Earlier this month the 2016 Barlett & Steele bronze award was given to “OxyContin’s 12-Hour Problem,” the Los Angeles Times’ investigation into how America’s bestselling prescriptive painkiller helped
Last week the 2016 Barlett & Steele Silver Award was given to “Testing Theranos,” the Wall Street Journal’s devastating investigation into startup Theranos. WSJ reporters discovered that the
The Associated Press’ Robin McDowell, Margie Mason, Martha Mendoza and Esther Htusan worked in four countries to investigate slavery in Southeast Asia’s fishing industry. Their
When the Star Tribune’s Chris Serres began exploring the fast-growing home health and personal care industry in Minnesota, he was investigating fraud in Medicaid payments. What
The Palm Beach Post series, “Dying for Care” is a good example of investigative business journalism that changed prison operations in Florida. The Post documented
In four feature stories and 22 follow-up articles, Michael Grabell, an investigative reporter at ProPublica, brought the safety of temporary workers into the spotlight. His
Barlett & Steele Silver Award Winner “The United States of Subsidies”By Louise StoryThe New York Times It seemed like a simple question: how much money
Barlett & Steele Gold Award Winners “America’s Worst Charities”by Kris Hundley and Kendall TaggartTampa Bay Times and The Center for Investigative Reporting How would you
Barlett & Steele Bronze Award Winners “Inside Game: How Corporate Insiders Profit Ahead of the Public” By Susan Pulliam, Rob Barry, Michael Siconolfi and Jean
The Wall Street Journal jumped into the murky world of insider trading to see how executives traded their companies’ stock. A database they created using
Louise Story of the New York Times accomplished a major feat last year: She created an interactive state-by-state database calculating business incentives governments use to
David Barstow, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter for the New York Times, spent 10 months tracking a paper trail to determine what Wal-Mart executives knew
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