HEYWOOD BROUN AWARD WINNERS, JUDGES, 1980-1999

1999:

Katherine Boo, The Washington Post—for reporting on the rapes, physical abuse and forced labor of the mentally retarded under city care, resulting in administrative reform and criminal investigations.

    Judges
    E.J. Dionne, The Washington Post
    John Mulligan, Providence (R.I.) Journal
    Bill Serrin, New York University
    Alicia Shepard, American Journalism Review
    Anna Maria Tremonti, CBC

1998:
Jerry Mitchell, Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Mississippi)—for extensive reporting on the Ku Klux Klan that resulted in the murder conviction of an Imperial Wizard for a crime that was more than 30 years old

    Judges
    Bob Davis, Wall Street Journal
    William J. Eaton, U. of Maryland
    Geneva Overholser, Washington Post
    Jonathan Whitten, Canadian Broadcasting Corp.


1997:
Ted Wendling, Joan Mazzolini and Dave Davis, Cleveland Plain Dealer—for series exposing flaws in the nation’s organ allocation and transplant system

    Judges
    Sharon Schmickle, Star Tribune
    Murray Seeger, ex-newspapers
    Leonard Sloane
    Don Barlett, Time Magazine

1996:
Molly Gordon, N. Y. Daily News—for series revealing how Chinese immigrants were victimized by dozens of charlatans posing as doctors

    Judges
    Rebecca Corbett, The (Baltimore) Sun
    Ellen Shearer, Medill News Service
    Clare Crawford-Mason, CCM Production
    Victor Navasky, The Nation

1995:
Carol Marbin and Stephen Nohlgren, St. Petersburg Times—for series on Florida law that allowed elderly people to be committed to psychiatric hospitals against their wishes

    Judges
    Susan King, exTV
    Al Eisele, The Hill
    Charles Babcock, Washington Post
    Laura Lynch, Canadian Broadcasting Corp.
    Sheila Dresser, Baltimore Sun

1994:
Mitchell Zuckoff, Boston Globe—series on how U.S. companies benefit from free trade by exploiting employees and the environment

    Judges
    Morton Mintz, Washington Post (ret.)
    Robert Parry, ex-AP, Newsweek
    Lynn Sweet, Sun-Times

1993:
Eileen Welsome, Albuquerque Tribune—series on radioactive procedures performed by the U.S. government on unsuspecting Americans

    Judges
    Linda Diebel, Toronto Star
    Dorothy Gilliam, Washington Post
    Seymour Hersh
    Rem Reider

1992:
Roy Gutman, Newsday—series on the horrors of ethnic cleansing in Serbian-controlled Bosnia

    Judges
    Gene Roberts, Philadelphia Inquirer
    Helen Thomas, UPI
    Calvin Woodward, Canadian Press

1991:
Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele, Philadelphia Inquirer—series on why the American dream has become a nightmare for so many

    Judges
    Eleanor Clift, Newsweek
    Mark Shields
    Ron Cohen, Gannett News Service
    Philip Robbins, George Washington U.

1990:
Heidi Evans, N. Y. Daily News—expose of health officials’ nonfeasance on cancer tests for poor women

    Judges
    Richard Harwood, Washington Post
    Dana Buller, World Press Freedom Comm.
    Colin McKenzie, Globe & Mail

1989:
Miranda Ewell and David Schrieberg, San Jose Mercury News—series on injustices from court’s use of unqualified interpreters for non-English speakers

    Judges
    Scott Armstrong
    Jennifer Lewington
    Dale McFeatters
    Marianne Means


1988:
John McCarron, Chicago Tribune—series on the use and abuse of power by elected officials and reform groups in urban land development

    Judges
    Julius Duscha
    Hal Jones
    Morton Mintz
    Peggy Simpson

1987:
Mike Masterson, Chuck Cook and Mark N. Trahant, Arizona Republic—series on fraud and waste in treatment of American Indians

    Judges
    Robert L. Asher
    Reese Cleghorn
    Frank Starr

1986:
Dan Barreiro, Melinda Henneberger, David Leeson, Leslie Pound and David Tarrant, Dallas Morning News—report on hunger, homelessness

    Judges
    Ray Jenkins
    Juliet O'Neill
    Jim Polk

1985:
Rick Anderson, Seattle Times—series of columns about the down-and-out enmeshed in life’s injustices

    Judges
    Arnold B. Sawislak
    Joe Schlesinger
    Jules Witcover


1984:
Mike Masterson, Arkansas Democrat—series establishing that police brutality caused a young black’s death in jail

    Judges
    Peter Braestrup
    Lyle Denniston
    Katherine Winton Evans

1983:
Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Evening Sun—columns paying sustained attention to the problems of ordinary men and women

    Judges
    Max McCrohon
    Susan Stamberg
    Richard T. Stout

1982:
Stephen R. Morin, Providence Journal Bulletin—series on today’s abused children becoming tomorrow’s criminal class

    Judges
    Ernest B. Furguson
    Jim Lehrer
    Morton Mintz

1981:
William R. Ritz, Denver Post—series exposing loss of billions of dollars from thievery, negligence in U.S. oil fields

    Judges
    Georgie Ann Geyer
    Daniel Schorr
    Albert Eisele

1980:
Barb Brucker and Jim Underwood, Mansfield (Ohio) News Journal—series on police brutality and coverup by authorities  

    Judges
    Richard W. Daw
    Benjamin F. Holman
    Bill Kovach