Finalist: The Mercury News , by Fredric N. Tulsky
For his illuminating reporting on the arbitrary and inconsistent administration of the federal system that grants political asylum to refugees entering the U.S.
Winners
Prize Winner in Investigative Reporting in 2001:
David Willman
For his pioneering exposé of seven unsafe prescription drugs that had been approved by the Food and Drug Administration, and an analysis of the policy reforms that had reduced the agency's effectiveness.
Investigative Reporting
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Investigative Reporting in 2001:
Mike McIntire and Jack Dolan
For their persistent reporting that dispelled, locally and nationally, the secrecy cloaking the mistakes of practicing doctors who have been subjected to disciplinary actions or compelled to make malpractice payments.
The Jury
The Jury
James V. Risser(chair )*
director emeritus, John S. Knight Fellowships
Pam Fine
managing editor
Richard Galant
associate managing editor
Rosemary Goudreau
managing editor
Diane McFarlin
publisher
Dorothy Rabinowitz*
editorial page editor and critic
Rex Smith
managing editor, news
Winners in Investigative Reporting
Sang-Hun Choe, Charles J. Hanley and Martha Mendoza
For revealing, with extensive documentation, the decades-old secret of how American soldiers early in the Korean War killed hundreds of Korean civilians in a massacre at the No Gun Ri Bridge.
Staff
For its detailed reporting that revealed pervasive voter fraud in a city mayoral election, that was subsequently overturned.
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.
2001 Prize Winners
David Cay Johnston
For his penetrating and enterprising reporting that exposed loopholes and inequities in the U.S. tax code, which was instrumental in bringing about reforms.
Alan Diaz
For his photograph of armed U.S. federal agents seizing the Cuban boy Elián Gonzalez from his relatives' Miami home.
Staff
For its balanced and gripping on-the-scene coverage of the pre-dawn raid by federal agents that took the Cuban boy Elian Gonzalez from his Miami relatives and reunited him with his Cuban father.