Past Winners of the Oakes Award
2010
The Center for Public Integrity's International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, "Dangers in the Dust: Inside the Global Asbestos Trade"
The Times-Picayune, New Orleans, Deepwater Horizon oil spill coverage
Dan Egan, "Great Lakes, Great Peril: A Road Map to Restoration"
2009
Blake Morrison and Brad Heath, "The Smokestack Effect: Toxic Air and America’s Schools"
Charles Duhigg, "Toxic Waters"
Kristen Lombardi, "The Hidden Cost of Clean Coal"
Kelly Kennedy, "Poisoned in Iraq: How Open Air Burn Pits are Risking Your Health"
2008
Susanne Rust, Meg Kissinger and Cary Spivak of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Chemical Fallout"
Martha Mendoza, Jeff Donn and Justin Pritchard of The Associated Press, "PharmaWater"
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2007
Bob Marshall, Mark Schleifstein, Matt Brown and photographer Ted Jackson of Times Picayune of New Orleans, "Last Chance: The Fight to Save a Disappearing Coast"
Judy Pasternak of The Los Angeles Times, "Blighted Homeland"
McKenzie Funk, Harper's, "Cold Rush: The Coming Fight for the Melting North"
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Award presentation
2006
Los Angeles Times’ Kenneth R. Weiss and his team, "Altered Oceans"
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2005
Erik Reece, "Death of a Mountain"
Dan Egan, "Troubled Waters, the Great Invasion"
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2004
Paul Koberstein, Cascadia Times
2003
The Staff of the Detroit Free Press
2002
Ben Raines, Mobile Register
2001
Robert McClure and Andrew Schneider, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
2000
John McQuaid, The Times-Picayune
1999
T. Christian Miller, Los Angeles Times
1998
Deborah Nelson, Jim Simon, Eric Nalder and Danny Westneat, The Seattle Times
1997
Duff Wilson, The Seattle Times
1996
Dunstan McNichol and Kelly Richmond, The Record
1995
Pat Stith and Joby Warrick, The News & Observer