Finalist: Sarasota (FA) Herald Tribune , by Chris Davis, Matthew Doig and Tiffany Lankes
For their dogged exposure, in print and online, of predatory teachers and the system that protects them, stirring state and national action.
Winners
Prize Winner in Local Reporting in 2008:
David Umhoefer
For his stories on the skirting of tax laws to pad pensions of county employees, prompting change and possible prosecution of key figures.
Local Reporting
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Local Reporting in 2008:
Jeff Pillets, John Brennan and Tim Nostrand
For their probe of how plans to build a luxury community atop old landfills became entangled in questionable state loans and other allegations of favoritism.
The Jury
The Jury
Carolina Garcia(Chair )
executive editor
Sherry Chisenhall
editor
Joyce Dehli
vice president for news
Kurt Franck
managing editor
Frank J. Scandale
editor and vice president
Mizell Stewart III
editor
Calvin Stovall
executive editor
Winners in Local Reporting
Debbie Cenziper
For reports on waste, favoritism and lack of oversight at the Miami housing agency that resulted in dismissals, investigations and prosecutions.
2008 Prize Winners
The Washington Post
in exposing mistreatment of wounded veterans at Walter Reed Hospital, evoking a national outcry and producing reforms by federal officials.
David Umhoefer
For his stories on the skirting of tax laws to pad pensions of county employees, prompting change and possible prosecution of key figures.
David Lang
Co-commissioned by the Carnegie Hall Corporation and The Perth Theater and Concert Hall, and premiered October 25, 2007 in Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York City (G. Schirmer, Inc.).
Staff
For its exceptional, multi-faceted coverage of the deadly shooting rampage at Virginia Tech, telling the developing story in print and online.