Finalist: The Baltimore Sun , by Fred Schulte and June Arney
For their reports, in print and online, about abuses under an archaic state law that threatened to turn hundreds out of their homes.
Winners
Prize Winner in Local Reporting in 2007:
Debbie Cenziper
For reports on waste, favoritism and lack of oversight at the Miami housing agency that resulted in dismissals, investigations and prosecutions.
Local Reporting
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Local Reporting in 2007:
Staff
For its well documented exposure, in print and online, of unscrupulous debt collectors, causing two firms to close and prompting action by state officials.
The Jury
The Jury
Therese Bottomly(chair )
managing editor/readership and standards
Timothy A. Franklin
editor and senior vice president
Deborah Goeken
managing editor
Jane Harrigan
professor journalism
James Mallory
managing editor operations/initiatives
Frank J. Scandale
editor
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.