Board lander photo
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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
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Paul Steiger, chair; Sig Gissler, administrator
Fred Schulte and June Arney
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The Baltimore Sun
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For their reports, in print and online, about abuses under an archaic state law that threatened to turn hundreds out of their homes.
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2007
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Local Reporting
Staff
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The Boston Globe
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For its well documented exposure, in print and online, of unscrupulous debt collectors, causing two firms to close and prompting action by state officials.
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2007
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Local Reporting
Lisa Chedekel and Matthew Kauffman
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Hartford Courant
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For their in-depth reports on suicide among American soldiers in Iraq, leading to congressional and military action to address mental health problems raised in the stories.
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2007
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Investigative Reporting
Michael J. Berens, Julia Sommerfeld and Carol Ostrom
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The Seattle Times
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For their probe of sexual misconduct by health-care professionals that included creation of an extensive online database of offenders and caused a tightening of state regulation.
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2007
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Investigative Reporting
Ken Armstrong, Justin Mayo and Steve Miletich
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The Seattle Times
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For their series that exposed how the improper sealing of hundreds of lawsuits hid information vital to public safety, and resulted in remedial judicial steps.
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2007
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Investigative Reporting
Anthony Shadid
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The Washington Post
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For his vivid and insightful coverage of conflict in Lebanon that wove together frontline dispatches, personal history and analysis.
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2007
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International Reporting
Staff
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Los Angeles Times
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For its courageous chronicling of Iraq's descent into what the newspaper labeled "civil war."
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2007
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International Reporting