30 Years of Dart Award Honorees: 1994-2024

2024

Winners

THE BOSTON GLOBE, "Nightmare in Mission Hill: The Untold Story of the Charles and Carol Stuart Shooting"
Reporting team: Adrian Walker, associate editor and columnist; Evan Allen, reporter; Elizabeth Koh, reporter; Andrew Ryan, reporter; Brendan McCarthy, project editor; Kristin Nelson, senior audio producer

THE MARSHALL PROJECT, "The Mercy Workers"
Reporting team: Maurice Chammah, reporter; Akiba Solomon, editor; Jackie Roche, illustrator; Celina Fang, multimedia editor; Raghuram Vadarevu and Meredith Rizzo, editors, illustrated version; Agnes Lopez and Octavio Jones, photographers; Melanie Garcia, collage artist; Katie Park, developer; Mara Corbett, production coordinator; Ghazala Irshad, copy editor; and Taylor Vorburger, videographer.

Honorable Mentions

THE NEW YORKER, "The Aftermath"
Reporting team: Jennifer Gonnerman, staff writer

THE NEW YORK TIMES, "Alone and Exploited"
Reporting team: Hannah Dreier, reporter; and Kirsten Danis, editor

2023

Winners

THE BOSTON GLOBE, "Kate Price Remembers Something Terrible"
Reporting team: Janelle Nanos, reporter; Erin Clark, photographer; Scott Allen, editor; Francis Storrs, editor; William Greene, photo editor; Leanne Burden Seidel, photo editor; Andrea Patiño Contreras, video producer and editor; Anush Elbakyan, video editor; Amy Pedulla, audio producer; John Hancock, design and development

MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL AND PROPUBLICA, "The Landlord & the Tenant"
Reporting team: Raquel Rutledge, investigative reporter, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; Ken Armstrong, investigative reporter, ProPublica; Sam Roe, editor; Nick Varchaver, editor; Alex Mierjeski, contributing reporter; Andrew Hahn, contributing reporter; Daphne Chen, contributing reporter; Mike De Sisti, photojournalist, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; Alex Bandoni, visuals editor, ProPublica; Anna Donlan, interactive story designer, ProPublica; Sherman Williams, assistant managing editor for photos, videos and graphics, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Honorable Mentions

GIMLET MEDIA AND SPOTIFY, "Stolen: Surviving St. Michaels"
Reporting team: Connie Walker, host, managing editor; Ellen Frankman, supervising producer; Max Green, senior producer; Chantelle Bellrichard, producer; Anya Schultz, associate producer; Betty Ann Adam, reporter; Devon Taylor, editor; Heather Evans, contributing editor; Naomi Barr, fact checker; Emma Munger, mix engineer and composer; music from Cris Derksen and Catherine Anderson

NEW YORK TIMES, "Dying Inside: Chaos and Cruelty in Louisiana Juvenile Detention"
Reporting team: Megan Shutzer, reporter; Rachel Lauren Mueller, reporter; David Barstow, editor; and Paul Fishleder, editor

Special Citation

WASHINGTON POST, "An American Girl"
Reporting team: John Woodrow Cox, reporter; Lynda Robinson, editor; Mike Semel, editor; Joshua Lott, photographer; Katherine Frey, photographer

2022

Winners

THE ATAVIST, "A Feast for Lost Souls"
Reporting team: Annelise Jolley, Writer; Zahara Gómez Lucini, Photographer/Videographer; Lenz Claure; Videographer; and Seyward Darby, Editor-in-Chief

THE LOS ANGELES TIMES, "Disease, Inequity and Resilience in South L.A."
Reporting team: Joe Mozingo; Projects Reporter; Francine Orr, Staff Photographer; Hector Becerra, Deputy Managing Editor; and Robert St. John, Senior Photo Editor

Honorable Mentions

NPR, "A Damn Paper"
Reporting team: Joe Mozingo; Projects Reporter; Francine Orr, Staff Photographer; Hector Becerra, Deputy Managing Editor; and Robert St. John, Senior Photo Editor

THE OUTLAW OCEAN PROJECT, "The Secretive Prisons that Keep Migrants Out of Europe"
Reporting team: Ian Urbina, Director; Mea Dols de Jong, Documentary Filmmaker and Reporter; Joe Galvin, OSINT Editor; Joe Sexton, Senior Editor; Pierre Kattar, Videographer and Photographer; Ed Ou, Cinematographer

Special Citation

VANITY FAIR, "They Were Sons"
Reporting team: Rita Omokha, Writer; Claire Landsbaum, Senior Editor; Miriam Elder, Executive Editor; Katherine Commisso, Senior Line Editor; Rachel Freeman, Line Editor; Tara Johnson, Visuals Director; Lauren Jones, Senior Visuals Editor; Allison Schaller, Visuals Editor; Madison Reid, Associate Visuals Editor; Jaime Archer, Web Producer; Robert Walsh and Simon Brennan, Legal Editors

2021

Winners

ANCHORAGE DAILY NEWS AND PROPUBLICA, "Unheard"
Reporting team: Anchorage Daily News: Kyle Hopkins, reporter/editor; Michelle Theriault Boots, reporter; Anne Raup, photographer/photo editor; Loren Holmes, visual journalist; Marc Lester, photojournalist. ProPublica team: Adriana Gallardo, engagement reporter; Nadia Sussman, video journalist; Agnes Chang, creative story technologist.

GIMLET MEDIA AND SPOTIFY, "Shake the Room"
Reporting team: Saidu Tejan-Thomas, host; Sarah McVeigh, supervising producer; Bethel Habte, reporter/producer; Salifu Sesay Mack, producer; Aaron Randle, producer; Lynn Levy, editor; Lydia Polgreen, editor; Brendan Klinkenberg, supervising editor; Bobby Lord, composer/engineer; Catherine Anderson, engineer; Michelle Harris, fact checker.

Honorable Mentions

STAR TRIBUNE, "Coverage of the killing of George Floyd and its aftermath"
Reporting team: Libor Jany, reporter, Anna Boone; digital designer and journalist; Maya Rao; reporter; Mark Vancleave; video journalist; Jennifer Bjorhus, reporter; Aaron Lavinsky, photographer; Andy Mannix, reporter; Carlos Gonzalez, photographer.

TIME, “Contagion of Fear”
Reporting team: Simon Shuster, correspondent; Meridith Kohut, photographer

UNIVISION NEWS DIGITAL, “Trapped in Mexico”
Reporting team: Patricia Clarembaux, reporter; Lorena Arroyo, multimedia editor; Almudena Toral, visual journalist; Inés García Ramos, journalist; Andrea Patiño Contreras, video journalist; Mauricio Rodriguez Pons, visual journalist; Adriana Bermúdez, web design and development; Juan Hernández, product; Maye Primera, editor; Jorge Cancino, editor; Patricia Vélez, editor; David Maris, photo research; Maria Carolina Hurtado, social media; Jorge Armando Nieto, fixer in Mexico; Karla Castro, fixer in Mexico; Juan José Ramírez Vega, fixer in Mexico; Juanje Gómez, web design and development; Juan Tamayo, translator; Peter Katel, translator; José Zamora, communications; Sandra Ramos, communications

Special Citation

ASSOCIATED PRESS, "Lives Lost"
Reporting team: Peter Prengaman, news director; Raghuram Vadarevu, digital storytelling editor; David Goldman, photographer; Matt Sedensky, writer; Samy Magdy, correspondent; Danica Kirka, correspondent; Samantha Shotzbarger, digital storytelling producer; Michael Casey, administrative correspondent; Courtney Bonnell, editor; Lisa Leff, editor; Peter Hamlin, digital storytelling producer; Nat Castañeda, reporter; Darío López-Mills, digital storytelling producer.

2020

Winners

THE PLAIN DEALER (Cleveland, OH), "Case Closed"
Reporting team: Rachel Dissell and Andrea Simakis with photography by Lynn Ischay and editing by Ellen Stein Burbach, Kelly Benham French, Melodie Smith, Wendy Carr McManamon, and Joel Downey

THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE, "How Does the Human Soul Survive Atrocity?"
Reporting team: Jennifer Percy with photographs by Adam Ferguson

Honorable Mentions

THE MISSOULIAN, “Troubled kids, troubled system”
Reporting team: Lucy Tompkins, reporter; Seaborn Larson, reporter; Cameron Evans, reporter; Gwen Florio, city editor; Tommy Martino, photographer; and Kathy Best, executive editor

NPR NEWS, “Syria Torture Survivors Seek Justice”
Reporting team: Deborah Amos, correspondent; Jacobia Dahm, photographer; Axel Öberg, photographer; Alex Leff, editor; Hannah Bloch, editor; Larry Kaplow, editor; Michal May, producer; Emily Bogle; photo editor; and Claire Harbage, photo editor

PROPUBLICA ILLINOIS/CHICAGO TRIBUNE, “The Quiet Rooms”
Reporting team: Jodi S. Cohen, reporter; Lakeidra Chavis, reporter, ProPublica Illinois; Jennifer Smith Richards, reporter, Chicago Tribune

2019

Winners

MICHIGAN RADIO, “Believed”
Reporting team: Kate Wells, reporter; Lindsey Smith, investigative reporter; Jennifer Guerra, executive producer; Juliet Hinely, senior producer; Sarah Hulett, senior editor; Alison MacAdam, editor; Zoe Clark, program director; and Vincent Duffy, news director

NOLA.COM | THE TIMES PICAYUNE, “The Children of Central City”
Reporting team: Jonathan Bullington, lead investigative reporter; Richard Webster, investigative reporter; Brett Duke, photographer; Emma Scott, video producer; and Haley Correll, digital producer

Honorable Mentions

RADIO CANADA INTERNATIONAL: EYE ON THE ARCTIC, “Death in the Arctic: A community grieves, a father fights for change”
Reporting team: Eilís Quinn, reporter and photographer; and Soleïman Mellali, editor

THE STAR-TRIBUNE, “Denied Justice”
Reporting team: Brandon Stahl, reporter; Jennifer Bjorhus, reporter; Renee Jones Schneider, photographer; MaryJo Webster, data editor; Dave Hage, assignment editor; and Abby Simons, assignment editor

2018

Winners

THE WASHINGTON POST, "Gun Violence Seen Through the Eyes of Children"
Reporting team: John Woodrow Cox, reporter; Lynda Robinson, editor; Ricky Carioti, photographer

THE MARSHALL PROJECT, "We Are Witnesses"
Reporting team: Neil Barsky, creator and executive producer; Jenny Carchman, director and producer; Dawn Ostroff, David Remnick, Participant Media, executive producers; Lindsey Megrue, producer; Seth Bomse, editor; Marley Cogan, associate producer; Scott Morgan, composer; David Jacobson, director of photography

Honorable Mentions

THE CALIFORNIA SUNDAY MAGAZINE, “Losing Gloria”
Reporting team: Lizzie Presser, reporter; Diana Markosian, photographer; Kit Rachlis, senior editor, The California Sunday Magazine; Sarah Blustain, deputy editor, The Investigative Fund; Joy Shan, assistant editor, The California Sunday Magazine

NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE, “The Uncounted”
Reporting team: Azmat Khan, reporter; Anand Gopal, reporter; Luke Mitchell, editor.

2017

Winners

THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, "Coverage of sexual assault at Brigham Young University"
Reporting team: Erin Alberty, reporter; Rachel Piper, writer and digital news editor; Leah Hogsten, photographer; Sheila McCann, managing editor, with additional staff contributors

TRANSOM.ORG, “A Life Sentence: Victims, Offenders, Justice and My Mother”
Reporting team: Samantha Broun, reporter; Jay Allison, editor

Honorable Mention

NEW YORK TIMES, “Lasting Scars”
Reporting team: Sheri Fink, reporter; James Risen, reporter, Matt Apuzzo, reporter, Bryan Denton, photographer, Rebecca Corbett, editor

2016

Winners

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, “The Other Disappeared”
Reporting team: Christopher Sherman, reporter; Eduardo Castillo, reporter; Dario Lopez-Mills, still photographer and video; Alba Mora Roca, multimedia producer; Roque Ruiz, interactive producer; Ricardo Lopez, video producer

THE WASHINGTON POST, “A Survivor’s Life”
Reporting team: Eli Saslow, reporter; Jabin Botsford, photographer

Honorable Mention

MATTER, “Everything is Yours, Everything is Not Yours”
Reporting team: Clemantine Wamariya, writer; Elizabeth Weil; writer; Mark Lotto, editor; Andrew White, photographer

2015

Winners

THE HUFFINGTON POST, “Moral Injury”
Reporting team: David Wood, senior correspondent; John Montorio, executive features editor

THE POST AND COURIER (Charleston, SC), “Till Death Do Us Part”
Reporting team: Doug Pardue, projects reporter; Glenn Smith, watchdog/public service editor; Jennifer Hawes, projects reporter; Natalie Caula-Hauff, reporter; Grace Beahm, photojournalist; J. Emory Parker, interactive editor; Chris Hanclosky, videographer and multimedia producer; Maureen Hartshorn, page designer

THE TEXAS OBSERVER WITH THE GUARDIAN US, “Beyond the Border”
Reporting team: The Texas Observer: Melissa del Bosque, investigative reporter; Eugenio del Bosque Gomez, photographer; David Mann, senior editor; Jen Reel, multimedia editor; Brad Tyer, managing editor, Esther Kaplan, Editor, Investigative Fund. From The Guardian US: Feilding Cage, interactive editor; Kenan Davis, interactive journalist; Rich Harris, interactive journalist; Alex Koppelman, US news editor; Nadja Popovich, interactive journalist; Kenton Powell, interactive journalist; Mae Ryan, video journalist.

Honorable Mention

THE BALTIMORE SUN, “Collateral Damage”
Reporting team: Andrea K. McDaniels, health and medicine reporter; Lloyd Fox, photographer; Diana K. Sugg, project editor; Dave Rosenthal, senior editor for investigations and enterprises

2014

Winners

LAS VEGAS SUN, “Grace through Grief: A Shattered Family Recovers”
Reporting team: Jackie Valley, reporter; Leila Navidi, photographer and videographer; Tom Gorman, editor

THIS AMERICAN LIFE, “Harper High School: Parts I and II”
Reporting team: Julie Snyder, producer; Ben Calhoun, reporter; Alex Kotlowitz, reporter; Linda Lutton, reporter; Robyn Semien, co-producer; Ira Glass, executive producer and editor

Honorable Mention

MORE MAGAZINE, “A Hidden Cause of Chronic Illness”
Reporting team: Alexis Jetter, writer; Jennifer Braunschweiger, editor; Natasha Lunn, photo director; Julia Fullerton-Batten, photographer

NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE, “The Price of a Stolen Childhood”
Reporting team: Emily Bazelon, writer; Ilena Silverman, editor; Ina Jang, photographer; Joanna Milter, photo editor; Lia Miller, research editor; Mark Van de Walle, research editor

2013

Winners

LOS ANGELES TIMES, “Standing Up: Davien’s Story”
Reporting team: Molly Hennessy-Fiske, reporter; Barbara Davidson, photographer; Drex Heikes, editor; Arkasha Stevenson and Don Kelsen, videographers; Albert Lee, producer; Mary Cooney, visuals editor

PROPUBLICA, FUNDACIÓN MEPI AND THIS AMERICAN LIFE, “Finding Oscar: Massacre, Memory and Justice in Guatemala” and “What Happened at Dos Erres
Reporting team: (ProPublica) Sebastian Rotella, reporter; Krista Kjellman Schmidt, editor of news applications; (Fundación MEPI) Ana Arana, reporter; (This American Life) Brian Reed, reporter and producer; and Habiba Nosheen, reporter and producer

Honorable Mentions

THE YORK DAILY RECORD, “The Story Behind these Hands: Finding Their Way Out”
Reporting team: Bill Landauer, reporter; Scott Blanchard, editor; Jason Plotkin, visual journalist; Samantha Dellinger, graphic artist; Brad Jennings, assistant managing editor

NEW YORK TIMES, 'At War' blog
Reporting team: Thomas J. Brennan, James Dao (editor)

NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE, “Did You Think About the Six People You Executed”
Reporting team: Robert Worth, reporter and writer; Jehad Nga, photographer; Joel Lovell, editor; David Vecsey, copy editor

2012

Winners

WNYC, “Living 9/11”
Reporting team: Marianne McCune, reporter and producer; Emily Botein, producer; Karen Frillman, editor; Fred Mogul and Beth Fertig, reporters; Eric Leinung, Jillian Suarez, Erin Reeg, Norhan Basuni, Radio Rookies; Courtney Stein, Sanda Htyte, Radio Rookies producers; Kaari Pitkin, Radio Rookies senior producer; Chris Bannon, executive producer; Andy Lanset, original 9/11 recordings; John Ellis, composer; Paul Schneider and Jim Briggs III, mix engineers

THE NEW YORK TIMES, “Punched Out: The Life and Death of a Hockey Enforcer”
Reporting team: John Branch, reporter; Marcus Yam, photographer; Shayla Harris, videojournalist; Josh Williams, multimedia producer

Honorable Mentions

NPR, “Native Foster Care: Lost Children, Shattered Families”
Reporting team: Laura Sullivan, reporter; Amy Wallace, producer; Susanne Reber, editor

THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC, “Tucson Tragedy”
Reporting team: Karina Bland, Jaimee Rose, Daniel Gonzalez, Cheryl Evans, David Wallace, Shaun McKinnon, reporters; Nicole Carroll, executive editor

THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, “A Stray Bullet: A Shattered Life"
Reporting team: April Saul, Photographer, Writer, Videojournalist; Dorothy Brown, Enterprise Editor for print and multimedia; Jon Anderson, Video Editor

2011

Winners

DALLAS MORNING NEWS, “Private Battles”
Reporting team: David Tarrant, reporter; Sonya Hebert, photojournalist; Chris Wilkins, photo editor; Thomas Huang, supervising editor

NPR & THE CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEGRITY, “Seeking Justice in Campus Rapes”
Reporting team: From NPR: Joseph Shapiro, correspondent; Robert Benincasa, computer-assisted reporting; Susanne Reber, editor. From CPI: Kristen Lombardi and Kristin Jones, reporters; David Donald, data editor; Gordon Witkin, supervising editor

PROPUBLICA AND NPR, “Brain Wars: How the Military is Failing its Wounded”
Reporting team: For NPR: Daniel Zwerdling, reporter; Susanne Reber, editor. For ProPublica: T. Christian Miller, reporter; Robin Fields, editor

BOSTON GLOBE, “A Tormenting Problem: An Exploration of New-Age Bullying”
Reporting team: Kevin Cullen, columnist; Jenna Russell, Sarah Schweitzer and Patricia Wen, reporters; Bill Greene, Suzanne Kreiter, Joanne Rathe, Aram Boghosian, Kayana Szymczak and Brendan Hoffman, photographers; Steven Wilmsen and Lloyd Young, editors

2010

Winners

ST. PETERSBURG TIMES, “For Their Own Good”
Reporting team: Ben Montgomery, reporter, Waveney Ann Moore, reporter, Edmund D. Fountain, photographer, Kelly Benham, enterprise editor

THE NEW YORK TIMES, “The Deadly Choices at Memorial”
Reporting team: Sheri Fink, reporter, ProPublica, Paolo Pellegrin, photographer, Magnum Photos for The New York Times, Stephen Engelberg, managing editor, ProPublica, Susan White, senior editor, ProPublica, Krista Kjellman, Schmidt, web producer and deputy editor of news applications, ProPublica, Ilena Silverman, story editor, The New York Times Magazine, Aaron Retica, chief of research, The New York Times Magazine, David, Ferguson, researcher, The New York Times Magazine, Charles Wilson, researcher, The New York Times Magazine

Honorable Mentions

DETROIT FREE PRESS, “Hostages to Justice”
Reporting team: Jeff Seidel, reporter, Regina H. Boone, photographer, Rick Nease, artist, David Zeman, assistant managing editor, investigations, Kathy Kieliszewski, deputy director for photo and video, Susan Hall-Balduf, copy editor, Steve Anderson, page designer, Jason Karas, page designer

PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE, “Wounded Warriors: Wounded Families”
Reporting team: Michael Fuoco, reporter, Rebecca Droke, photographer

JOHN STEELE & KERN KONWISER, "Baker Boys: Inside the Surge”
Reporting team: Jon Steele, writer and cinematographer, Kern Konwiser, director

2009

Winners

THE PLAIN DEALER (Cleveland, OH), “Beyond Rape: A Survivor’s Journey”
Reporting team: Joanna Connors, with photographer Lisa DeJong

HONOLULU ADVERTISER, “Crossing the Line: Abuse in Hawai’I Home”
Reporting team: Rob Perez and Kevin Dayton, with photographer Jeff Widener and layout designer Russell McCrory.

PRI’S THE WORLD, "Rape as a Weapon of War,"
Reporting team: reported by Jeb Sharp and edited by Jennifer Goren

2008

Winners

THE PLAIN DEALER (Cleveland, OH), "Johanna: Facing Forward"
Reporting team: reporter Rachel Dissell and photographer Gus Chan

NPR, "Sexual Abuse of Native American Women"
Reporting team: Laura Sullivan

2007

Winners

HARTFORD COURANT, "Mentally Unfit, Forced to Fight"
Reporting team: Lisa Chedekel and Matthew Kauffman

DALLAS MORNING NEWS, "Yolanda’s Crossing"
Reporting team: Stella Chavez, Paul Meyer, and Lara Solt

2006

Winners

THE DAILY ADVERTISER, "The Days After"
Reporting team: Jason Brown, Arnessa Garrett, Claudia Laws, Brittain Quibodeaux Orgeron, Marsha Sills

BBC, "Return to Sarajevo"
Reporting team: Allan Little and Peter Burdin

PRI’S THE WORLD, "Hiroshima’s Survivors"
Reporting team: Patrick Cox and Jennifer Goren

2005

Winner

DETROIT FREE PRESS, "Homicide in Detroit: Echoes of Violence"
Reporting team: Reporter: Jeff Seidel; Photographer: Eric Seals

2004

Winner

PROVIDENCE JOURNAL, "Rape in a Small Town"
Reporting team: Reporter: Kate Bramson, with Bob Thayer (photos) and Mimi Burkhardt (editor)

2003

Winner

HOUSTON CHRONICLE, "Legacy of Love & Pain"
Reporting team: Reporter: Daniel Vargas; photographer: Stephanie Klein-David, Andrew Innerarity (and others)

2002

Winner

THE STAR-LEDGER (Newark, NJ), "The Short Life of Viktor Alexander Matthey"
Reporting team: Reporter: Matthew Reilly; photographer: Saed Hindash

2001

Winner

THE BALTIMORE SUN, "The Joseph Palczynski Story"
Reporting team: Linell Smith, Marego Athans, Ann LoLordo, Patricia Meisol, Doug Kapustin, Joannah Hill

2000

Winner

THE ROANOKE TIMES, "Who Killed John McCloskey?"
Reporting team: Writer: Michael Hemphill; photographer: Stephanie Klein-Davis

Honorable Mention

DENVER POST, "Victim’s Parents Celebrate a Life"
Reporting team: Patricia Callahan

1999

Winner

PORTLAND PRESS HERALD (Portland, ME), "A Stolen Soul"
Reporting team: Reporter: Barbara Walsh; photographer: David A. Rodgers

Honorable Mention

PALM BEACH POST, "The Woman Who Wouldn't Die"
Reporting team: Christine Evans

1998

Winner

PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE, "Children of the Underground"
Reporting team: Reporter: Mackenzie Carpenter; photographer: Allan Detrich

Honorable Mention

WESTWORD (Denver, CO), "Loved to Death"
Reporting team: Steve Jackson

NASHVILLE BANNER, "Michael's Story"
Reporting team: Leon Alligood, Larry McCormack

1997

Winner

PRESS-TELEGRAM (Long Beach, CA), "The Path of a Bullet"
Reporting team: Ralph De La Cruz, Photos by Paul Hu

1996

THE DAILY OKLAHOMAN, Coverage of the Oklahoma City Bombing
Reporting team: Various members of The Daily Oklahoman staff

1995

Winner

AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN, "The Test of Fire"
Reporting team: Story: Michele Stanush Photos: Lynne Dobson

Honorable Mention

THE TIMES (Munster, IN), "Death by Love"
Reporting team: writer: Michelle Campbell, Photographers: Jill Sagers; Yvette Marie Dostatni

1994

Winner

ANCHORAGE DAILY NEWS, "Malignant Memories"
Reporting team: Debra McKinney, photos by Fran Durner

Honorable Mentions

THE ORLANDO SENTINEL, "The Miracle of Philip Chandler"
Reporting team: Craig Dezern

CHEBOYGAN DAILY TRIBUNE, "Shattered Lives"
Reporting team: Jillian Bogater

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, "So This is What It's Like to Die"
Reporting team: Torri Minton, Deanne Fitzmaurice

LONG BEACH PRESS-TELEGRAM, "Fighting Crime Together...Taking Back Our Cities"
Reporting team: Janet Wiscombe