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For a distinguished example of meritorious public service by a newspaper through the use of its journalistic resources which, as well as reporting, may include editorials, cartoons, photographs and an on-line presentation, a gold medal.
Also nominated as finalists in this category were: Chicago Tribune for its extensive investigation of the failures of the legal justice system, documenting misconduct by prosecutors and inequities in death penalty cases, which led the governor of Illinois to suspend state executions, and The Philadelphia Inquirer for an investigative series, including an innovative presentation on its Web site, by Mark Fazlollah, Craig R. McCoy, Michael Matza and Clea Benson, that revealed how Philadelphia police had routinely minimized and did not investigate many sexual assault claims, leading to reform of the system. |
