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Public Service

For a distinguished example of meritorious public service by a newspaper, magazine or news site through the use of its journalistic resources, including the use of stories, editorials, cartoons, photographs, graphics, videos, databases, multimedia or interactive presentations or other visual material, a gold medal.
Year
Winners
Finalists
2025

ProPublica, for urgent reporting by Kavitha Surana, Lizzie Presser, Cassandra Jaramillo and Stacy Kranitz

About pregnant women who died after doctors delayed urgently needed care for fear of violating vague “life of the mother” exceptions in states with strict abortion laws.
Finalists:
The New York Times, for relentless reporting by Dave Philipps
The Boston Globe, with contributions from the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project
The New York Times, for relentless reporting by Dave Philipps

The Boston Globe, with contributions from the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project

2024

ProPublica, for the work of Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliott, Brett Murphy, Alex Mierjeski and Kirsten Berg

Groundbreaking and ambitious reporting that pierced the thick wall of secrecy surrounding the Supreme Court to reveal how a small group of politically influential billionaires wooed justices with lavish gifts and travel, pushing the Court to adopt its first code of conduct.
Finalists:
The Washington Post
KFF Health News and Cox Media Group
The Washington Post

KFF Health News and Cox Media Group

2023

Associated Press, for the work of Mstyslav Chernov, Evgeniy Maloletka, Vasilisa Stepanenko and Lori Hinnant

Courageous reporting from the besieged city of Mariupol that bore witness to the slaughter of civilians in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Finalists:
The Washington Post
Austin American-Statesman, in collaboration with the USA Today Network
The Washington Post

Austin American-Statesman, in collaboration with the USA Today Network

2022

The Washington Post

For its compellingly told and vividly presented account of the assault on Washington on January 6, 2021, providing the public with a thorough and unflinching understanding of one of the nation's darkest days.
Finalists:
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The New York Times
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

The New York Times

2021

The New York Times

For courageous, prescient and sweeping coverage of the coronavirus pandemic that exposed racial and economic inequities, government failures in the U.S. and beyond, and filled a data vacuum that helped local governments, healthcare providers, businesses and individuals to be better prepared and protected.
Finalists:
ProPublica
The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Ky.
ProPublica

The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Ky.

2020

Anchorage Daily News with contributions from ProPublica

For a riveting series that revealed a third of Alaska’s villages had no police protection, took authorities to task for decades of neglect, and spurred an influx of money and legislative changes.
Finalists:
The Washington Post
The New York Times
The Washington Post

The New York Times

2019

South Florida Sun Sentinel

For exposing failings by school and law enforcement officials before and after the deadly shooting rampage at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
Finalists:
ProPublica
The Washington Post
ProPublica

The Washington Post

2018

The New York Times, for reporting led by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, and The New Yorker, for reporting by Ronan Farrow

For explosive, impactful journalism that exposed powerful and wealthy sexual predators, including allegations against one of Hollywood’s most influential producers, bringing them to account for long-suppressed allegations of coercion, brutality and victim silencing, thus spurring a worldwide reckoning about sexual abuse of women.
Finalists:
The Kansas City Star
The Kansas City Star

2017

New York Daily News and ProPublica

For uncovering, primarily through the work of reporter Sarah Ryley, widespread abuse of eviction rules by the police to oust hundreds of people, most of them poor minorities.
Finalists:
Chicago Tribune
Houston Chronicle
Chicago Tribune

Houston Chronicle

2016

Associated Press

For an investigation of severe labor abuses tied to the supply of seafood to American supermarkets and restaurants, reporting that freed 2,000 slaves, brought perpetrators to justice and inspired reforms.
Finalists:
InsideClimate News
Tampa Bay Times
InsideClimate News

Tampa Bay Times

2015

The Post and Courier, Charleston, SC

For "Till Death Do Us Part," a riveting series that probed why South Carolina is among the deadliest states in the union for women and put the issue of what to do about it on the state's agenda.
Finalists:
The Boston Globe
The Wall Street Journal
The Boston Globe

The Wall Street Journal

2014

The Guardian US

For its revelation of widespread secret surveillance by the National Security Agency, helping through aggressive reporting to spark a debate about the relationship between the government and the public over issues of security and privacy.

The Washington Post

For its revelation of widespread secret surveillance by the National Security Agency, marked by authoritative and insightful reports that helped the public understand how the disclosures fit into the larger framework of national security.
Finalists:
Newsday, Long Island, NY
Newsday, Long Island, NY

2013

Sun Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale, FL

For its well documented investigation of off-duty police officers who recklessly speed and endanger the lives of citizens, leading to disciplinary action and other steps to curtail a deadly hazard.
Finalists:
California Watch, Berkeley, Calif.
The Washington Post
California Watch, Berkeley, Calif.

The Washington Post

2012

The Philadelphia Inquirer

For its exploration of pervasive violence in the city's schools, using powerful print narratives and videos to illuminate crimes committed by children against children and to stir reforms to improve safety for teachers and students.
Finalists:
The Miami Herald
The New York Times
The Miami Herald

The New York Times

2011

Los Angeles Times

For its exposure of corruption in the small California city of Bell where officials tapped the treasury to pay themselves exorbitant salaries, resulting in arrests and reforms.
Finalists:
Bloomberg News
The New York Times
Bloomberg News

The New York Times

2010

Bristol (VA) Herald Courier

For the work of Daniel Gilbert in illuminating the murky mismanagement of natural-gas royalties owed to thousands of land owners in southwest Virginia, spurring remedial action by state lawmakers.
Finalists:
Asbury Park Press
Los Angeles Times and ProPublica
Asbury Park Press

Los Angeles Times and ProPublica

2009

Las Vegas Sun, and notably the courageous reporting by Alexandra Berzon

For the exposure of the high death rate among construction workers on the Las Vegas Strip amid lax enforcement of regulations, leading to changes in policy and improved safety conditions.
Finalists:
The New York Times
St. Petersburg Times
The New York Times

St. Petersburg Times

2008

The Washington Post, for the work of Dana Priest, Anne Hull and photographer Michel du Cille

in exposing mistreatment of wounded veterans at Walter Reed Hospital, evoking a national outcry and producing reforms by federal officials.
Finalists:
Charlotte Observer
Newsday, Long Island, NY
Charlotte Observer

Newsday, Long Island, NY

2007

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.
Finalists:
The Washington Post
Staff of The Birmingham News, AL
The Washington Post

Staff of The Birmingham News, AL

2006

The Times-Picayune, New Orleans

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, Biloxi-Gulfport

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.
Finalists:
Staff of The Washington Post
Staff of The Blade, Toledo, OH
Staff of The Washington Post

Staff of The Blade, Toledo, OH

2005

Los Angeles Times

For its courageous, exhaustively researched series exposing deadly medical problems and racial injustice at a major public hospital.
Finalists:
Staff of Pensacola (FL) News Journal
Staff of Orange County Register
Staff of Pensacola (FL) News Journal

Staff of Orange County Register

2004

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.)
Finalists:
Staff of The Courier-Journal, Louisville, KY
Staff of The Providence Journal
Staff of The Seattle Times
Staff of The Courier-Journal, Louisville, KY

Staff of The Providence Journal

Staff of The Seattle Times

2003

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.
Finalists:
Staff of The Detroit News
Staff of Pensacola (FL) News Journal
Staff of The Detroit News

Staff of Pensacola (FL) News Journal

2002

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.
Finalists:
Staff of The Washington Post
Staff of The Washington Post
Staff of The Washington Post

Staff of The Washington Post

2001

The Oregonian, Portland

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.
Finalists:
Staff of Associated Press
Staff of The Washington Post
Staff of Associated Press

Staff of The Washington Post

2000

The Washington Post, notably for the work of Katherine Boo

that disclosed wretched neglect and abuse in the city's group homes for the mentally retarded, which forced officials to acknowledge the conditions and begin reforms.
Finalists:
Staff of Chicago Tribune
Staff of The Philadelphia Inquirer
Staff of Chicago Tribune

Staff of The Philadelphia Inquirer

1999

The Washington Post

For its series that identified and analyzed patterns of reckless gunplay by city police officers who had little training or supervision.
Finalists:
Staff of The Boston Globe
Staff of The Philadelphia Inquirer
Staff of The Boston Globe

Staff of The Philadelphia Inquirer

1998

Grand Forks (ND) Herald

For its sustained and informative coverage, vividly illustrated with photographs, that helped hold its community together in the wake of flooding, a blizzard and a fire that devastated much of the city, including the newspaper plant itself.
Finalists:
Staff of The Seattle Times
Staff of Los Angeles Times
Staff of The Seattle Times

Staff of Los Angeles Times

1997

The Times-Picayune, New Orleans

For its comprehensive series analyzing the conditions that threaten the world's supply of fish.
Finalists:
Staff of Los Angeles Times
Staff of The Philadelphia Inquirer
Staff of Los Angeles Times

Staff of The Philadelphia Inquirer

1996

The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC)

For the work of Melanie Sill, Pat Stith and Joby Warrick on the environmental and health risks of waste disposal systems used in North Carolina's growing hog industry.
Finalists:
Staff of The Star Tribune, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
Staff of The Baltimore Sun
Staff of The Star Tribune, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN

Staff of The Baltimore Sun

1995

The Virgin Islands Daily News, St. Thomas, VI

For its disclosure of the links between the region's rampant crime rate and corruption in the local criminal justice system. The reporting, largely the work of Melvin Claxton, initiated political reforms.
Finalists:
Staff of The Charlotte (NC) Observer
Staff of The Philadelphia Inquirer
Staff of The Charlotte (NC) Observer

Staff of The Philadelphia Inquirer

1994

Akron Beacon Journal

For its broad examination of local racial attitudes and its subsequent effort to promote improved communication in the community.
Finalists:
Staff of Albuquerque Tribune
Staff of Chicago Tribune
Staff of Albuquerque Tribune

Staff of Chicago Tribune

1993

The Miami Herald

For coverage that not only helped readers cope with Hurricane Andrew's devastation but also showed how lax zoning, inspection and building codes had contributed to the destruction.
Finalists:
Staff of Orlando Sentinel
Staff of The Seattle Times
Staff of Orlando Sentinel

Staff of The Seattle Times

1992

The Sacramento (CA) Bee

For "The Sierra in Peril," reporting by Tom Knudson that examined environmental threats and damage to the Sierra Nevada mountain range in California.
Finalists:
Staff of Dayton (Ohio) Daily News
Staff of The Washington Post
Staff of Dayton (Ohio) Daily News

Staff of The Washington Post

1991

Des Moines Register

For reporting by Jane Schorer that, with the victim's consent, named a woman who had been raped --which prompt widespread reconsideration of the traditional media practice of concealing the identity of rape victims.
Finalists:
Staff of Los Angeles Times
Staff of Star Tribune, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
Staff of Los Angeles Times

Staff of Star Tribune, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN

1990

Washington (NC) Daily News

For revealing that the city's water supply was contaminated with carcinogens, a problem that the local government had neither disclosed nor corrected over a period of eight years.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

For reporting by Gilbert M. Gaul that disclosed how the American blood industry operates with little government regulation or supervision.
Finalists:
Staff of The Tennessean, Nashville, TN
Staff of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Staff of The Tennessean, Nashville, TN

Staff of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

1989

Anchorage Daily News

For reporting about the high incidence of alcoholism and suicide among native Alaskans in a series that focused attention on their despair and resulted in various reforms.
Finalists:
Staff of Shreveport (LA) Times
Staff of The Atlanta Journal and Constitution
Staff of The Philadelphia Inquirer
Staff of Shreveport (LA) Times

Staff of The Atlanta Journal and Constitution

Staff of The Philadelphia Inquirer

1988

The Charlotte Observer

For revealing misuse of funds by the PTL television ministry through persistent coverage conducted in the face of a massive campaign by PTL to discredit the newspaper.
Finalists:
Staff of Alabama Journal, Montgomery, AL
Staff of The Courier-Journal, Louisville, KY
Staff of Alabama Journal, Montgomery, AL

Staff of The Courier-Journal, Louisville, KY

1987

The Pittsburgh Press

For reporting by Andrew Schneider and Matthew Brelis, which revealed the inadequacy of the FAA's medical screening of airline pilots and led to significant reforms.
Finalists:
Staff of El Paso Herald-Post
Staff of Fort Lauderdale News and Sun-Sentinel
Staff of El Paso Herald-Post

Staff of Fort Lauderdale News and Sun-Sentinel

1986

The Denver Post

For its in-depth study of "missing children," which revealed that most are involved in custody disputes or are runaways, and which helped mitigate national fears stirred by exaggerated statistics.
Finalists:
Staff of Dallas Times Herald
Staff of Panama City (FL) News-Herald
Staff of Dallas Times Herald

Staff of Panama City (FL) News-Herald

1985

Fort Worth (TX) Star-Telegram

For reporting by Mark J. Thompson which revealed that nearly 250 U.S. servicemen had lost their lives as a result of a design problem in helicopters built by Bell Helicopter -a revelation which ultimately led the Army to ground almost 600 Huey helicopters pending their modification.
Finalists:
Staff of Chicago Tribune
Staff of Casper (WY) Star-Tribune
Staff of Chicago Tribune

Staff of Casper (WY) Star-Tribune

1984

Los Angeles Times

For an in-depth examination of southern California's growing Latino community by a team of editors and reporters.
Finalists:
Staff of Detroit Free Press
Staff of Fayetteville (NC) Times
Staff of Detroit Free Press

Staff of Fayetteville (NC) Times

1983

Jackson (MS) Clarion-Ledger

For its successful campaign supporting Governor Winter in his legislative battle for reform of Mississippi's public education system.
Finalists:
Staff of The Boston Globe
Staff of The Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Staff of The Boston Globe

Staff of The Seattle Post-Intelligencer

1982

The Detroit News

For a series by Sydney P. Freedberg and David Ashenfelter which exposed the U.S. Navy's cover-up of circumstances surrounding the deaths of seamen aboard ship and which led to significant reforms in naval procedures.
Finalists:
Staff of Los Angeles Herald Examiner
Staff of New York Daily News
Staff of The Providence Journal-Bulletin
Staff of Los Angeles Herald Examiner

Staff of New York Daily News

Staff of The Providence Journal-Bulletin

1981

Charlotte (NC) Observer

For its series on "Brown Lung: A Case of Deadly Neglect."
Finalists:
Staff of Long Beach (CA) Independent Press-Telegram
Staff of The Nashville Tennessean
Staff of Long Beach (CA) Independent Press-Telegram

Staff of The Nashville Tennessean

Staff of The Miami Herald

Staff of The Miami Herald

Staff of The Philadelphia Inquirer

Staff of The St. Petersburg Times

1979

Point Reyes Light, a California weekly

For its investigation of Synanon.
Finalists:
1978

The Philadelphia Inquirer

For a series of articles showing abuses of power by the police in its home city.
Finalists:
1977

Lufkin (TX) News

For an obituary of a local man who died in Marine training camp, which grew into an investigation of that death and a fundamental reform in the recruiting and training practices of the United States Marine Corps.
Finalists:
1976

Anchorage Daily News

For its disclosures of the impact and influence of the Teamsters Union on Alaska's economy and politics.
Finalists:
1975

The Boston Globe

For its massive and balanced coverage of the Boston school desegregation crisis.
Finalists:
1974

Newsday, Garden City, NY

For its definitive report on the illicit narcotic traffic in the United States and abroad, entitled, "The Heroin Trail."
Finalists:
1973

The Washington Post

For its investigation of the Watergate case.
Finalists:
1972

The New York Times

For the publication of the Pentagon Papers.
Finalists:
1971

Winston-Salem (NC) Journal and Sentinel

For coverage of environmental problems, as exemplified by a successful campaign to block strip mining operation that would have caused irreparable damage to the hill country of northwest North Carolina.
Finalists:
1970

Newsday, Garden City, NY

For its three-year investigation and exposure of secret land deals in eastern Long Island, which led to a series of criminal convictions, discharges and resignations among public and political officeholders in the area.
Finalists:
1969

Los Angeles Times

For its expose of wrongdoing within the Los Angeles City Government Commissions, resulting in resignations or criminal convictions of certain members, as well as widespread reforms.
Finalists:
1968

Riverside (CA) Press-Enterprise

For its expose of corruption in the courts in connection with the handling of the property and estates of an Indian tribe in California, and its successful efforts to punish the culprits.
Finalists:
1967

Milwaukee Journal

For its successful campaign to stiffen the law against water pollution in Wisconsin, a notable advance in the national effort for the conservation of natural resources.

Staff of Louisville Courier-Journal

For its successful campaign to control the Kentucky strip mining industry, a notable advance in the national effort for the conservation of natural resources.
Finalists:
1966

The Boston Globe

For its campaign to prevent confirmation of Francis X Morrissey as a Federal District Judge in Massachusetts.
Finalists:
1965

Hutchinson (KS) News

For its courageous and constructive campaign, culminating in 1964, to bring about more equitable reapportionment of the Kansas Legislature, despite powerful opposition in its own community.
Finalists:
1964

St. Petersburg (FL) Times

For its aggressive investigation of the Florida Turnpike Authority which disclosed widespread illegal acts and resulted in a major reorganization of the State's road construction program.
Finalists:
1963

Chicago Daily News

For calling public attention to the issue of providing birth control services in the public health programs in its area.
Finalists:
1962

Panama City (FL) News-Herald

For its three-year campaign against entrenched power and corruption, with resultant reforms in Panama City and Bay County.
Finalists:
1961

Amarillo (TX) Globe-Times

For exposing a breakdown in local law enforcement with resultant punitive action that swept lax officials from their posts and brought about the election of a reform slate. The newspaper thus exerted its civic leadership in the finest tradition of journalism.
Finalists:
1960

Los Angeles Times

For its thorough, sustained and well-conceived attack on narcotics traffic and the enterprising reporting of Gene Sherman, which led to the opening of negotiations between the United States and Mexico to halt the flow of illegal drugs into southern California and other border states.
Finalists:
1959

Utica (NY) Observer-Dispatch and Utica Daily Press

For their successful campaign against corruption, gambling and vice in their home city and the achievement of sweeping civic reforms in the face of political pressure and threats of violence. By their stalwart leadership of the forces of good government, these newspapers upheld the best tradition of a free press.
Finalists:
1958

Arkansas Gazette, Little Rock, AR

For demonstrating the highest qualities of civic leadership, journalistic responsibility and moral courage in the face of great public tension during the school integration crisis of 1957. The newspaper's fearless and completely objective news coverage, plus its reasoned and moderate policy, did much to restore calmness and order to an overwrought community, reflecting great credit on its editors and its management.
Finalists:
1957

Chicago Daily News

For determined and courageous public service in exposing a $2,500,000 fraud centering in the office of the State Auditor of Illinois, resulting in the indictment and conviction of the State Auditor and others. This led to the reorganization of State procedures to prevent a recurrence of the fraud.
Finalists:
1956

Watsonville (CA) Register-Pajaronian

For courageous exposure of corruption in public office, which led to the resignation of a district attorney and the conviction of one of his associates.
Finalists:
1955

Columbus (GA) Ledger and Sunday Ledger-Enquirer

For its complete news coverage and fearless editorial attack on widespread corruption in neighboring Phenix City, Ala., which were effective in destroying a corrupt and racket-ridden city government. The newspaper exhibited an early awareness of the evils of lax law enforcement before the situation in Phenix City erupted into murder. It covered the whole unfolding story of the final prosecution of the wrong-doers with skill, perception, force and courage.
Finalists:
1954

Newsday, Garden City, NY

For its expose of New York State's race track scandals and labor racketeering, which led to the extortion indictment, guilty plea and imprisonment of William C. DeKoning, Sr., New York labor racketeer.
Finalists:
1953

Whiteville News Reporter and Tabor City Tribune

For their successful campaign against the Ku Klux Klan, waged on their own doorstep at the risk of economic loss and personal danger, culminating in the conviction of over one hundred Klansmen and an end to terrorism in their communities.
Finalists:
1952

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

For its investigation and disclosures of wide spread corruption in the Internal Revenue Bureau and other departments of the government.
Finalists:
1951

Miami Herald and Brooklyn Eagle

For their crime reporting during the year.
Finalists:
1950

Chicago Daily News and St. Louis Post-Dispatch

For the work of George Thiem and Roy J. Harris, respectively, in exposing the presence of 37 Illinois newspapermen on an Illinois State payroll.
Finalists:
1949

Nebraska State Journal

For the campaign establishing the "Nebraska All-Star Primary" presidential preference primary which spotlighted, through a bi-partisan committee, issues early in the presidential campaign.
Finalists:
1948

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

For the coverage of the Centralia, Illinois, mine disaster and the follow-up which resulted in impressive reforms in mine safety laws and regulations.
Finalists:
1947

Baltimore Sun

For its series of articles by Howard M. Norton dealing with the administration of unemployment compensation in Maryland, resulting in convictions and pleas of guilty in criminal court of 93 persons.
Finalists:
1946

The Scranton Times

For its fifteen-year investigation of judicial practices in the United States District Court for the middle district of Pennsylvania, resulting in removal of the District Judge and indictment of many others.
Finalists:
1945

Detroit Free Press

For its investigation of legislative graft and corruption at Lansing, Michigan.
Finalists:
1944

The New York Times

For its survey of the teaching of American History.
Finalists:
1943

Omaha (NE) World-Herald

For its initiative and originality in planning a state-wide campaign for the collection of scrap metal for the war effort. The Nebraska plan was adopted on a national scale by the daily newspapers, resulting in a united effort which succeeded in supplying our war industries with necessary scrap material.
Finalists:
1942

Los Angeles Times

For its successful campaign which resulted in the clarification and confirmation for all American newspapers of the right of free press as guaranteed under the Constitution.
Finalists:
1941

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

For its successful campaign against the city smoke nuisance.
Finalists:
1940

Waterbury (CT) Republican & American

For its campaign exposing municipal graft.
Finalists:
1939

Miami Daily News

For its campaign for the recall of the Miami City Commission.
Finalists:
1938

Bismarck (ND) Tribune

For its news reports and editorials entitled, "Self Help in the Dust Bowl."
Finalists:
1937

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

For its exposure of wholesale fraudulent registration in St. Louis. By a coordinated news, editorial and cartoon campaign this newspaper succeeded in invalidating upwards of 40,000 fraudulent ballots in November and brought about the appointment of a new election board.
Finalists:
1936

Cedar Rapids Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa

For its crusade against corruption and misgovernment in the State of Iowa.
Finalists:
1935

The Sacramento (CA) Bee

For its campaign against political machine influence in the appointment of two Federal judges in Nevada.
Finalists:
1934

Medford (OR) Mail Tribune

For its campaign against unscrupulous politicians in Jackson County, Oregon.
Finalists:
1933

New York World-Telegram

For its series of articles on veterans relief, on the real estate bond evil, the campaign urging voters in the late New York City municipal election to "write in" the name of Joseph V. McKee, and the articles exposing the lottery schemes of various fraternal organizations.
Finalists:
1932

Indianapolis News

For its successful campaign to eliminate waste in city management and to reduce the tax levy.
Finalists:
1931

The Atlanta Constitution

For a successful municipal graft exposure and consequent convictions.
Finalists:
1929

New York Evening World

For its effective campaign to correct evils in the administration of justice, including the fight to curb "ambulance chasers," support of the "fence" bill, and measures to simplify procedure, prevent perjury and eliminate politics from municipal courts; a campaign which has been instrumental in securing remedial action.
Finalists:
1928

The Indianapolis Times

For its work in exposing political corruption to Indiana, prosecuting the guilty and bringing about a more wholesome state of affairs in civil government.
Finalists:
1927

Canton (Ohio) Daily News

For its brave, patriotic and effective fight for the ending of a vicious state of affairs brought about by collusion between city authorities and the criminal element, a fight which had a tragic result in the assassination of the editor of the paper, Mr. Don R. Mellett.
Finalists:
1926

Columbus (GA) Enquirer Sun

For the service which it rendered in its brave and energetic fight against the Ku Klux Klan; against the enactment of a law barring the teaching of evolution; against dishonest and incompetent public officials and for justice to the Negro and against lynching.
Finalists:
1924

New York World

For its work in connection with the exposure of the Florida peonage evil.
Finalists:
1923

Memphis Commercial Appeal

For its courageous attitude in the publication of cartoons and the handling of news in reference to the operations of the Ku Klux Klan.
Finalists:
1922

New York World

For articles exposing the operations of the Ku Klux Klan, published during September and October, 1921.
Finalists:
1921

The Boston Post

For its exposure of the operations of Charles Ponzi by a series of articles which finally led to his arrest.
Finalists:
1919

The Milwaukee Journal

For its strong and courageous campaign for Americanism in a constituency where foreign elements made such a policy hazardous from a business point of view.
Finalists:
1918

The New York Times

For its public service in publishing in full so many official reports, documents and speeches by European statesmen relating to the progress and conduct of the war.
Finalists:
Memoir or Autobiography
Breaking News Reporting