2023
Caroline Cummings
2022
Rick Rojas
2021
Maya Wei-Haas
2020
Scott LaMar
2019
Peggy Smedley
2018
Kris Van Cleave, CBS News
2017
Dylan Baddour, Houston Chronicle
2016
Mike Lindblom, The Seattle Times
2015
Jessica Morrison, NOVA Next
2014
Mary Helen Berg, USA Today
2013
Gordon Dickson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram
2012
Jon Schmitz, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; Honorable Mention: Mike Rowe
2011
John Murphy-Teixidor, CNN Money; Honorable Mention: Tony Illia
2010
Henry Schipper; Honorable Mention: Ron Seely, Wisconsin State Journal
2008
Veronica Castelo and Jenna Hiller, News 8 Austin; Honorable Mention: Tony Bizjak and Nathaniel Levine, Sacramento Bee
2007
Larry Van Dyne, Washingtonian Magazine
2006
Larry Van Dyne, Washingtonian Magazine
2005
Rob Carson, The News Tribune
2004
Stuart Leavenworth, The Sacramento Bee
2003
John Mcquaid and Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune
2002
James Glanz, The New York Times
2001
Nok-Noi Hauger, Williams-Grand Canyon News
2000
George Hohmann, Charleston Daily Mail
1998
Jerry Needham, San Antonio Express-News
1997
Mariana Greene, Dallas Morning News
1996
Linda J. Johnson, Youngstown, OH Vindicator
1995
Robert Lee Hotz and Kenneth Reich, Los Angeles Times
1994
Chris Kelley, Dallas Morning News