Finalist: Los Angeles Times , by Sebastian Rotella
For his well crafted reports on restive Muslims in Europe that foretold riots in France.
Winners
Prize Winner in International Reporting in 2006:
Joseph Kahn and Jim Yardley
For their ambitious stories on ragged justice in China as the booming nation's legal system evolves.
International Reporting
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in International Reporting in 2006:
Steve Fainaru
For his powerful accounts of the deadly violence faced by ordinary American soldiers in Iraq as an insurgency intensified.
The Jury
The Jury
James Smith(chair )
foreign editor
Stephen Buckley
managing editor
Andrew Higgins
senior correspondent
Niko Price
Latin America editor
Renee Schoof
national security editor
Winners in International Reporting
Kim Murphy
For her eloquent, wide ranging coverage of Russia's struggle to cope with terrorism, improve the economy and make democracy work.
Anthony Shadid
For his extraordinary ability to capture, at personal peril, the voices and emotions of Iraqis as their country was invaded, their leader toppled and their way of life upended.
Kevin Sullivan and Mary Jordan
For their exposure of horrific conditions in Mexico's criminal justice system and how they affect the daily lives of people.
Barry Bearak
For his deeply affecting and illuminating coverage of daily life in war-torn Afghanistan.
2006 Prize Winners
The Times-Picayune
For its heroic, multi-faceted coverage of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, making exceptional use of the newspaper's resources to serve an inundated city even after evacuation of the newspaper plant. (Selected by the Board from the Public Service category, where it was entered.)
Sun Herald
For its valorous and comprehensive coverage of Hurricane Katrina, providing a lifeline for devastated readers, in print and online, during their time of greatest need.
Susan Schmidt, James V. Grimaldi and R. Jeffrey Smith
For their indefatigable probe of Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff that exposed congressional corruption and produced reform efforts.