Selden Ring Award winners announced

The Washington Post's Dana Priest and Anne Hull are the 2008 winners of the Selden Ring Award for Investigative Reporting for their coverage of poor conditions and bad management at that Walter Reed Army Medical Center, according to reports from Editor & Publisher.
The award is presented by the School of Journalism at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and it "recognizes the year’s outstanding work in investigative journalism that led to direct results," a release stated.
Finalists for the award also included:
* The New York Times for “A Toxic Pipeline," an investigation into the dangers of toxic chemicals that "led the FDA to halt the import of diethylene glycol from China, sparked recalls in more than 30 countries and forced China to close a factory."
* Chicago Tribune for “Hidden Hazards," which "shed a powerful spotlight on problems the Consumer Product Safety Commission failed to uncover. The reporters found unsafe car seats, toys and cribs that killed kids. The newspaper gave readers useful graphics in print and online to understand the defects in products and how to use them safely."
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