For the work of Duff Wilson that disclosed how toxic waste from heavy industries was being recycled as fertilizer.

For his fresh and revealing coverage of the U.S. military and the challenges facing it in the post-Cold War world.

For his dogged reporting on the Church of Scientology, particularly its questionable relationship with the Internal Revenue Service, which granted the organization tax-exempt status.

Premiered on December 7, 1997, at several locations.

Premiered on September 25, 1997, at Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, by The Cleveland Orchestra.

For its investigation of the corrupt financial practices charged to the Rev. Henry Lyons, president of the National Baptist Convention.

For their reporting that disclosed how hundreds of local police officers routinely served as unnecessary witnesses in misdemeanor arrests to gain overtime pay.

For his series, written under difficult conditions, on Laurent Kabila's brutal rise to power in Zaire.