Book Award - Laurie Garrett for Betrayal of Trust, a meticulously researched account of epidemics and plagues occurring worldwide - a global health disaster.

Career Award - John B. Oakes, for his singular journalistic achievements: creation of the "Op Ed" page, emulated nationwide; championing, as 15-year editor of The New York Times editorial page, the UN, the arts, civil rights and the environment.

National Reporting - Michael Grunwald, The Washington Post, for his revelatory series on the Army Corps of Engineers' billion-dollar, high-risk water projects.

Transportation Reporting - Scott McCartney, The Wall Street Journal, for exposing the negligence of the FAA re: cockpits, pilot training and air traffic control systems.

Local Television Reporting - Anna Werner, David Raziq and Chris Henao, KHOU-TV in Houston, for their series, "Treading on Danger?" credited by the government, the media and Ford with leading to the recall of six million tires.

Network Television Reporting - John Larson, Allan Maraynes, Lynne Dale, Neal Shapiro and Andy Lehren, NBC Dateline, for "The Paper Chase," which reported on insurance-industry efforts to deny medical benefits to accident victims.

Political Reporting - Virginia Ellis, Los Angeles Times, for exposing egregious misconduct by the California insurance commissioner, Chuck Quackenbush.

Statewide Reporting - Kevin Corcoran and Joe Fahy for their account in The Indianapolis Star of Indiana's shockingly inadequate oversight of care for its mentally fragile patients.

Healthcare Reporting - Sam Hodges and William Rabb, Mobile (Ala.) Register, for their series revealing the appalling state of dental care for Alabama's children.

Foreign Reporting - Alma Guillermoprieto, The New York Review of Books, for her three-part, in-depth analysis of the guerrilla war and drug trade in Colombia.

Special Award - The New York Times for its timely, insightful series, "How Race Is Lived in America," which laid bare the gap between what Americans say and what they feel about race.