| 2019
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Ariel Edwards-Levy
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The Huffington Post
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| 2018
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Craig Silverman
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BuzzFeed News
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| 2017
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Jake Tapper
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CNN
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| 2016
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Alan Rusbridger
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The Guardian/ Oxford University
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| 2015
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No award given
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| 2014
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Charlayne Hunter-Gault
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Author and Journalist
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| 2013
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Ezra Klein
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The Washington Post
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| 2012
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Dana Priest
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The Washington Post
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| 2011
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Robert Fisk
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The Independent
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| 2010
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Charles E. Cook Jr.
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Cook Political Report
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| 2009
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Fareed Zakaria
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Newsweek International
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| 2008
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National Public Radio
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| 2007
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Ronald Brownstein
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Los Angeles Times, Washington Bureau
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| 2006
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Mark Danner
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University of California, Berkeley
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| 2005
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Seymour Hersh
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The New Yorker
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| 2004
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Bill Moyers
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Public Affairs Television
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| 2003
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Adam Clymer (Co-recipient)
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The New York Times
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| 2003
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Thomas Friedman (Co-recipient)
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The New York Times
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| 2002
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Linda Greenhouse (Co-recipient)
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The New York Times
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| 2002
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Janet Hook (Co-recipient)
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Los Angeles Times
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| 2001
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Victor Navasky (Co-recipient)
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The Nation Magazine
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| 2001
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William Kristol (Co-recipient)
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The Weekly Standard Magazine
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| 2000
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Allen Ehrenhalt
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Governing Magazine
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| 1999
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Dan Balz
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The Washington Post
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| 1998
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Richard Reeves
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University of Southern California
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| 1997
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Anthony Lewis
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The New York Times
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| 1996
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E.J. Dionne
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The Washington Post
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| 1995
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Brian Lamb
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C-SPAN
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| 1994
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Thomas Bryne Edsell
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The Washington Post
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| 1993
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Nina Totenberg
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National Public Radio
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| 1992
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Michael Barone
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U.S. News and World Report
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| 1991
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Molly Ivins
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Dallas Times-Herald
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| 1990
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National Journal
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| 1989
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Lesley Stahl
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CBS News
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| 1988
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Jeffrey H. Burnbaum and Alan S. Murray
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The Wall Street Journal
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| 1987
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Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report
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| 1986
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Neal R. Peirce
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Washingotn Post Writers Group
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| 1985
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Jim Lehrer and Robert MacNeil
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MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour
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| 1984
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Murray Kempton
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Newsday
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| 1983
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David S. Broder
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The Washington Post
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| 1982
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Richard Strout
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Christian Science Monitor
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