Finalist: Newsday , by Staff
For its serious, energetic and substantive series examining three decades of hip-hop music in American life.
Winners
Prize Winner in Explanatory Reporting in 2005:
Gareth Cook
For explaining, with clarity and humanity, the complex scientific and ethical dimensions of stem cell research.
Explanatory Reporting
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Explanatory Reporting in 2005:
William J. Broad and David E. Sanger
For their aggressive reporting and lucid writing that cast light on the shadowy process of nuclear proliferation.
The Jury
The Jury
Stephen Engelberg(chair )
managing editor/enterprise
James Bettinger
director
Sharon Rosenhause
managing editor
Mark Silverman
publisher and editor
Marilyn W. Thompson
editor
Mark Trahant
editor, editorial page
Fred Zipp
managing editor
Winners in Explanatory Reporting
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.
Staff
For "Gateway to Gridlock," its clear and compelling profile of the chaotic American air traffic system.
2005 Prize Winners
Amy Dockser Marcus
For her masterful stories about patients, families and physicians that illuminated the often unseen world of cancer survivors.
Staff
For its stunning series of photographs of bloody yearlong combat inside Iraqi cities.
Staff
For its comprehensive, clear-headed coverage of the resignation of New Jersey's governor after he announced he was gay and confessed to adultery with a male lover.