2004

Coaches who prey

An investigation into sexual misconduct by coaches and how it frequently goes unpunished.

CHRISTINE WILLMSEN AND MAUREEN O'HAGAN, PUBLIC SERVICE

2003

The Terrorist Within

The story behind one man's holy war against America.

HAL BERNTON, MIKE CARTER, DAVID HEATH AND JAMES NEFF, INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING

The D.C. sniper arrests

Follow the the Washington, D.C., sniper stories that eventually traced to our own back yard.

STAFF OF THE SEATTLE TIMES, BREAKING NEWS

2002

Uninformed Consent

What patients at 'The Hutch' weren't told about the experiments in which they died.

DUFF WILSON AND DAVID HEATH, INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING

2000

WTO photo gallery

Photos of the riots that set off a global conversation.

PHOTO STAFF OF THE SEATTLE TIMES, BREAKING NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY

1999

Affirmative Action

Analysis of Washington states affirmative action challenge.

TOM BRUNE, EXPLANATORY REPORTING

1998

Fear in the Fields

How hazardous wastes become fertilizer.

DUFF WILSON, PUBLIC SERVICE

1993

U.S. Senator Brock Adams sexual harassment allegations

Disclosing allegations of sexual harassment of women by U.S. Sen. Brock Adams of Washington, who dropped his re-election bid.

THE SEATTLE TIMES, PUBLIC SERVICE

1990

Oil tanker safety

Series on oil-tanker safety and the failure of industry and government to oversee shipping of oil.

ERIC NALDER, EXPLANATORY JOURNALISM

1988

Green River killing

A six-part examination of how police and other institutions dealt with the worst known serial-murder case in the nation.

TOMAS GUILLEN AND CARLTON SMITH, INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING

Pacific salmon's struggle

Stories and photos showing the Pacific salmon's struggle to survive man-made hazards.

NATALIE FOBES, SPECIALIZED REPORTING

1982

Series on abortion

ERIK LACITIS, FEATURE WRITING