2009

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

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

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

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