AltWeekly Awards
2008 Investigative Reporting Above 55,000
2nd Place: The Corporation that Ate San Francisco, Dust Still Settling and Green City by Sarah Phelan , San Francisco Bay Guardian
3rd Place: Swept Under the Bridge and Sex Offenders Set Up Camp
by Isaiah Thompson
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Miami New Times
Honorable Mention: The Worst Internal Scandal in NSA History was Blamed on Cold War Defectors' Homosexuality
by Rick Anderson
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Seattle Weekly
2008 Investigative Reporting Below 55,000
1st Place: Hidden in Plain Sight (PDF) by Nate Blakeslee , The Texas Observer
2nd Place: The Loop, MLGW Networx: Keeping Us in the Dark?, Will the City Council Get the Real Story? Will Anyone?, Networx Down and Unplugged
by Chris Davis
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The Memphis Flyer
3rd Place: Hot and Soured, Official Reactions Mixed on Allegations of Minimum-wage, Building-Code Violations and State Cracks Down on Burlington-Area Chinese Restaurant Owners
by Ken Picard
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Seven Days
Honorable Mention: Sluggish Response to Suicide, Punish the Mentally Ill!, Prisoners as Commodities, Prisoner Gagged, Maine Prison Bosses Violate Court Orders, Press Behind Bars, Mentally Ill Inmate Gets Care Despite State's Objections, Stabbed in the Back, Dangerous Waits for Psychiatric Evaluations? and Exiled Maine Prisoners Report Abuse, Danger
by Lance Tapley
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Portland Phoenix
2007 Investigative Reporting Above 55,000
1st Place: "Death by Dust" by Kristen Lombardi , The Village Voice
2nd Place: "Real Hot Property," "Where the Bodies are Buried," "Digging Up the Dirt," "Nuclear Reactions"
by Michael Collins
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Los Angeles CityBeat
3rd Place: "Run Over By Metro"
by Todd Spivak
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Houston Press
Honorable Mention: "Collapse": 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
by Edward Ericson, Jr.
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Baltimore City Paper
2007 Investigative Reporting Below 55,000
1st Place: "The Wexford Files": 1, 2, 3,4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 by Dan Frosch , Santa Fe Reporter
2nd Place: "On the Road Again," "Melton May Face Felony Charges," "Nightmare on Ridgeway Street," "D-Day For Mayor Frank Melton," "Frankie's Got a Gun," "Can Melton be Removed?" "Another Melton Mentee Back in Jail"
by Brian Johnson, Donna Ladd and Adam Lynch
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Jackson Free Press
3rd Place: "Authement Yanks Rezoning Request," "Access Denied," "Independent Weekly Sues Ray Authement's Office," "University Land Grab," "Buying the Farm," "Rubin Rules," "Ind. Get Copy of Appraisal," "Cover Up,", "Independent Awarded Legal Fess," "Unsolved Mystery
by Leslie Turk
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IND Media
2006 Investigative Reporting Above 50,000
1st Place: The PGE Series by Nigel Jaquiss , Willamette Week
2nd Place: Worst Homicide Squad series
by David S. Bernstein
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Boston Phoenix
3rd Place: The Fall Guy
by A.C. Thompson
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San Francisco Bay Guardian
Honorable Mention: Bomb Bait
by Paul McMorrow
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Dig Boston
2006 Investigative Reporting Below 50,000
1st Place: A Death in McAllen by Dave Mann , The Texas Observer
2nd Place: The Road to Meadville series
by Donna Ladd
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Jackson Free Press