Finalist: Chicago Tribune , by David Jackson and William Gaines
For stories that probed questionable business dealings of the Nation of Islam.
Winners
Prize Winner in Investigative Reporting in 1996:
Staff
For reporting that uncovered fraudulent and unethical fertility practices at a leading research university hospital and prompted key regulatory reforms.
Investigative Reporting
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Investigative Reporting in 1996:
Chris Adams
For reporting on widespread Medicaid abuse in the state involving prominent officials.
The Jury
The Jury
Darrell Christian(chair )
managing editor
Gary R. Clark
managing editor
Douglas C. Clifton
executive editor
William K. Marimow*
managing editor
Julia Wallace
executive editor
Winners in Investigative Reporting
Brian Donovan and Stephanie Saul
For their stories that revealed disability pension abuses by local police.
Staff
For thorough reporting that disclosed pervasive corruption within the Rhode Island court system.
Jeff Brazil and Steve Berry
For exposing the unjust seizure of millions of dollars from motorists --most of them minorities-- by a sheriff's drug squad.
Lorraine Adams and Dan Malone
For reporting that charged Texas police with extensive misconduct and abuses of power.
1996 Prize Winners
Herb Caen
For his extraordinary and continuing contribution as a voice and conscience of his city.
Bob Keeler
For his detailed portrait of a progressive local Catholic parish and its parishioners.
E.R. Shipp
For her penetrating columns on race, welfare and other social issues.