Finalist: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , by Mark Johnson and Kawanza Newson
For their riveting chronicle of a teenage girl's miraculous recovery from a rabies infection that medicine had previously considered fatal.
Winners
Prize Winner in Explanatory Reporting in 2006:
David Finkel
For his ambitious, clear-eyed case study of the United States government's attempt to bring democracy to Yemen.
Explanatory Reporting
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Explanatory Reporting in 2006:
Debbie Cenziper
For her deeply researched examination of breakdowns in hurricane forecasting that often endanger lives.
The Jury
The Jury
Philip F. Bennett(chair )
managing editor
Jeff Cohen
editor
John Costa
editor in chief
Deborah Goeken
managing editor
Nigel Jaquiss*
reporter
Tonnya Kennedy Kohn
managing editor/news-features
Matthew Purdy
investigations editor
Winners in Explanatory Reporting
Gareth Cook
For explaining, with clarity and humanity, the complex scientific and ethical dimensions of stem cell research.
Kevin Helliker and Thomas M. Burton
For their groundbreaking examination of aneurysms, an often overlooked medical condition that kills thousands of Americans each year.
Staff
For its clear, concise and comprehensive stories that illuminated the roots, significance and impact of corporate scandals in America. (Moved by the jury from the Public Service category.)
Staff
For its informed and detailed reporting, before and after the September 11th attacks on America, that profiled the global terrorism network and the threats it posed.
2006 Prize Winners
The Times-Picayune
For its heroic, multi-faceted coverage of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, making exceptional use of the newspaper's resources to serve an inundated city even after evacuation of the newspaper plant. (Selected by the Board from the Public Service category, where it was entered.)
Sun Herald
For its valorous and comprehensive coverage of Hurricane Katrina, providing a lifeline for devastated readers, in print and online, during their time of greatest need.
Susan Schmidt, James V. Grimaldi and R. Jeffrey Smith
For their indefatigable probe of Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff that exposed congressional corruption and produced reform efforts.