Finalist: Pensacola (FL) News Journal , by Staff
For its valiant and innovative coverage, in the newspaper and online, of the coastal devastation caused by Hurricane Ivan.
Winners
Prize Winner in Public Service in 2005:
Los Angeles Times
For its courageous, exhaustively researched series exposing deadly medical problems and racial injustice at a major public hospital.
Public Service
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Public Service in 2005:
Staff
For its tenacious investigation into the widespread poisoning of children by lead-tainted Mexican candy, spurring remedial action.
The Jury
The Jury
James V. Risser(chair )*
director emeritus
Susan Goldberg
executive editor/vice president
Wanda Lloyd
execuitve editor
James O'Shea
managing editor
Rick Rodriguez
executive editor
Deanna Sands
managing editor
James Willse
editor
Winners in Public Service
The New York Times
For the work of David Barstow and Lowell Bergman that relentlessly examined death and injury among American workers and exposed employers who break basic safety rules. (Moved by the Board from the Investigative Reporting category, where it was also entered.)
The Boston Globe
For its courageous, comprehensive coverage of sexual abuse by priests, an effort that pierced secrecy, stirred local, national and international reaction and produced changes in the Roman Catholic Church.
The New York Times
For "A Nation Challenged," a special section published regularly after the September 11th terrorist attacks on America, which coherently and comprehensively covered the tragic events, profiled the victims, and tracked the developing story, locally and globally.
The Oregonian
For its detailed and unflinching examination of systematic problems within the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, including harsh treatment of foreign nationals and other widespread abuses, which prompted various reforms.
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.