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Newspapers over 75,000:

Don Barlett and James Steele
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Series examines the largest transfer of wealth in U.S. history. Documents the reasons for the decline in the American standard of living

Mike Casey and Russell Carollo
Dayton Daily News
Documents the failure of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to protect workers

Chris Weston, Tim Smith and William Fox
Greenville News (S.C.)
Examines a spurious private foundation linked to the University of South Carolina

Newspapers under 75,000:

Carolyn Tuft
Belleville News-Democrat (Ill.)
Finds that the Belleville police were targeting black motorists for tickets to deter them from entering the city

Lesia Shannon
Sun News (Myrtle Beach, S.C.)
Documents an illegal lending business that a local city councilman ran from his home

Dan Vukelich
Albuquerque Tribune
Documents corruption and conflicts of interest in the New Mexico legislature

Magazines:

Scott Armstrong
Mother Jones
Story reveals a history of secret weapons deals among three U.S. administrations and Saudia Arabia

Brett Campbell, Laurie Udesky and Gordon Young
Scouther Exposure
Investigates workfare, finding endangerment of children and mismanagement

Television, larger markets:

Robbie Gordon, Richard Kaplan and Diane Sawyer
ABC Primetime Live
An hour-long investigation of three prominent televangelists; finds widespread manipulation through phony tactics

George Kindel, Hank Phillippi Ryan and Kate Shaplen
WHDH-TV (Boston)
Investigates redlining by home improvement and insurance companies

Glenn Silber, George Clyde, Diana Hembree, Juan Avila, Rocky Kistner and Sharon Tiller
PBS Frontline and the Center for Investigative Reporting
Investigates the story behind the failure of the savings and loan bailout

Television, smaller markets:

Jim Kenyon
WSTM-TV (Syracuse, N.Y.)
Exposes fraud in the trash hauling industry in Onandaga County

Scott Rensberger and Stuart Watson
WKRN-TV (Nashville)
Reveals that the city's water and sewer rates are among the highest in the country due to waste, bid fraud and possible criminal wrongdoing.