Finalist: The Blade , by Staff
For its relentless probe of the state's investment in a rare-coin fund that exposed illegal actions by the governor and other state officials, spurring successful criminal prosecution and other corrective action.
Winners
Prize Winner in Public Service in 2006:
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.)
Public Service
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Public Service in 2006:
Staff
For its exhaustive and illuminating exploration of the government's war on terrorism and the ensuing tension between national security and individual liberty.
The Jury
The Jury
Janet Weaver(chair )
executive editor
James N. Crutchfield
president & publisher
Suki Dardarian
deputy managing editor, metro
Pamela B. Fine
managing editor
Timothy A. Franklin
editor and senior vice president
Michael Oreskes
executive editor
Eugene Roberts*
professor
Winners in Public Service
Los Angeles Times
For its courageous, exhaustively researched series exposing deadly medical problems and racial injustice at a major public hospital.
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.
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.