Finalist: The St. Petersburg Times , by Christopher Goffard
For his fresh and compelling stories about a young public defender and his daily challenges.
Winners
Prize Winner in Feature Writing in 2007:
Andrea Elliott
For her intimate, richly textured portrait of an immigrant imam striving to find his way and serve his faithful in America.
Feature Writing
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Feature Writing in 2007:
Inara Verzemnieks
For her witty and perceptive portfolio of features on an array of everyday topics.
The Jury
The Jury
John Montorio(chair )
associate editor
Cate Barron
managing editor
Bobbie Jo Buel
executive editor
Glenn Proctor
vice president and executive editor
Rochelle Reed
features editor
Meredith Ann White
deputy managing editor
Patrick Yack
editor
Winners in Feature Writing
Jim Sheeler
For his poignant story on a Marine major who helps the families of comrades killed in Iraq cope with their loss and honor their sacrifice.
Julia Keller
For her gripping, meticulously reconstructed account of a deadly 10-second tornado that ripped through Utica, Illinois.
No award
No award
Sonia Nazario
For "Enrique's Journey," her touching, exhaustively reported story of a Honduran boy's perilous search for his mother who had migrated to the United States.
2007 Prize Winners
The Wall Street Journal
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.
Staff
For its skillful and tenacious coverage of a family missing in the Oregon mountains, telling the tragic story both in print and online.
Kenneth R. Weiss, Usha Lee McFarling, and Rick Loomis
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.
Renée C. Byer
For her intimate portrayal of a single mother and her young son as he loses his battle with cancer.