Finalist: The Oregonian , by Steve Suo and Erin Hoover Barnett
For their groundbreaking reports on the failure to curtail the growing illicit use of methamphetamines.
Winners
Prize Winner in National Reporting in 2005:
Walt Bogdanich
For his heavily documented stories about the corporate cover-up of responsibility for fatal accidents at railway crossings.
National Reporting
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in National Reporting in 2005:
Staff
For its relentless, unflinching chronicle of abuses by American soldiers at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.
The Jury
The Jury
Paul C. Tash(chair )
editor, chairman and CEO
Jill Abramson
managing editor
Milton Coleman
deputy managing editor
Vicki Gowler
editor
Narda Zacchino
deputy editor
Winners in National Reporting
Staff
For its engrossing examination of the tactics that have made Wal-Mart the largest company in the world with cascading effects across American towns and developing countries.
Alan Miller and Kevin Sack
For their revelatory and moving examination of a military aircraft, nicknamed "The Widow Maker," that was linked to the deaths of 45 pilots. (Moved by the Board from the Investigative Reporting category to the National Reporting category, where it was also entered.)
Staff
For its comprehensive coverage of America's war on terrorism, which regularly brought forth new information together with skilled analysis of unfolding developments.
Staff
For its compelling and memorable series exploring racial experiences and attitudes across contemporary America.
2005 Prize Winners
Amy Dockser Marcus
For her masterful stories about patients, families and physicians that illuminated the often unseen world of cancer survivors.
Staff
For its stunning series of photographs of bloody yearlong combat inside Iraqi cities.
Staff
For its comprehensive, clear-headed coverage of the resignation of New Jersey's governor after he announced he was gay and confessed to adultery with a male lover.