Board lander photo
Board lander photo caption
Front row: N. Lemann, S. Gissler, J. Byrd, P. Steiger, A. Lipinski, M. Pride, A. Bennett
Back row: K. Carroll, D. Graham, G. Moore, T. Friedman, D. Kennedy, P. Tash, J. Harris, A. Gyllenhaal, D. Allen, R. Oppel, J. Amoss
Board Lander Sub Title
Paul Steiger, chair; Sig Gissler, administrator
Renée C. Byer
Citation
For her intimate portrayal of a single mother and her young son as he loses his battle with cancer.
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2007
Categories:
Feature Photography
Publication
The Sacramento Bee
Kenneth R. Weiss, Usha Lee McFarling, and Rick Loomis
Citation
For their richly portrayed reports on the world's distressed oceans, telling the story in print and online, and stirring reaction among readers and officials.
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2007
Categories:
Explanatory Reporting
Publication
Los Angeles Times
Staff
Citation
For its skillful and tenacious coverage of a family missing in the Oregon mountains, telling the tragic story both in print and online.
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2007
Location
Portland
Categories:
Breaking News Reporting
Publication
The Oregonian
The Wall Street Journal
Citation
For its creative and comprehensive probe into backdated stock options for business executives that triggered investigations, the ouster of top officials and widespread change in corporate America.
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2007
Categories:
Public Service
Publication
The Wall Street Journal
Staff
Publication
The Birmingham News
Citation
For the work of Brett Blackledge that exposed cronyism and corruption in the state's two-year college system, resulting in the dismissal of the chancellor and other corrective action. (Moved by the Board to the Investigative Reporting category.)
Location
AL
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2007
Categories:
Public Service
Les Zaitz, Jeff Kosseff and Bryan Denson
Publication
The Oregonian
Citation
For their disclosure of mismanagement and other abuses in federally-subsidized programs for disabled workers, stirring congressional action.
Location
Portland, OR
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2007
Categories:
National Reporting
Maurice Possley and Steve Mills
Publication
Chicago Tribune
Citation
For their investigation of a 1989 execution in Texas that strongly suggests an innocent man was killed by lethal injection.
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2007
Categories:
National Reporting