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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">Robert Boyd</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Robert Skinner Boyd</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1928-01-28</span>)</span>January 28, 1928<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>, Illinois, US</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">September 20, 2019<span style="display:none">(2019-09-20)</span> (aged 91)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>, Pennsylvania, US</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data category">American</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data">B.A. and M.A., <a href="/wiki/Harvard_University" title="Harvard University">Harvard University</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation(s)</th><td class="infobox-data role">Journalist and bureau chief</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Employer</th><td class="infobox-data org"><a href="/wiki/Knight_Newspapers" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Newspapers">Knight Newspaper Group</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Gloria L. Paulsen</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1949)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">4</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize" title="Pulitzer Prize">Pulitzer Prize</a>, 1973</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Robert Skinner Boyd</b> (January 11, 1928 – September 20, 2019) was an American journalist who spent most of his career working for the <a href="/wiki/Knight_Newspapers" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Newspapers">Knight Newspaper Group</a>, spending two decades as the group's <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington</a> bureau chief. He and <a href="/wiki/Clark_Hoyt" title="Clark Hoyt">Clark Hoyt</a> won a Pulitzer Prize in 1973 for uncovering the fact that Senator <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Eagleton" title="Thomas Eagleton">Thomas Eagleton</a>, <a href="/wiki/George_McGovern" title="George McGovern">George McGovern</a>'s choice for vice president, had had severe psychiatric problems and undergone three shock treatments. Instead of publishing their scoop, they disclosed their findings to McGovern's top advisor, and Eagleton withdrew as the Democratic nominee.<sup id="cite_ref-Who_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Who-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_career_and_education">Early career and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Boyd_(journalist)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early career and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Born in <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>, Boyd was the son of Alden W. Boyd and Mary A. (Skinner) Boyd. Raised as an <a href="/wiki/Episcopalian" class="mw-redirect" title="Episcopalian">Episcopalian</a>, he earned a B.A. and M.A. from <a href="/wiki/Harvard_University" title="Harvard University">Harvard University</a> in 1949.<sup id="cite_ref-Who_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Who-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-sketches_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sketches-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At Harvard, he studied ancient languages.<sup id="cite_ref-Stern_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stern-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Boyd_(journalist)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After serving in the U.S. Army in 1946–1947 and as a staff member in the U.S. State Department in 1950–1953, Boyd worked as a reporter for the Lafayette Louisiana <a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Advertiser_(Lafayette)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Daily Advertiser (Lafayette)"><i>Daily Advertiser</i></a> between 1953–1954 and as state editor for the Benton Harbor, Michigan <a href="/wiki/The_News-Palladium" class="mw-redirect" title="The News-Palladium"><i>News-Palladium</i></a> in 1954–1957. </p><p>He then joined the <i><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Free_Press" title="Detroit Free Press">Detroit Free Press</a></i>/Knight Newspaper Group, working as a reporter in 1957–1960, as a correspondent in the group's Washington, D.C. office in 1960–1967, as the chief of that bureau in 1967–1987, and as its chief Washington correspondent beginning in 1987.<sup id="cite_ref-Who_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Who-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Boyd toured the <a href="/wiki/Bay_of_Pigs_Invasion" title="Bay of Pigs Invasion">Bay of Pigs battlefield</a> with <a href="/wiki/Fidel_Castro" title="Fidel Castro">Fidel Castro</a> in 1961, covered the <a href="/wiki/Dominican_Civil_War" title="Dominican Civil War">revolution in the Dominican Republic</a> in 1965, toured the <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Soviet_Union_(1964%E2%80%931982)" title="History of the Soviet Union (1964–1982)">USSR in 1967</a>, and spent two weeks in <a href="/wiki/North_Vietnam" title="North Vietnam">North Vietnam</a> in 1970.<sup id="cite_ref-sketches_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sketches-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was one of five journalists who accompanied <a href="/wiki/1972_Nixon_visit_to_China" class="mw-redirect" title="1972 Nixon visit to China">President Nixon to China in 1972</a> and were allowed to stay for a time after Nixon's departure.<sup id="cite_ref-staying_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-staying-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During his 20 years in charge of the Washington bureau, "Boyd presided over an expansion in which the D.C. team grew from a staff of seven to more than 50." Knight colleague James McCartney said Boyd "was the antithesis of the sort of ego-driven Washington bureau chief who stepped all over his reporters....He was the best editor I ever had." <i><a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post">The Washington Post</a></i> reporter <a href="/wiki/David_Broder" class="mw-redirect" title="David Broder">David Broder</a> described Boyd as one of the most honest and fair reporters in Washington. "He's totally independent," Broder said. "I have no idea what his politics may be, and I've known him for 30 years."<sup id="cite_ref-Stern_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stern-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1993 he became Knight Ridder's Washington science writer. "At the age of 71, he found himself spending weeks in Antarctica 'talking to scientists and building igloos.'"<sup id="cite_ref-Stern_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stern-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Eagleton_case">Eagleton case</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Boyd_(journalist)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Eagleton case"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1972, after receiving a tip to the effect that Democratic presidential candidate George McGovern's running mate, Missouri Senator <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Eagleton" title="Thomas Eagleton">Thomas Eagleton</a>, had had shock treatments, Boyd and his Knight Newspapers colleague <a href="/wiki/Clark_Hoyt" title="Clark Hoyt">Clark Hoyt</a> did some investigating. Hoyt looked through the files of the <i><a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Post-Dispatch" title="St. Louis Post-Dispatch">St. Louis Post-Dispatch</a></i> from the 1960s, when Eagleton was state attorney general, and found gaps where Eagleton seemed to "disappear", as well as a report of him being treated "for exhaustion." Hoyt also tracked down a doctor who been present when Eagleton received a <a href="/wiki/Electroconvulsive_therapy" title="Electroconvulsive therapy">shock treatment</a>, but she refused to talk about it. Nonetheless, it became clear to Boyd and Hoyt that Eagleton had received shock treatments.<sup id="cite_ref-Stern_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stern-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Instead of writing an article, Boyd and Hoyt went to North Dakota to present McGovern and his campaign chairman <a href="/wiki/Frank_Mankiewicz" title="Frank Mankiewicz">Frank Mankiewicz</a> with their evidence and give them a chance to respond. "It was the only fair and decent thing to do," Boyd later said. In return, McGovern "double-crossed" them, in the words of a colleague, James McCartney, by holding a press conference on July 25, 1972, at which Eagleton announced that he had been hospitalized three times for "nervous exhaustion and fatigue" and McGovern expressed confidence in Eagleton's current health. "They said 'Sorry boys, we're going public,'" Boyd later recalled. "It was a frustrating thing for us." By holding the press conference, Mankiewicz blew Boyd's and Hoyt's chances at an exclusive. On July 31, Eagleton withdrew. The incident raised "critical journalistic questions: Had Boyd and Hoyt, in an excess of caution, tossed away a major exclusive by insisting on total confirmation, or had they been rigorously responsible? Was the tip...just another dirty trick by the Nixon crowd? Did that matter, because it turned out to be true? Was it better to have the revelation come against Eagleton the candidate rather than against Eagleton the vice-president? Was the journalistic responsibility to tell the news and let the public decide? Is that what happened?" Although they had been deprived of their scoop, Boyd and Hoyt ended up winning the Pulitzer Prize for uncovering the facts about Eagleton's psychiatric history anyway. One account suggests that Boyd was rewarded at least in part for his "touch of compassion," that the Pulitzer board "tipped its hat to him for his judicious restraint." The prize was described by "one Washington cynic" as "the first time anybody ever won a Pulitzer for a story they didn't write."<sup id="cite_ref-Who_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Who-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Stern_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stern-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Merritt_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Merritt-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Works">Works</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Boyd_(journalist)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Boyd and <a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Kraslow&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="David Kraslow (page does not exist)">David Kraslow</a> collaborated on a novel, <i>A Certain Little Evil</i>, published in 1964.<sup id="cite_ref-sketches_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sketches-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>His book <i>The Decline, but Not Yet the Fall, of the Russia Empire: The Lewis Cass Lectures</i> appeared in 1969.<sup id="cite_ref-Who_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Who-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honors_and_awards">Honors and awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Boyd_(journalist)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Honors and awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1973, Boyd and Clark Hoyt won the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting "for their disclosure of United States Senator <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Eagleton" title="Thomas Eagleton">Thomas Eagleton</a>'s history of psychiatric therapy, resulting in his withdrawal as the Democratic Vice Presidential nominee in 1972."<sup id="cite_ref-Stern_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stern-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was a John S. Knight Journalism Fellow at <a href="/wiki/Stanford" class="mw-redirect" title="Stanford">Stanford</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-fellows_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fellows-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Boyd_(journalist)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He married Gloria L. Paulsen in 1949, and they had four children (Tim, Suzy, Peter and Andy). Boyd died from <a href="/wiki/Congestive_heart_failure" class="mw-redirect" title="Congestive heart failure">congestive heart failure</a> at a nursing home in <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a> on September 20, 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Boyd_(journalist)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Who-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Who_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Who_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Who_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Who_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Who_1-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFBrennanClarage1999" class="citation book cs1">Brennan, Elizabeth A.; Clarage, Elizabeth C. 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Guthman">Edwin O. Guthman</a> (1950)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Leviero" title="Anthony Leviero">Anthony Leviero</a> (1952)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Whitehead" title="Don Whitehead">Don Whitehead</a> (1953)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_L._Wilson" title="Richard L. Wilson">Richard Wilson</a> (1954)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Lewis" title="Anthony Lewis">Anthony Lewis</a> (1955)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_L._Bartlett_(journalist)" title="Charles L. Bartlett (journalist)">Charles L. Bartlett</a> (1956)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Reston" title="James Reston">James Reston</a> (1957)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clark_R._Mollenhoff" title="Clark R. Mollenhoff">Clark Mollenhoff</a> & <a href="/wiki/Relman_Morin" title="Relman Morin">Relman Morin</a> (1958)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_Van_Smith" title="Howard Van Smith">Howard Van Smith</a> (1959)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vance_Trimble" title="Vance Trimble">Vance Trimble</a> (1960)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_R._Cony" title="Edward R. Cony">Edward R. Cony</a> (1961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nat_Caldwell" title="Nat Caldwell">Nathan G. Caldwell</a> & <a href="/wiki/Gene_Graham" title="Gene Graham">Gene S. Graham</a> (1962)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Lewis" title="Anthony Lewis">Anthony Lewis</a> (1963)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merriman_Smith" title="Merriman Smith">Merriman Smith</a> (1964)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_M._Kohlmeier_Jr." title="Louis M. Kohlmeier Jr.">Louis M. Kohlmeier Jr.</a> (1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haynes_Johnson" title="Haynes Johnson">Haynes Johnson</a> (1966)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanley_Penn" title="Stanley Penn">Stanley Penn</a> & <a href="/wiki/Monroe_Karmin" title="Monroe Karmin">Monroe Karmin</a> (1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Kotz" title="Nick Kotz">Nathan K. (Nick) Kotz</a> & <a href="/w/index.php?title=Howard_James_(journalist)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Howard James (journalist) (page does not exist)">Howard James</a> (1968)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Cahn_(journalist)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Robert Cahn (journalist) (page does not exist)">Robert Cahn</a> (1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_J._Eaton" title="William J. Eaton">William J. Eaton</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucinda_Franks" title="Lucinda Franks">Lucinda Franks </a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Anderson_(columnist)" title="Jack Anderson (columnist)">Jack Anderson</a> (1972)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Robert Boyd</a> & <a href="/wiki/Clark_Hoyt" title="Clark Hoyt">Clark Hoyt</a> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_White_(reporter)" title="Jack White (reporter)">Jack White</a> & <a href="/wiki/James_Polk_(journalist)" title="James Polk (journalist)">James R. Polk</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donald_L._Barlett" title="Donald L. Barlett">Donald L. Barlett</a> & <a href="/wiki/James_B._Steele" title="James B. Steele">James B. Steele</a> (1975)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1976–2000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/James_V._Risser" title="James V. Risser">James V. Risser</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Mears" title="Walter Mears">Walter Mears</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaylord_Shaw" title="Gaylord Shaw">Gaylord D. Shaw</a> (1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_V._Risser" title="James V. Risser">James V. Risser</a> (1979)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bette_Swenson_Orsini" title="Bette Swenson Orsini">Bette Swenson Orsini</a> & <a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Stafford_(journalist)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Charles Stafford (journalist) (page does not exist)">Charles Stafford</a> (1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_M._Crewdson" title="John M. Crewdson">John M. Crewdson</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Atkinson" title="Rick Atkinson">Rick Atkinson</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Boston_Globe" title="The Boston Globe">The Boston Globe</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Noble_Wilford" title="John Noble Wilford">John Noble Wilford</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Knudson" title="Tom Knudson">Thomas J. Knudson</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Craig_Flournoy" title="Craig Flournoy">Craig Flournoy</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Rodrigues&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="George Rodrigues (page does not exist)">George Rodrigues</a> & <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Howe" class="mw-redirect" title="Arthur Howe">Arthur Howe</a> (1986)</li> <li>Staff of <i><a href="/wiki/Miami_Herald" title="Miami Herald">The Miami Herald</a></i> & Staff of <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Weiner" title="Tim Weiner">Tim Weiner</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donald_L._Barlett" title="Donald L. Barlett">Donald L. Barlett</a> & <a href="/wiki/James_B._Steele" title="James B. Steele">James B. Steele</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ross_Anderson_(journalist)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ross Anderson (journalist) (page does not exist)">Ross Anderson</a>, <a href="/wiki/William_Dietrich_(novelist)" title="William Dietrich (novelist)">Bill Dietrich</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Mary_Ann_Gwinn&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mary Ann Gwinn (page does not exist)">Mary Ann Gwinn</a> & <a href="/wiki/Eric_Nalder" title="Eric Nalder">Eric Nalder</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marjie_Lundstrom" title="Marjie Lundstrom">Marjie Lundstrom</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rochelle_Sharpe" title="Rochelle Sharpe">Rochelle Sharpe</a> & <i><a href="/wiki/Gannett" title="Gannett">Gannett News Service</a></i> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Taylor_(journalist)" title="Jeff Taylor (journalist)">Jeff Taylor</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_McGraw&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mike McGraw (page does not exist)">Mike McGraw</a> & <a href="/wiki/The_Kansas_City_Star" title="The Kansas City Star">The Kansas City Star</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Maraniss" title="David Maraniss">David Maraniss</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eileen_Welsome" title="Eileen Welsome">Eileen Welsome</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Horwitz" title="Tony Horwitz">Tony Horwitz</a> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alix_M._Freedman" title="Alix M. Freedman">Alix M. Freedman</a> (1996)</li> <li>Staff of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Wall_Street_Journal" title="The Wall Street Journal">The Wall Street Journal</a></i> (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russell_Carollo" title="Russell Carollo">Russell Carollo</a> & <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Nesmith" title="Jeff Nesmith">Jeff Nesmith</a> (1998)</li> <li>Staff of <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Gerth" title="Jeff Gerth">Jeff Gerth</a> (1999)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000–2009</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Staff of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Wall_Street_Journal" title="The Wall Street Journal">The Wall Street Journal</a></i> (2000)</li> <li>Staff of <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> (2001)</li> <li>Staff of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post">The Washington Post</a></i> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Miller_(journalist)" title="Alan Miller (journalist)">Alan Miller</a> & <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Sack" title="Kevin Sack">Kevin Sack</a> (2003)</li> <li>Staff of <i><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times" title="Los Angeles Times">Los Angeles Times</a></i> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walt_Bogdanich" title="Walt Bogdanich">Walt Bogdanich</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Risen" title="James Risen">James Risen</a> & <a href="/wiki/Eric_Lichtblau" title="Eric Lichtblau">Eric Lichtblau</a> (2006)</li> <li>Staff of <i><a href="/wiki/The_San_Diego_Union-Tribune" title="The San Diego Union-Tribune">The San Diego Union-Tribune</a></i> & Staff of <i><a href="/wiki/Copley_Press" title="Copley Press">Copley News Service</a></i> including <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Stern_(journalist)" title="Marcus Stern (journalist)">Marcus Stern</a> & <a href="/w/index.php?title=Jerry_Kammer&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jerry Kammer (page does not exist)">Jerry Kammer</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Savage_(author)" title="Charlie Savage (author)">Charlie Savage</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jo_Becker" title="Jo Becker">Jo Becker</a> & <a href="/wiki/Barton_Gellman" title="Barton Gellman">Barton Gellman</a> (2008)</li> <li>Staff of <i><a href="/wiki/Tampa_Bay_Times" title="Tampa Bay Times">St. Petersburg Times</a></i> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Richtel" title="Matt Richtel">Matt Richtel</a> & Staff of <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times </a></i> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesse_Eisinger" title="Jesse Eisinger">Jesse Eisinger</a> & <a href="/wiki/Jake_Bernstein_(journalist)" title="Jake Bernstein (journalist)">Jake Bernstein</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Wood_(journalist)" title="David Wood (journalist)">David Wood</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lisa_Song" title="Lisa Song">Lisa Song</a>, <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_McGowan" title="Elizabeth McGowan">Elizabeth McGowan</a> & <a href="/wiki/David_Hasemyer" title="David Hasemyer">David Hasemyer</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Philipps" title="David Philipps">David Philipps</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carol_D._Leonnig" title="Carol D. Leonnig">Carol D. Leonnig</a> (2015)</li> <li>Staff of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post">The Washington Post</a></i> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Fahrenthold" title="David Fahrenthold">David Fahrenthold</a> (2017)</li> <li>Staff of <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> & Staff of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post">The Washington Post</a></i> (2018)</li> <li>Staff of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Wall_Street_Journal" title="The Wall Street Journal">The Wall Street Journal</a></i> (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominic_Gates" title="Dominic Gates">Dominic Gates</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Steve_Miletich&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Steve Miletich (page does not exist)">Steve Miletich</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Mike_Baker_(American_journalist)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mike Baker (American journalist) (page does not exist)">Mike Baker</a> & <a href="/w/index.php?title=Lewis_Kamb&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lewis Kamb (page does not exist)">Lewis Kamb</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Seattle_Times" title="The Seattle Times">The Seattle Times</a></i> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._Christian_Miller" title="T. 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