1979

Jon D. Franklin (Baltimore Evening Sun)

1980

Madeleine Blais (Miami Herald)

1981

Teresa Carpenter (Village Voice, New York)

1982

Saul Pett (Associated Press)

1983

Nan Robertson (New York Times)

1984

Peter M. Rinearson (Seattle Times)

1985

Alice Steinbach (Baltimore Sun)

1986

John Camp (St. Paul Pioneer Press and Dispatch)

1987

Steve Twomey (Philadelphia Inquirer)

1988

Jacqui Banaszynski (St. Paul Pioneer Press Dispatch)

1989

David Zucchino (Philadelphia Inquirer)

1990

Dave Curtin (Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph)

1991

Sheryl James (St. Petersburg [Fla.] Times)

1992

Howell Raines (New York Times)

1993

George Lardner, Jr. (Washington Post)

1994

Isabel Wilkerson (New York Times)

1995

Ron Suskind (Wall Street Journal)

1996

Rick Bragg (New York Times)

1997

Lisa Pollak (Baltimore Sun)

1998

Thomas French (St. Petersburg [Fla.] Times)

1999

Angelo B. Henderson (Wall Street Journal)

2000

J. R. Moehringer (Los Angeles Times)

2001

Tom Hallman, Jr. (The Oregonian)

2002

Barry Siegel (Los Angeles Times)

2003

Sonia Nazario (Los Angeles Times)

2004

No award

2005

Julia Keller (Chicago Tribune)

2006

Jim Sheeler (Rocky Mountain News [Denver, Colo.])

2007

Andrea Elliott (New York Times)

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