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2005
     
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.
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Awarded to the Los Angeles Times for its courageous, exhaustively researched series exposing deadly medical problems and racial injustice at a major public hospital.
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Also nominated as finalists in this category were: The Orange County Register for its tenacious investigation into the widespread poisoning of children by lead-tainted Mexican candy, spurring remedial action, and the Pensacola (Fla.) News Journal for its valiant and innovative coverage, in the newspaper and online, of the coastal devastation caused by Hurricane Ivan.
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