For a distinguished example of investigative reporting within a newspaper's area of circulation by an individual or team, presented as a single article or series, Three thousand dollars ($3,000).

Awarded to Brian Donovan and Stephanie Saul of Newsday, Long Island, N.Y., for their stories that revealed disability pension abuses by local police.

Stephanie Saul and Brian Donovan receive their 1995 Pulitzer Prize from Columbia University President George Rupp.

Finalists

Also nominated as finalists in this category were Dave Davis and Joan Mazzolini of The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, for their series of stories exposing abuses by Ohio doctors and hospitals, which resulted in significant reforms in the state's regulatory system, and Keith A. Harriston and Mary Pat Flaherty of The Washington Post for a series of articles that disclosed careless hiring, training and disciplinary procedures within the District of Columbia police department.