Finalist: The Denver Post , by Miles Moffeit and Susan Greene
For their reports on how destruction of evidence in criminal cases across the nation can free the guilty and convict the innocent, prompting official efforts to correct breakdowns.
Winners
Prize Winner in Investigative Reporting in 2008:
Walt Bogdanich and Jake Hooker
For their stories on toxic ingredients in medicine and other everyday products imported from China, leading to crackdowns by American and Chinese officials.
Investigative Reporting
The Jury
The Jury
Neil Brown(Chair )
executive editor and vice president
David Boardman
executive editor
Gary Clark
managing editor/news
Heidi Evans*
reporter
Jeff Leen
assistant managing editor/investigative
Mi-Ai Parrish
president and publisher
Kinsey S. Wilson
executive editor
Winners in Investigative Reporting
Brett Blackledge
For his exposure of cronyism and corruption in the state's two-year college system, resulting in the dismissal of the chancellor and other corrective action. (Moved by the Board from the Public Service category.)
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.
Nigel Jaquiss
For his investigation exposing a former governor's long concealed sexual misconduct with a 14-year-old girl.
Michael D. Sallah, Mitch Weiss and Joe Mahr
For their powerful series on atrocities by Tiger Force, an elite U.S. Army platoon, during the Vietnam War.
2008 Prize Winners
The Washington Post
in exposing mistreatment of wounded veterans at Walter Reed Hospital, evoking a national outcry and producing reforms by federal officials.
David Umhoefer
For his stories on the skirting of tax laws to pad pensions of county employees, prompting change and possible prosecution of key figures.
David Lang
Co-commissioned by the Carnegie Hall Corporation and The Perth Theater and Concert Hall, and premiered October 25, 2007 in Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York City (G. Schirmer, Inc.).
Staff
For its exceptional, multi-faceted coverage of the deadly shooting rampage at Virginia Tech, telling the developing story in print and online.