2010
- COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM
Winner, John B. Oakes Award for Distinguished Environmental Journalism, First Place
Dangers in the Dust: Inside the Global Asbestos Trade
International Consortium of Investigative Journalists — David E. Kaplan, Marina Walker Guevara, Jim Morris, Ana Avila (Mexico), Steve Bradshaw (United Kingdom), Te-Ping Chen (China), Dan Ettinger (U.S.), Carlos Eduardo Huertas (Colombia), Murali Krishnan (India), Shantanu Guha Ray (India), Roman Shleynov (Russia), Marcelo Soares (Brazil), Abhishek Upadhyay (India)
2009
- SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS
Winner, Sigma Delta Chi Award for Public Service in Online Journalism (Independent), First Place
Sexual Assault on Campus: A Frustrating Search for Justice, Kristen Lombardi, Kristin Jones, Gordon Witkin, David Donald, The Center for Public Integrity
- ASSOCIATION OF HEALTH CARE JOURNALISTS
Winner, Multimedia Category, First Place
Tobacco Underground: The Booming Global Trade in Smuggled Cigarettes International Consortium of Investigative Journalists — David E. Kaplan, Marina Walker Guevara, Stefan Candea (Romania), Duncan Campbell (United Kingdom), Te-Ping Chen (United States), Gong Jing (China), Alain Lallemand (Belgium), Vlad Lavrov (Ukraine), William Marsden (Canada), Paul Christian Radu (Romania), Roman Shleynov (Russia), Leo Sisti (Italy), Drew Sullivan (Bosnia-Herzegovina), Kate Willson (United States).
- SCRIPPS HOWARD FOUNDATION’S NATIONAL JOURNALISM AWARDS
Finalist, Washington Reporting Category, Raymond Clapper Award
“The Murtha Method,” The Center for Public Integrity
- THE KNIGHT-BATTEN AWARDS FOR INNOVATIONS IN JOURNALISM
Special Distinction Award for Nonprofit Journalism Awarded to Three Major Center for Public Integrity Projects:
Broken Government
Tobacco Underground
Who’s Behind the Financial Meltdown?
- SOCIETY OF ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALISTS
Winner, Outstanding Online Reporting, First Place
The Hidden Costs of Clean Coal: Kristen Lombardi, Steven Sunshine, Sarah Laskow, and David Donald
- SOCIETY OF ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALISTS
Second Place, Outstanding Online Reporting
Perils of the New Pesticides: M.B. Pell, Jillian Olsen, and Jim Morris
2008
- INVESTIGATIVE REPORTERS AND EDITORS
Winner, Tom Renner Award for detailing global organized crime in tobacco smuggling, First Place
Tobacco Underground: The Booming Global Trade in Smuggled Cigarettes: David E. Kaplan (United States), Marina Walker Guevara (United States), Stefan Candea (Romania), Duncan Campbell (United Kingdom), Te-Ping Chen (United States), Gong Jing (China), Alain Lallemand (Belgium), Vlad Lavrov (Ukraine), William Marsden (Canada), Paul Cristian Radu (Romania), Roman Shleynov (Russia), Leo Sisti (Italy), Drew Sullivan (Bosnia-Herzegovina), Kate Willson (United States), of The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and The Center for Public Integrity
- INVESTIGATIVE REPORTERS AND EDITORS
Winner, Local-Circulation Weeklies: the Center for Public Integrity and Fort Worth Weekly, First Place
Over the Limit: Top Utility TXU and the Dirty Air of Texas: Joaquin Sapien and Ben Welsh
- OVERSEAS PRESS CLUB OF AMERICA
Winner, Online Journalism Award for Best Web Coverage of International Affairs
Tobacco Underground: The Booming Global Trade in Smuggled Cigarettes: International Consortium of Investigative Journalists — David E. Kaplan, Marina Walker Guevara, Stefan Candea (Romania), Duncan Campbell (United Kingdom), Te-Ping Chen (United States), Gong Jing (China), Alain Lallemand (Belgium), Vlad Lavrov (Ukraine), William Marsden (Canada), Paul Christian Radu (Romania), Roman Shleynov (Russia), Leo Sisti (Italy), Drew Sullivan (Bosnia-Herzegovina), Kate Willson (United States).
- SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS
Winner, Sigma Delta Chi Award for Public Service in Online Journalism (Independent), First Place
Perils of the New Pesticides: M.B. Pell, Jim Morris, Jillian Olsen
- ASSOCIATION OF HEALTH CARE JOURNALISTS
Winner, Online Category, First Place
Perils of the New Pesticides: M.B. Pell, Jim Morris, Jillian Olsen
- SOCIETY OF ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALISTS
Winner, Outstanding Online Reporting, First Place
Wasting Away: Superfund’s Toxic Legacy: Alex Knott, Richard Mullins, Joaquin Sapien, Kevin Bogardus, Anupama Narayanswamy, Ben Welsh, Diane Brozek Fancher, Helena Bengtsson, Peter Newbatt Smith, Leah Rush
2007
- ASSOCIATION OF HEALTH CARE JOURNALISTS
Winner, Trade/Online Journals/Newsletters Category, First Place
Wasting Away: Superfund’s Toxic Legacy: Alex Knott, Kevin Bogardus, Anupama Narayanswamy, Joaquin Sapien, Helena Bengtsson, Richard Mullins, Ben Welsh, Tom DeCesar, Sarah Laskow, Devin Varsalona
- INVESTIGATIVE REPORTERS AND EDITORS
Winner, IRE Award (Online)
Collateral Damage: Human Rights and U.S. Military Aid after 9/11: Nathaniel Heller, Ben Welsh, Marina Walker Guevara, Tom Stites, Sarah Fort, Patrick Kiger, Michael Bilton, Prangtip Daorueng, Ignacio Gomez, Andreas Harsono, Alain Lallemand, Yossi Melman, Mutegi Njau, Paul Radu, Gerardo Reyes, Leo Sisti
- NATIONAL PRESS FOUNDATION
Winner, Excellence in Online Journalism
The Center for Public Integrity: the Center staff
- ONLINE NEWS ASSOCIATION
Finalist, General Excellence (Small Sites); Investigative Journalism (Small)
The Center for Public Integrity and Collateral Damage: Human Rights and U.S. Military Aid after 9/11: the Center staff
- SOCIETY OF ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALISTS
Winner, Outstanding Online Reporting Category, First Place
Takings Initiatives Accountability Project: Bill Hogan, Robert Brodsky, Lisa Fetta, Gail Gibson, Josh Israel, Jim Morris
- SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS
- Winner, Sigma Delta Chi Award for Non-Deadline Reporting (Independent)
Wasting Away: Superfund’s Toxic Legacy: the Center staff - Winner, Sigma Delta Chi Award for Investigative Reporting (Independent)
States of Disclosure: Tracking the private interests of public officials: the Center staff
- Winner, Sigma Delta Chi Award for Non-Deadline Reporting (Independent)
- THE JOAN SHORENSTEIN CENTER ON THE PRESS, POLITICS AND PUBLIC POLICY
Honored with Special Citation for the Body of Its Investigative Work
The Center for Public Integrity: the Center staff
2006
- ASSOCIATION OF HEALTH CARE JOURNALISTS
Winner, Trade/Online Journals/Newsletters Category, First Place
Divine Intervention: U.S. AIDS Policy Abroad: Wendell Rawls, Marina Walker Guevara, Sarah Fort, M. Asif Ismail, Sheetal Doshi
- INVESTIGATIVE REPORTERS AND EDITORS
Finalist, IRE Award (Online)
Power Trips: Jim Morris, Helena Bengtsson, Daniel Lathrop, Robert Brodsky, Marina Walker Guevara, Alex Knott, Anupama Narayanswamy, Kevin Bogardus
- ONLINE NEWS ASSOCIATION AND THE USC ANNENBERG SCHOOL FOR COMMUNICATION
- Winner, Online Journalism Award for General Excellence in Online Journalism (Small Sites)
The Center for Public Integrity: the Center staff - Finalist, Online Journalism Award for Investigative Journalism (Small Sites)
Power Trips: the Center staff
- Winner, Online Journalism Award for General Excellence in Online Journalism (Small Sites)
- SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS
Winner, Sigma Delta Chi Award for Online Non-Deadline Reporting (independent), First Place
Divine Intervention: U.S. AIDS Policy Abroad: Wendell Rawls, Marina Walker Guevara, Sarah Fort, M. Asif Ismail, Sheetal Doshi
- CAPITOLBEAT: ASSOCIATION OF CAPITOL REPORTERS AND EDITORS
Winner, In-depth Reporting Online
Pushing Prescriptions in the States and Well Connected in the States: the Center staff
2005
- RADIO-TELEVISION NEWS DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION
Winner, Edward R. Murrow Award for Website (Non-Broadcast Affiliated, Small Market)
The Center for Public Integrity: the Center staff
- SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS
Winner, Sigma Delta Chi Award for Public Service in Online Journalism (Independent)
Well Connected in the States: John Dunbar, Leah Rush
- SOCIETY OF ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALISTS
Winner, Outstanding Online Reporting
The Politics of Oil: Bob Williams, Kevin Bogardus, Daniel Lathrop, Alexander Cohen, Aron Pilhofer
- ONLINE NEWS ASSOCIATION AND THE USC ANNENBERG SCHOOL FOR COMMUNICATION
- Finalist, Online Journalism Award Enterprise (Small Sites)
Outsourcing the Pentagon: the Center staff - Finalist, Online Journalism Award for General Excellence (Small Sites)
The Center for Public Integrity, the Center staff
- Finalist, Online Journalism Award Enterprise (Small Sites)
- CAPITOLBEAT: ASSOCIATION OF CAPITOL REPORTERS AND EDITORS
Winner, In-depth Reporting Online
“Personal Politics,” Leah Rush, Susan Schaab, Daniel Lathrop, David Dagan
2004
- SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY
Second Place, Project Censored Award for Top 25 Censored News Stories
“Justice Department Drafts Sweeping Expansion of Terrorism Act,” Charles Lewis, Adam Mayle
- SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS
- Winner, Sigma Delta Chi Award for Public Service in Online Journalism (Independent)
“Personal Politics,” the Center staff - Winner, Sigma Delta Chi Award for Investigative Reporting Online (Independent)
The Politics of Oil, Bob Williams, Kevin Bogardus, Aron Pilhofer, Alex Cohen
- Winner, Sigma Delta Chi Award for Public Service in Online Journalism (Independent)
- PEN USA
First Amendment Award
Charles Lewis
- LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY
Winner, George Polk Award for Internet Reporting
Windfalls of War: Maud S. Beelman, André Verlöy, Bill Allison, Teo Furtado, Kevin Baron, Neil Gordon, Laura Peterson, Daniel Politi, Bob Williams, Brooke Williams, Aron Pilhofer, Han Nguyen
- INVESTIGATIVE REPORTERS AND EDITORS
- Winner, Online Certificate
Outsourcing the Pentagon: Larry Makinson, Elizabeth Brown, Dan Guttman, M. Asif Ismail, Alex Knott - Finalist, Online
The Politics of Oil: Bob Williams, Kevin Bogardus, Laura Peterson, Paul Radu, Daniel Lathrop, Teo Furtado, Aron Pilhofer
- Winner, Online Certificate
- ONLINE NEWS ASSOCIATION AND USC ANNENBERG SCHOOL FOR COMMUNICATION
- Winner, Online Journalism Award for Enterprise (Small Sites)
Silent Partners: the Center staff - Finalist, Online Journalism Award for General Excellence (Small Sites)
The Center for Public Integrity: the Center staff
- Winner, Online Journalism Award for Enterprise (Small Sites)
- CAPITOLBEAT: ASSOCIATION OF CAPITAL REPORTERS AND EDITORS
Winner, In-depth Reporting Online
Silent Partners: Derek Willis, Aron Pilhofer
2003
- SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS
Winner, Sigma Delta Chi Award for Public Service in Online Journalism (Independent)
Silent Partners: Derek Willis, Aron Pilhofer
- CAPITOLBEAT: ASSOCIATION OF CAPITOL REPORTERS AND EDITORS
Winner, In-depth Reporting Online
“State Secrets,” MaryJo Sylwester, Leah Rush, John Dunbar, Robert Moore
- ONLINE NEWS ASSOCIATION AND THE USC ANNENBERG SCHOOL FOR COMMUNICATION
- Winner, Online Journalism Award for Enterprise Journalism (Independent)
Well Connected; John Dunbar, Bob Williams, Morgan Jindrich, Bill Allison, Teo Furtado - Finalist, Online Journalism Awards, Enterprise Reporting (Independent)
Making a Killing: The Business of War: Philip van Niekerk, Maud S. Beelman, Iqbal Athas, Duncan Campbell, Sunday Dare, Samiya Edwards, Julio Godoy, Alain Lallemand, Yossi Melman, Laura Peterson, Mungo Soggot, André Verlöy - Finalist, Online Journalism Award for General Excellence (Independent Small Sites)
The Center for Public Integrity: the Center staff - Finalist, Online Journalism Award for Enterprise Journalism (Independent)
The Water Barons: William Marsden, Maud S. Beelman, Bill Allison, Samiya Edwards, Erika Hobbs, Aron Pilhofer, Daniel Politi, André Verlöy
- Winner, Online Journalism Award for Enterprise Journalism (Independent)
- SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS
- Winner, Sigma Delta Chi Award for Public Service in Online Journalism (Independent)
“State Secrets,” MaryJo Sylwester, Leah Rush, John Dunbar, Robert Moore - Winner, Sigma Delta Chi Award for Investigative Reporting Online (Independent)
Making a Killing: The Business of War: the Center staff, International Consortium of Investigative Journalists
- Winner, Sigma Delta Chi Award for Public Service in Online Journalism (Independent)
- INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS AND EDITORS
- Winner, Online Certificate
The Water Barons: William Marsden, Maud Beelman, Bill Allison, Erika Hobbs, Daniel Politi, Aron Pilhofer, André Verlöy, Laura Peterson, Samiya Edwards - Finalist, Online
Well Connected: John Dunbar, Bob Williams, Morgan Jindrich, Scott Singleton
- Winner, Online Certificate
2002
- INVESTIGATIVE REPORTERS AND EDITORS
Finalist, Online
“Enron’s Big Political Donors,” John Dunbar, Robert Moore, MaryJo Sylwester
- SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS
Winner, Sigma Delta Chi Award for Public Service in Online Journalism (Independent)
Watchdogs on Short Leashes: Kenneth Vogel, Leah Rush
2001
- INVESTIGATIVE REPORTERS AND EDITORS
Finalist, Online
“Tobacco Companies Linked to Criminal Organizations in Lucrative Cigarette Smuggling,” International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, Maud S. Beelman, Bill Birmbauer, Duncan Campbell, William Marsden, Erik Schelzig, Leo Sisti
2000
- INVESTIGATIVE REPORTERS AND EDITORS
- Winner, Online Certificate
Our Private Legislatures — Public Service, Personal Gain: Diane Renzulli, Meleah Rush, John Dunbar, Alex Knott, Robert Moore, Ken Vogel - Finalist, Books
The Buying of the President 2000: Charles Lewis, the Center staff - Finalist, Online
“Money, Influence and Integrity in the 2000 Election Year,” the Center staff
- Winner, Online Certificate
1999
- INVESTIGATIVE REPORTERS AND EDITORS
- Winner, Books Certificate
Animal Underworld: Inside America’s Black Market for Rare and Exotic Species: Alan Green, the Center staff - Finalist, Online
“U.S. Support for Tobacco Overseas: Going Out of Business?“ Maud S. Beelman, Zoë Davidson
- Winner, Books Certificate
1998
- INVESTIGATIVE REPORTERS AND EDITORS
Finalist, Books
The Buying of the Congress: How Special Interests Have Stolen Your Right to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness: Charles Lewis, the Center staff
1997
- INVESTIGATIVE REPORTERS AND EDITORS
Finalist, Books
Toxic Deception: How the Chemical Industry Manipulates Science, Bends the Law, and Endangers Your Health: Dan Fagin, Marianne Lavelle, the Center staff
1996
- SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS
Winner, Sigma Delta Chi Award for Public Service in Newsletter Journalism
“Fat Cat Hotel,” Margaret Ebrahim
- INVESTIGATIVE REPORTERS AND EDITORS
Finalist, Books
The Buying of the President: Charles Lewis, the Center staff