1985

Jon Franklin (Baltimore Evening Sun)

1986

New York Times

1987

Jeff Lyon and Peter Gorner (Chicago Tribune)

1988

Daniel Hertzberg and James B. Stewart (Wall Street Journal)

1989

David Hanners, William Snyder, and Karen Blessen (Dallas Morning News)

1990

David A. Vise and Coll (Washington Post)

1991

Susan C. Faludi (Wall Street Journal)

1992

Robert S. Capers and Eric Lipton (Hartford Courant)

1993

Mike Toner (Atlanta Journal–Constitution)

1994

Ronald Kotulak (Chicago Tribune)

1995

Leon Dash and Lucian Perkins (Washington Post)

1996

Laurie Garrett (Newsday [Long Island, N.Y.])

1997

Michael Vitez, Ron Cortes, and April Saul (Philadelphia Inquirer)

1998

Paul Salopek (Chicago Tribune)

1999

Richard Read (Oregonian [Portland, Ore.])

2000

Eric Newhouse (Great Falls [Mont.] Tribune)

2001

Chicago Tribune staff

2002

New York Times staff

2003

Wall Street Journal staff

2004

Kevin Helliker and Thomas M. Burton (Wall Street Journal)

2005

Gareth Cook (The Boston Globe)

2006

David Finkel (Washington Post)

2007

Kenneth R. Weiss, Usha Lee McFarling, and Rick Loomis (Los Angeles Times)

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