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Finalists have been announced since 1980. Full texts, photographs and cartoons are available for Journalism winners from 1995–2008 only.
Winners
For her striking examination of the dilemmas and ethical issues that accompany DNA testing, using human stories to sharpen her reports.
For their richly portrayed reports on the world's distressed oceans, telling the story in print and online, and stirring reaction among readers and officials.
For his ambitious, clear-eyed case study of the United States government's attempt to bring democracy to Yemen.
For explaining, with clarity and humanity, the complex scientific and ethical dimensions of stem cell research.
For their groundbreaking examination of aneurysms, an often overlooked medical condition that kills thousands of Americans each year.
For its clear, concise and comprehensive stories that illuminated the roots, significance and impact of corporate scandals in America. (Moved by the jury from the Public Service category.)
For its informed and detailed reporting, before and after the September 11th attacks on America, that profiled the global terrorism network and the threats it posed.
For "Gateway to Gridlock," its clear and compelling profile of the chaotic American air traffic system.
For his vivid examination of alcohol abuse and the problems it creates in the community.
For vividly illustrating the domestic impact of the Asian economic crisis by profiling the local industry that exports frozen french fries.
For his enlightening profile of the Human Genome Diversity Project, which seeks to chart the genetic relationship among all people.
Finalists
For her evocative exploration of how global warming affects New Englanders, from ice fishermen to blueberry farmers.
For its richly illustrated reports on a breakthrough in producing the microprocessors that are a technological cornerstone of modern life.
For their provocative examination of the United States' increasing reliance on private military personnel.
For its multi-faceted explanation of the growing menace of diabetes, especially among the poor and vulnerable, that elicited a range of public and private responses.
For her deeply researched examination of breakdowns in hurricane forecasting that often endanger lives.
For their riveting chronicle of a teenage girl's miraculous recovery from a rabies infection that medicine had previously considered fatal.
For its serious, energetic and substantive series examining three decades of hip-hop music in American life.
For their aggressive reporting and lucid writing that cast light on the shadowy process of nuclear proliferation.
For her illuminating account of how one of America's best hospitals let an infant die of a preventable condition and how the devastated mother joined with the hospital to spare other families such heartache.
For their ambitious exploration of the quality of care at 26 local hospitals and the creation of a "report card" to help consumers make medical decisions.
For "Justice Undone," their in-depth examination of the city's disturbingly low conviction rate in murder cases.
For its painstaking explanation of chroni'wasting disease among deer in Wisconsin, and the impact of the affliction on the state's citizens, communities and culture.
For his illuminating series of articles on the lives and journeys of international migrants.
For its sustained explanatory reporting on the nature of the structural damage at "Ground Zero," the lower Manhattan area where the World Trade Center towers collapsed.
For her moving and humane portrait of a young mother killed by a falling skyscraper window, its effect on her three-year-old daughter, and the negligence of the company involved.
For its insightful coverage of the completed deciphering of the human genome, which explained the scientific context for understanding the chemical string that makes up DNA, as well as the discovery's implications for the future.
For their series on how politics influences pesticide regulation.
For his profile of a mentally ill man who pushed a woman to her death before an onrushing subway train, a case used by the writer for a broad overview of deficiencies in the mental health care system.
For his revealing analysis of the Washington state initiative on affirmative action that challenged accepted notions about practices that had been in place for three decades.
For their compelling series chronicling the epidemic of health risks associated with the reckless use of unsafe hypodermic needles.
For his narrative portrait of the legal struggle against the tobacco industry, centered on the personalities who were key in reaching a tentative settlement of billions of dollars.
