Finalist: The Wall Street Journal , by Alix M. Freedman
For her reporting that revealed how a controversial chemical sterilization technique was exported by American population control advocates and used on women in Third World countries, a disclosure that prompted significant reforms.
Winners
Prize Winner in Investigative Reporting in 1999:
Staff
For its detailed reporting that revealed pervasive voter fraud in a city mayoral election, that was subsequently overturned.
Investigative Reporting
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Investigative Reporting in 1999:
Fred Schulte and Jenni Bergal
For their investigation of the hidden dangers of cosmetic surgery, a growing yet largely unregulated medical industry.
The Jury
The Jury
Rick Rodriguez(chair )
executive editor
David Boardman
assistant managing editor
Rebecca Corbett
assistant managing editor/projects
Robert H. Giles
executive director, Media Studies Center; senior vice president
David R. Jones
former assistant managing editor
Shawn McIntosh
managing editor
Gene Miller*
associate editor/ reporting
Winners in Investigative Reporting
Gary Cohn and Will Englund
For their compelling series on the international shipbreaking industry, that revealed the dangers posed to workers and the environment when discarded ships are dismantled.
Eric Nalder, Deborah Nelson and Alex Tizon
For their investigation of widespread corruption and inequities in the federally-sponsored housing program for Native Americans, which inspired much-needed reforms.
Staff
For reporting that uncovered fraudulent and unethical fertility practices at a leading research university hospital and prompted key regulatory reforms.
Brian Donovan and Stephanie Saul
For their stories that revealed disability pension abuses by local police.
1999 Prize Winners
Duke Ellington
Bestowed posthumously, commemorating the centennial year of his birth, in recognition of his musical genius, which evoked aesthetically the principles of democracy through the medium of jazz and thus made an indelible contribution to art and culture.
Chuck Philips and Michael A. Hiltzik
For their stories on corruption in the entertainment industry, including a charity sham sponsored by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, illegal detoxification programs for wealthy celebrities, and a resurgence of radio payola.
Staff
For its clear and detailed coverage of a shooting rampage in which a state lottery worker killed four supervisors then himself.