Finalist: Courier-Journal , by Staff
For its clear and authoritative reporting on the crash of a Comair commuter jet that killed 49 people.
Winners
Prize Winner in Breaking News Reporting in 2007:
Staff
For its skillful and tenacious coverage of a family missing in the Oregon mountains, telling the tragic story both in print and online.
Breaking News Reporting
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Breaking News Reporting in 2007:
Staff
For its compelling and notably human coverage of back-to-back blizzards that trapped travelers and paralyzed the region.
Staff
For its compelling and notably human coverage of back-to-back blizzards that trapped travelers and paralyzed the region.
The Jury
The Jury
David Ng(chair )
executive editor
Michael Days
editor
Dawn Garcia
deputy director, John S. Knight Fellowships
Ardith Hilliard
editor and vice president
Tonnya Kennedy Kohn
managing editor
Winners in Breaking News Reporting
Staff
For its courageous and aggressive coverage of Hurricane Katrina, overcoming desperate conditions facing the city and the newspaper.
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.
Staff
For its compelling and comprehensive coverage of the massive wildfires that imperiled a populated region of southern California.
Staff
For its detailed, well-crafted stories on the accidental drowning of four boys in the Merrimack River.
2007 Prize Winners
The Wall Street Journal
For its creative and comprehensive probe into backdated stock options for business executives that triggered investigations, the ouster of top officials and widespread change in corporate America.
Staff
For its skillful and tenacious coverage of a family missing in the Oregon mountains, telling the tragic story both in print and online.
Kenneth R. Weiss, Usha Lee McFarling, and Rick Loomis
For their richly portrayed reports on the world's distressed oceans, telling the story in print and online, and stirring reaction among readers and officials.
Renée C. Byer
For her intimate portrayal of a single mother and her young son as he loses his battle with cancer.