Finalist: The Wall Street Journal , by Staff
For its examination of the disastrous explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, using detailed reports to hold government and major corporations accountable.
Winners
Prize Winner in National Reporting in 2011:
Jesse Eisinger and Jake Bernstein
For their exposure of questionable practices on Wall Street that contributed to the nation's economic meltdown, using digital tools to help explain the complex subject to lay readers.
National Reporting
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in National Reporting in 2011:
David Evans
For his revelations of how life insurance companies retained death benefits owed to families of military veterans and other Americans, leading to government investigations and remedial changes.
The Jury
The Jury
John Yemma(chair )
editor
Jeanne Cummings
assistant managing editor
Jane Hirt
managing editor
William Snyder*
program chair and professor, photojournalism
Gillian Tett
U.S. managing editor
Winners in National Reporting
Matt Richtel and members of the Staff
For incisive work, in print and online, on the hazardous use of cell phones, computers and other devices while operating cars and trucks, stimulating widespread efforts to curb distracted driving.
Staff
For "PolitiFact," its fact-checking initiative during the 2008 presidential campaign that used probing reporters and the power of the World Wide Web to examine more than 750 political claims, separating rhetoric from truth to enlighten voters. (Moved by the Board to the National Reporting category.)
Jo Becker and Barton Gellman
For their lucid exploration of Vice President Dick Cheney and his powerful yet sometimes disguised influence on national policy.
Charlie Savage
For his revelations that President Bush often used "signing statements" to assert his controversial right to bypass provisions of new laws.
2011 Prize Winners
Jennifer Egan
An inventive investigation of growing up and growing old in the digital age, displaying a big-hearted curiosity about cultural change at warp speed.
Ron Chernow
A sweeping, authoritative portrait of an iconic leader learning to master his private feelings in order to fulfill his public duties.
Mike Keefe
For his widely ranging cartoons that employ a loose, expressive style to send strong, witty messages.
Kay Ryan
A body of work spanning 45 years, witty, rebellious and yet tender, a treasure trove of an iconoclastic and joyful mind.