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The 1992 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in Investigative Reporting

Finalist: Democrat and Chronicle , by Jennifer Hyman

For an investigation that revealed secret links between the Rochester Institute of Technology and the CIA.

Winners

Prize Winner in Investigative Reporting in 1992:

Lorraine Adams and Dan Malone

For reporting that charged Texas police with extensive misconduct and abuses of power. Investigative Reporting

Finalists

Nominated as finalists in Investigative Reporting in 1992:

Staff

For its persistent investigation of financial abuses at a University of South Carolina foundation, which prompted significant reforms.

The Jury

Joseph Lelyveld(Chair)*

Managing Editor, New York Times

Mary Pat Flaherty

Reporter, Pittsburgh Press

Don Flores

President and Publisher, Iowa City Press-Citizen

Sydney P. Freedberg

Staff Writer, Miami Herald

Ben Johnson

Assistant Managing Editor, St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times

Winners in Investigative Reporting

1990

Lou Kilzer and Chris Ison

For reporting that exposed a network of local citizens who had links to members of the St. Paul fire department and who profited from fires, including some described by the fire department itself as being of suspicious origin.
1989

Bill Dedman

For his investigation of the racial discrimination practiced by lending institutions in Atlanta, reporting which led to significant reforms in those policies.
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1992 Prize Winners

Beat Reporting

Deborah Blum

For her series, "The Monkey Wars," which explored the complex ethical and moral questions surrounding primate research.
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