USA Today
Jack Kelley
“Sbarro Pizza Restaurant Bombing in Jerusalem”

San Diego Union-Tribune
Staff entry
“Shooting at Santana High”

Houston Chronicle
Staff entry
“The Great Flood-Tropical Storm Allison”

Poughkeepsie Journal
Mary Beth Pfeiffer
“Death in Prison: Punishing the Mentally Ill”

Valley News, W. Lebanon, NH
Jim Kenyon
“The Other Side of  The Valley”

Charleston Gazette, Charleston, WV
Tara Tuckwiller

USA Today
Stephanie Armour

Sacramento Bee
Tom Knudson
“Environment, INC.”

USA Today
Dave Moniz & Jim Drinkard
“Special Report: Tarnished Guardians”

Baltimore Sun
Dan Rodricks

Palm Beach Post
Frank Cerabino

Star-Ledger, Newark, NJ
Kathleen O’Brien

Miami Herald
Leonard Pitts

Los Angeles Times
Patrick Goldstein
“The Big Picture”

News & Observer, Raleigh, NC
J. Peder Zane

Los Angeles Times
Andrew Malcolm

Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Martha Ezzard
“When Justice is a Crime”

Sacramento Bee
Ginger Rutland
“Unfair Fares”

Los Angeles Times
Alan Abrahamson

Star-Ledger, Newark, NJ
Brad Parks

San Diego Union-Tribune
Mark Zeigler

St. Petersburg Times
Thomas French

The Oregonian
Michael Wilson

USA Today
Gregg Zoroya

Seattle Times
Duff Wilson & David Heath
“Uninformed Consent”

Los Angeles Times
Staff entry
“Revealing Terrorism”  

Times-Picayune, New Orleans, La.
Keith Darce & Jeffrey Meitrodt
“River Barons: How Pilots Exploit Their Monopoly on the Mississippi”

New York Daily News
Heidi Evans & Dave Saltonstall
“Hale House”

St. Petersburg Times
Julie Hauserman
“The Poison in Your Back Yard”

Chicago Tribune
Ken Armstrong, Steve Mills & Maurice Possley
“Cops and Confessions” and “The Rocetti Case”

The Oregonian
Jeff Manning, Gail Hill & Steve Woodward

Associated Press
Adam Geller

San Francisco Chronicle
David Lazarus

The Oregonian
Jack Ohman

Dayton Daily News
Mike Peters

Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Mike Luckovich

Newsweek
Karen Breslau, Eleanor Clift & Evan Thomas
“The Real Story of Flight 93”

Bloomberg News
Vernon Silver
“Inside Qaddafi’s Financial Web”

Newsweek
Rod Nordland & Jeffrey Bartholet
“The Darkest Corner of the Internet”

Newsweek
David France & David Noonan

Smart Money Magazine
Stephanie Williams

Los Angeles Magazine
Jesse Katz

Newsweek
Allan Sloan

National Journal
Stuart Taylor, Jr.

Newsweek
Jonathan Alter

Associated Press  
Helen O’Neill  

Newhouse News Service  
Jonathan Tilove  

Newhouse News Service  
David Wood  

Bloomberg News  
Andrew Ferguson  

Newhouse News Service  
James Lileks  

Bloomberg News  
Michael Lewis

The Record, Hackensack, NJ
Thomas E. Franklin
“WTC - Firemen Flag Raising”

Newsday
Robert Mecea
“Lucky To Be Alive”

No Award Given

Las Vegas Sun
Ethan Miller
“Candlelight Vigil”   

New York Daily News
John Roca
“Tears For Heroes”

New York Times
Vincent Laforet
“Repairing Electrical Connections Atop the Empire State Building”

Orlando Sentinel, Orlando, Fl.
Phelan Ebenhack
“So Close”

Journal News, White Plains, NY
Stuart Bayer
“Girls Soccer”

Tribune-Review, Greensburg, Pa.
Barry Reeger
“Breaking Away”

Associated Press
Carmen Taylor
“Moment of Impact”

Associated Press
Richard Drew
“Victim of Terrorism”

Associated Press
Gulnara Samoilova
“Group of Survivors”

Associated Press
Vadim Ghirda
“Macedonian Refugees”

Sports Illustrated
Philippe Poulet
“French Dip”

Associated Press
Tony Gutierrez
“Conjuring Up A Storm”

Sports Illustrated
Darren Carroll
“Traveling Steerage”

Sports Illustrated
Bob Rosato
“Dreadful”

Sports Illustrated
Bob Rosato
“Beeline”

Denver Post
Craig F. Walker

Philadelphia Daily News
David Maialetti

No Award Given

Charlotte Observer
William H. Pitzer, Jr.

Los Angeles Times
Staff entry

The News Journal, Wilmington, DE
Dan Garrow

Newsday
Gary Viskupic

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Daniel Marsula

The Oregonian
Steve Cowden