The team of reporters from the Los Angeles Times uncovered large contributions to the Democratic party by influential Asian donors. Subsequent to the reportage, the Democrats returned nearly $1.2 million in donations and sparked a nationwide debate on campaign finance reform.
An investigative journalism series that laid bare the problems with the quality of Florida’s Medicaid HMO treatment system for the poor.
In a series prepared over four months, the journalists exposed federal judges accepting gifts from a private corporation often amounting to expensive vacations. The articles raised questions about the propriety of federal judges and the ensuing hidden corruption in the justice system.
Journalists Gary Cohn and Ginger Thompson were recognized for their series “Battalion 316” which told of atrocities committed by a secret Honduran Intelligence Unit that had been trained and equipped by the CIA.
A series of investigative reports on the scrutiny of USAir in the aftermath of aeroplane crashes and action taken by FAA.
Journalists Russel Carollo, Carol Hernandez, Cheryl Reed and Jeff Nesmith published a series of investigations, reporting on the lenient handling of sexual misconduct cases by the military justice system.
The Sun Times story, led by journalists Charles Neubauer, Mark Brown and Michael Briggs, uncovered a corruption case against Rep Dan Rostenkowski’s campaign that had paid Dan Rostenkowski $73,000 in building rent and used taxpayer’s funds to personally acquire cars for himself.