliot Blair Smith
"Series of Investigative Reports on Comparator Systems Corp."
Orange County Register


Small Newspapers
Lynda V. Mapes
"River of No Return"
The Spokesman-Review


Magazines
Mark Maremont and Jane Sasseen
"Abuse of Power"
Business Week


Commentary
Holman W. Jenkins Jr.
"Business World Columns"
The Wall Street Journal


Deadline/Beat Writing
Scott Thurm
"Coverage of the Economy"
San Jose Mercury News


Network and Large-Market TV
Byron Harris
"On Dangerous Ground"
WFAA-TV


Other TV Markets
Antonio Valverde
"My First House"
KMEX-TV


Radio
Sarah Gardner
"Bottomline Blues"
Marketplace-USC Radio


Lifetime Achievement Award
Jane Bryant Quinn
Newsweek

1998

 

Large Newspapers
Michael Siconolfi
"The Spin Desk"
The Wall Street Journal


Medium Newspapers
William Conroy, Nancy Shields, John T. Ward, Larry Arnold, Rick Linsk and Terri Somers
"House of Cards"
Asbury Park Press


Small Newspapers
Amy Hetzner and Amy Baldwin
"Borrowing Trouble"
Birmingham Post-Herald


Magazines
Michael J. Mandel and Dean Foust
"New Economy"
Business Week


Commentary
Allan Sloan
"Selected Columns"
Newsweek


Deadline/Beat Writing
Alix M. Freedman and Suein L. Hwang
"Coverage of the Tobacco Industry"
The Wall Street Journal


Lifetime Achievement Award
Alan Abelson
Barron's

1996

 

Large Newspapers
Thomas M. Burton, Scott Kilman and Richard Gibson
"Series on Archer-Daniels-Midland Co."
The Wall Street Journal


Medium Newspapers
Debra Lynn Vial, Michael Moore and Bruce Locklin
"Formula for Disaster: The Lodi Explosion"
The Record


Small Newspapers
Kim Fararo
"Oil's New Frontiers"
Anchorage Daily News


Magazines
Joseph Nocera
"Fatal Litigation"
Fortune


Commentary
Bill Bishop
"Selected Editorials"
Lexington Herald-Leader


Deadline/Beat Writing
Geraldine Fabrikant
"Coverage of the Media Industry"
The New York Times


Lifetime Achievement Award
Marshall Loeb
Fortune and Money

1995

 

Large Newspapers
Joel Rutchick and Timothy Heider
"Investigative Series on SAFE Investment Fund"
Plain Dealer


Medium Newspapers
Peter Nicholas, Susan Finch, Mark Schleifstein, Mike Hughlett and James O'Byrne
"Stacking the Deck: The Birth of Louisiana Gambling"
Times-Picayune


Small Newspapers
Jim Lynch and Karen Dorn Steele
"Wasteland"
Spokesman-Review


Magazines
Phillip Longman
"The Politics of Wind"
Florida Trend


Commentary
Jane Bryant Quinn
"Selected Columns"
Newsweek


Deadline/Beat Writing
Michael Siconolfi and Laura Jereski
"Coverage of the Collapse of Kidder Peabody"
The Wall Street Journal


Lifetime Achievement Award
Leonard S. Silk (posthumously)
The New York Times

1994

 

Large Newspapers
Scot J. Paltrow
"Investigative Series on Prudential Securities"
Los Angeles Times


Medium Newspapers
Fred Schulte and Larry Keller
"The HMO Maze: How Medicare Fails Seniors"
Sun-Sentinel


Small Newspapers
Lance Williams
"UC Inc."
San Francisco Examiner


Magazines
Bryan Burrough
"Divided Dynasty"
Vanity Fair


Commentary
Robert J. Samuelson
"Selected Columns"
Newsweek


Deadline/Beat Writing
Kathryn Harris
"Coverage of the Paramount Takeover Battle"
Los Angeles Times


Lifetime Achievement Award
James W. Michaels
Forbes

1993

 

Large Newspapers
Alix M. Freedman
"Fire Power"
The Wall Street Journal


Medium Newspapers
Pete Carey and Lewis M. Simons
"Profits and Power: Japan's Foreign-Aid Machine"
San Jose Mercury News


Small Newspapers
Michael Hinkelman and Emory Thomas Jr.
"Failing the Children"
Atlanta Business Chronicle


Magazines
Brian O'Reilly
"The Job Drought"
Fortune


Commentary
Allan Sloan
"Deals Columns"
Newsday


Deadline/Beat Writing
Joseph B. WHITE AND Paul Ingrassia
"Coverage of General Motors Corps"
The Wall Street Journal


Lifetime Achievement Award
Carol J. Loomis
Fortune

1992

 

Large Newspapers
Gerard O'Neill, Dick Lehr, Bruce Mohl, Brian C. Mooney and Karen Douglass
"Coverage of Massachusetts' Public Pension Scandal"
The Boston Globe


Medium Newspapers
John Fauber and Jack Norman
"Adios Wisconsin: The Mexican Job Connection"
The Milwaukee Journal


Small Newspapers
Emory Thomas Jr. and M. Rex Smith
"Shocks to the System"
Atlanta Business Chronicle


Magazines
Richard Behar
"Scientology: The Cult of Greed"
Time


Magazines
Jonathan Beaty and S. C. Gwynne
"Series of Articles on the BCCI Scandal"
Time


Commentary
Warren T. Brookes (posthumously)
"Selected Columns"
The Detroit News


Deadline/Beat Writing
Alan Murray
"Selection of Articles on the Federal Reserve's Decision-Making Process"
The Wall Street Journal


Lifetime Achievement Award
Hobart Rowen
The Washington Post

1991

 

Large Newspapers
Bryan Burrough
"The Vendetta"
The Wall Street Journal


Medium Newspapers
Bill Dalton, Mike Hendricks and Chris Lester
"Frank's Town"
The Kansas City Star


Small Newspapers
Phyllis Furman and Linda Moss
"A Requiem for Fashion"
Crain's New York Business


Magazines
Joseph S. Coyle, Frank Lalli, Denise M. Topolnicki, Elizabeth MacDonald and Robert Wool
"Series of Articles on the IRS"
Money


Magazines
Connie Bruck
"The World of Business: Deal of the Year"
The New Yorker


Commentary
Allan Sloan
"Deals Columns"
Newsday


Beat/Deadline Writing
Neil Barsky
"Coverage of the Collapse of Donald Trump's Financial Empire"
The Wall Street Journal

1990

 

Large Newspapers
David A. Vise and Steve Coll
"The Man from Wall Street: John Shad's Reign at the SEC"
The Washington Post


Medium Newspapers
Jerry Kammer, Andy Hall and Team
"Coverage of the Collapse of Charles H. Keating Jr.'s Lincoln Savings & Loan"
The Arizona Republic


Small Newspapers
Gary Belsky and Phyllis Furman
"Calculated Madness: The Rise and Fall of Crazy Eddie Antar"
Crain's New York Business


Magazines
Peter Brimelow, Leslie Spencer and Dierdre Fanning
"The Best Paid Lawyers in America"
Forbes


Commentary
L. Gordon Crovitz
"Columns on the Alleged Prosecutorial Abuses of the RICO Law"
The Wall Street Journal


Beat/Deadline Writing
Kathryn Harris and Paul Richter
"Coverage of the Time-Warner Merger"
Los Angeles Times

1989

 

Large Newspapers
Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele
"The Great Tax Giveaway"
The Philadelphia Inquirer


Medium Newspapers
S. Lynne Walker
"Invisible Work Force"
The San Diego Union


Small Newspapers
Howard Gold
"Towering Ambition"
Miami Review


Magazines
Carol J. Loomis
"Buyout Kings"
Fortune


Magazines
Eric Schurenberg and Lani Luciano
"The Empire Called AARP"
Money


Commentary
David Warsh
"Selected Columns"
The Boston Globe


Beat/Deadline Writing
John Helyar and Bryan Burrough
"Coverage of RJR Nabisco Buyout"
The Wall Street Journal


Honorable Mention - Beat/Deadline Writing
Thomas Petzinger Jr. and Paulette Thomas
"Coverage of Texas Air Corp."
The Wall Street Journal

1988

 

Large Newspapers
Daniel Hertzberg and James B. Stewart
"Terrible Tuesday"
The Wall Street Journal


Medium Newspapers
David Sylvester
"Down and Out in the Middle Class"
San Jose Mercury News


Small Newspapers
Paul Farhi
"Anatomy of a Takeover"
San Francisco Examiner


Honorable Mention - Small Newspapers
Julie Bird
"The Peyton School Story: A Gamble Lost"
Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph


Magazines
Robert Heilbroner
"Hard Times"
The New Yorker


Commentary
Ron Ridenhour
"Perspectives Columns"
New Orleans City Business


Honorable Mention - Commentary
Gordon Crovitz
"Series of Editorials on the Texaco/Pennzoil Battle"
The Wall Street Journal


Beat/Deadline Writing
Ralph Vartabedian
"Coverage of Northrop and the MX Missile"
Los Angeles Times

1987

 

Large Newspapers
Kimberly Greer
"The Empire Crumbles"
Newsday


Medium Newspapers
Edward O. Welles
"Technical Equities"
San Jose Mercury News' West Magazine


Small Newspapers
Brent Walth
"Floating Point's Troubled Waters"
Willamette Week


Magazines
William C. Symonds and Team
"Trouble!"
Business Week
Honorable Mention - Magazines
Bill Powell and Jonathan Alter
"CBS Series"
Newsweek


Commentary
Richard Doak
"Series of Editorials on Farm Policy"
The Des Moines Register


Beat/Deadline Writing
Daniel Hertzberg and James B. Stewart
"Coverage of Wall Street Insider Trading Scandal"
The Wall Street Journal


Special Award
Los Angeles Times

1986

 

Large Newspapers
Ken Auletta
"Power, Greed and Glory on Wall Street - The Fall of Lehman Brothers"
The New York Times


Small Newspapers
Mark L. Zusman
"The Man Who Saved Nike"
Willamette Week


Honorable Mention - Small Newspapers
Jan Brogan
"Fish Stakes"
The Providence Journal-Bulletin


Magazines
Barbara Donnelly
"Cash Management: Where Do You Draw the Line?"
Institutional Investor


Commentary
Michael Kinsley
"TRB from Washington"
The New Republic


Commentary
Robert J. Samuelson
"Series of Editorials"
Newsweek


Deadline Writing
Laura Landro
"Reversing Course"
The Wall Street Journal

1985

 

Large Newspapers
Paul Blustein
"Monetary Zeal"
The Wall Street Journal


Honorable Mention - Large Newspapers
Jane Applegate, Patrick Boyle, James Flanigan, Linda Grant, Michael Hiltzik, John Lawrence, Paul Richter, Nancy Rivera and Debra Whitefield
"Takeovers"
Los Angeles Times


Small Newspapers
Beth McLeod, Lawrence Spohn, Stan Swofford and Greta Tilley
"The Tobacco Story"
Greensboro News & Record


Magazines
Howard Rudnitsky and Allan Sloan
"Full Speed Ahead - Damn the Torpedoes"
Forbes


Magazines
Richard Stern
"The Golden Boy"
Forbes


Commentary
Daniel Henninger
"Editorial Series"
The Wall Street Journal


Deadline Writing
Robert J. Cole
"The Battle for Gulf"
The New York Times


Special Award
Robert Heilbroner
"The Deficit"
The New Yorker

1984

 

Large Newspapers
Dan Morgan
"High Tech: Leaving Home Series"
The Washington Post


Honorable Mention - Large Newspapers
Ted Gup
"The King of Gems Series"
The Washington Post


Magazines
Andrew Tobias
"Quarterly Reports"
Playboy


Editorial/Commentary
Robert L. Heilbroner
"Economic Prospects"
The New Yorker


Deadline Writing
Al Delugach and Ronald Soble
"Coverage of Alan D. Saxon, Bullion Dealer"
Los Angeles Times

1983

 

Large Newspapers
Robert Frump
"102 Miles Up the River"
The Philadelphia Inquirer


Small Newspapers
Phillip L. Zweig
"Series on the Failure of Penn Square Bank"
American Banker


Magazines
Joseph Nocera
"It's Time to Make a Deal"
Texas Monthly


Editorial/Commentary
Robert Samuelson
"Economic Focus"
National Journal


Spot News
Dennis Fulton
"Series on the Failure of Braniff Airlines"
Dallas Morning News


Special Award - Spot News
Business and Financial Staff
"Articles on the Outcome of the AT&T and IBM Antitrust Cases"
The New York Times

1982

 

Large Newspapers
Linda Grant and Karen Tumulty
"Corporate Mergers"
Los Angeles Times


Small Newspapers
Phil Norman
"Sacred Cows: Power, Politics and Prices in the Milk Industry"
The Courier-Journal


Magazines
L. J. Davis
"An American Fortune" and "Silver Thursday"
Harper's


Columns/Editorials
George Melloan
"Review & Outlook"
The Wall Street Journal
Columns/Editorials
Lester C. Thurow
"Selected Editorials"
Newsweek


Honorable Mention
Staff
"The Federal Impact Series"
Sentinel Star

1981

 

Large Newspapers
Jonathan Neumann and Ted Gup
"Government Out of Control: Contracts"
The Washington Post


Small Newspapers
Gary M. Hector
"The Chrysler Saga"
American Banker


Magazines
William Tucker
"The Wreck of the Auto Industry"
Harper's


Columns/Editorials
Sarai Ribicoff (posthumous)
"How to Understand Inflation"
Los Angeles Herald Examiner


Honorable Mention
Stan DeCoster and Ann Baldelli
"Cable TV: Channels of Influence"
The Day

1980-1979

 

1980
Large Newspapers
Gaylord Shaw, Tom Redburn, William C. Rempel, Cathleen Decker, William J. Eaton, Norman Kempster, Larry Pryor, Bill Stall and Penelope McMillan
"Coverage of U.S. Energy Crisis"
Los Angeles Times


Small Newspapers
Joe R. Cordero and Tim W. Ferguson
"Rent Control"
The Register


Magazines
Walter Guzzardi Jr.
"Demography's Good News for the Eighties"
Fortune


Columns/Editorials
Alan Gersten
"Investment Series: Gambling with Someone Else's Money"
Rocky Mountain News


Honorable Mention
Paul Lieberman and Chester Goolrick
"The Underpaid and Under-Protected"
The Atlanta Constitution


Honorable Mention
Tom Bethell
"Fooling With the Budget"
Harper's


1979
Large Newspapers
Richard C. Longworth and Bill Neikirk
Chicago Tribune


Small Newspapers
N. R. Kleinfield
The New York Times


Magazines
Philip Moeller
The Courier-Journal


Columns/Editorials
William Tucker
Harper's


Honorable Mention
Robert L. Bartley
The Wall Street Journal


Honorable Mention
Robert L. Heilbroner
The New Yorker

1978-1977

 

1978
Large Newspapers
Paul Steiger, Robert Rosenblatt, Ronald Soble, Murray Seeger and Sam Jameson
"The Dollar: Its History and Current Woes"
Los Angeles Times


Small Newspapers
Harold Chucker
"Where's the Money?"
Minneapolis Star


Magazines
Lewis Lapham
"The Energy Debacle"
Harper's


Columns/Editorials
Hobart Rowen
"IMF, World Bank Face Grave Issues"
The Washington Post


Honorable Mention
William Tucker
"Environmentalism and the Leisure Class"
Harper's


Gerald Loeb Memorial Award
Hedley Donovan
Time, Inc.


1977
Large Newspapers
Susan Trausch and Larry Collins
"Commodity Options"
The Boston Globe


Small Newspapers
Sally Jones and Rosemary Shinohara
"The Alaska Pipeline"
The Anchorage Daily News


Small Newspapers
Larry Kramer
"The Greenback Islands: A Look at Off-Shore Tax Havens"
San Francisco Examiner


Magazines
David Warsh and Lawrence Minard
"Inflation Is Too Serious a Matter to Leave to the Economists"
Forbes


Columns
Lee Mitgang
"Series on Pension Costs"
Associated Press


Gerald Loeb Memorial Award
Leonard S. Silk
The New York Times

1976-1975

 

1976
Large Newspapers
Willard Randall and Stephen Solomon
"54 Who Died"
The Philadelphia Inquirer


Small Newspapers
David R. Francis
"The Multinational Corporations"
The Christian Science Monitor


Magazines
Gordon Williams
"Capital Crisis"
Business Week


Columns/Editorials
Joseph A. Livingston
"The Second Battle of Great Britain"
The Philadelphia Inquirer


Special Award
John Guinther
"Don't Worry, It's Only Money"
Philadelphia Magazine


Gerald Loeb Memorial Award
John McDonald
Fortune


1975
Large Newspapers
Allan Sloan
"Utility Rates: Too High or Too Low?"
Detroit Free Press


Small Newspapers
Tom Miller
"Who Owns West Virginia?"
The Herald-Advertiser


Magazines
Marshall Loeb
"Faisal and Oil"
Time


Columns/Editorials
Edwin Darby
"Pendulum of Power to Swing to Arabs?"
Chicago Sun Times


Special Award
Donald Barlett and James Steele
"Auditing the IRS"
The Philadelphia Inquirer


Gerald Loeb Memorial Award
Vermont Royster
The Wall Street Journal

1974-1973

 

1974
Large Newspapers
Paul Steiger
"Use by Some Banks of Loan Loopholes Worries Regulators"
Los Angeles Times


Small Newspapers
Livingston Taylor
"Kentucky Banks Continue Using State Funds at 4%"
The Courier-Journal


Magazines
Carol J. Loomis
"How the Terrible Two Tier Market Came to Wall Street"
Fortune


Columns/Editorials
Henry Wallich
"Trust Busting the USA"
Newsweek


Books
John Brooks
"The Go-Go Years"
Weybright and Talley


Gerald Loeb Memorial Award
Joseph Livingston
The Philadelphia Inquirer


1973
Newspaper
John Barbour
"Rising Food Prices Traced from Farm to Market"
The Associated Press


Magazine
Everett Mattlin
"Special Report on Real Estate: The Old Frontier is now the New Frontier
Corporate Financing


Columns/Editorials
Clem Morgello
"Wall Street"
Newsweek


Special Award
Louis Rukeyser
"Wall Street Week"
PBS

1972-1971

 

1972
Newspapers
Robert E. Bedingfield
"A Switching Point for Rails?"
The New York Times


Magazines
Kenneth Auchincloss
"Nixon's Frozen, Floating Dollar"
Newsweek


Editorials
Robert H. Metz
"Market Place"
The New York Times


1971
Newspapers
Joseph A. Livingston
"A Broker's Story: How Howard Butcher Handled Sales of Penn Central Stock"
The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin


Magazines
Chris Welles
"Is Less? Is Faster Slower? Is Bigger Smaller?"
Institutional Investor


Editorials
Philip Greer
"Wall Street Changes"
The Washington Post

1970-1969

 

1970
Newspapers
Leland B. DuVall
"Arkansas - The Evolution of Farm Credit"
The Arkansas Gazette


Magazines
John F. Lyons
"Earnings: Can Anyone Believe the Numbers?"
Corporate Financing


Editorials
Patricia Shontz
"Today's Economy"
The Detroit News


1969
Newspapers
Charles N. Stabler
"Playing It Safe"
The Wall Street Journal


Magazines
John Brooks
"In Defense of Sterling"
The New Yorker


Special Book Award
George J. W. Goodman
"The Money Game"
Random House

1968-1967

 

1968
Newspapers
Richard A. Nenneman
"U.S. Balance-of-Payments Picture"
The Christian Science Monitor


Magazines
Michael Laurence
"Playboy Plays the Commodities Market"
Playboy Magazine


1967
Newspapers
David R. Francis
"Series on Monetary Reform"
The Christian Science Monitor


Magazines
Max Ways
"Antitrust in an Era of Radical Change"
Fortune

1966-1965

 

1966
Newspapers
Ross M. Robertson
"Why the Gold Flows Out"
Louisville Courier-Journal


Magazines
Charles E. Silberman
"Series on Technology and the Labor Market"
Fortune


1965
Newspapers
Edwin L. Dale Jr.
"International Monetary System Meets a Test"
The New York Times


Magazines
Lee Silberman
"Critical Examination of SEC Proposals"
Harvard Business Review

1964-1963

 

1964
Newspapers
Robert E. Nichols
"The Price of Security"
Los Angeles Times


Magazines
John Brooks
"The Fluctuation"
The New Yorker


1963
Newspapers
David R. Jones
"Series on the Pact Between United Steelworkers and Kaiser Steel Corporation"
The Wall Street Journal


Magazines
Sandford Brown
"The Stock Market's Wildest Week - Will the Rally Keep Rolling?"
Newsweek

1962-1961

 

1962
Newspapers
Robert E. Bedingfield
"Series of Coverage on Allegheny Corporation, New Haven Railroad, Gerard Re & Son and the American Airlines and Eastern Airlines Merger"
The New York Times


Magazines
Richard Austin Smith
"The Incredible Electrical Conspiracy"
Fortune


1961
Newspapers
James C. Tanner, Daniel M. Burnham, Edward Cony, Richard F. Janssen, William R. Clabby, David R. Jones, Richard F. Roper, Steven Swett, James MacDonald, Paul Lancaster, Roger Rowand, Robert Keatley, Donald Bacon and Mitchell Gordon
"New Millionaires"
The Wall Street Journal


Magazines
Leonard S. Silk
"The U.S. Invents a New Way to Grow"
Business Week

1960-1958

 

1960
Newspapers
Nate White
"Horizons Unlimited: Freedom's Answer"
The Christian Science Monitor


Magazines
John A. Conway
"Pricing Ourselves Out of the Market"
Newsweek


1959
Newspapers
Nate White
"Problems of Recession and Recovery"
The Christian Science Monitor


Magazines
Ernest Havemann
"What's Happened to the Business Boom?"
Life


1958
Newspapers
David Steinberg
"Corporate Management: Its Effect on the Public Security"
New York Herald Tribune


Magazines
Werner Renberg
"Cooperation of Businessmen and Municipal Government"
Business Week