Finalist: The Atlanta Journal and Constitution , by Larry Copeland and Tracy Thompson

For documenting pervasive racial injustice in Georgia's Toombs Judicial Circuit.

Winners

Prize Winner in Investigative Reporting in 1988:

Dean Baquet, William Gaines and Ann Marie Lipinski

For their detailed reporting on the self-interest and waste that plague Chicago's City Council. Investigative Reporting

Finalists

Nominated as finalists in Investigative Reporting in 1988:

Carlton Smith and Tomas Guillen

For their reports on the mishandled investigation of the Green River murders, the biggest unsolved serial killer case in America.

Winners in Investigative Reporting

1987

John Woestendiek

For outstanding prison beat reporting, which included proving the innocence of a man convicted of murder.

1986

Jeffrey A. Marx and Michael M. York

For their series "Playing Above the Rules," which exposed cash payoffs to University of Kentucky basketball players in violation of NCAA regulations and led to significant reforms.

1985

William K. Marimow

For his revelation that city police dogs had attacked more than 350 people -- an expose that led to investigations of the K-9 unit and the removal of a dozen officers from it.

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1988 Prize Winners

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