Finalist: The New York Times , by Walt Bogdanich
For his spotlighting of medical radiation errors that injure thousands of Americans, sparking national discussion and remedial steps.
Winners
Prize Winner in Investigative Reporting in 2011:
Paige St. John
For her examination of weaknesses in the murky property-insurance system vital to Florida homeowners, providing handy data to assess insurer reliability and stirring regulatory action.
Investigative Reporting
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Investigative Reporting in 2011:
Sam Roe and Jared S. Hopkins
For their investigation, in print and online, of 13 deaths at a home for severely disabled children and young adults, resulting in a state effort to close the facility.
The Jury
The Jury
Jeffry Couch
editor and vice president
Mark Katches(chair )
editorial director
Thomas Curran
associate editor
Deborah Henley
executive editor
Elizabeth T. Spayd
managing editor
Irwin Thompson
assistant director of photography
Maribel Perez Wadsworth
digital news executive
Winners in Investigative Reporting
Barbara Laker and Wendy Ruderman
For their resourceful reporting that exposed a rogue police narcotics squad, resulting in an FBI probe and the review of hundreds of criminal cases tainted by the scandal.
David Barstow
For his tenacious reporting that revealed how some retired generals, working as radio and television analysts, had been co-opted by the Pentagon to make its case for the war in Iraq, and how many of them also had undisclosed ties to companies that benefited from policies they defended.
Walt Bogdanich and Jake Hooker
For their stories on toxic ingredients in medicine and other everyday products imported from China, leading to crackdowns by American and Chinese officials.
Brett Blackledge
For his exposure of cronyism and corruption in the state's two-year college system, resulting in the dismissal of the chancellor and other corrective action. (Moved by the Board from the Public Service category.)
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.