Michael James Brownstein

Harvard University today said that the annual Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting which honors investigative reporting that best promotes more effective and ethical conduct of government, will soon be awarded. The winners of the coveted award are to receive $25,000 while finalists receive $10,000. Support for the Goldsmith Awards Program is provided by an annual grant from the Goldsmith Fund of the Greenfield Foundation. The program is administered by the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy of Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government.

The prizes this year for investigative reporting were awarded to Douglas Frantz and Murray Waas of The Los Angeles Times for a series on U.S. government policy toward Iraq, and to David Boardman, Eric Nalder and Eric Pryne of The Seattle Times for their series on allegations of sexual misconduct against Brock Adams, a former senator from Washington. (Murray Waas and Douglas Frantz were also finalists for the Pulitzer Prize in the category of national reporting for the same Los Angeles Times articles.)