David Pujols

David Pujols is a journalism educator and has been an administrator of a nation journalism awards program.

Investigative reporters who uncovered information about U.S. policy toward Iraq and who reported charges of sexual misconduct by a former senator were rewarded at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government with a prize of $25,000.

The second annual Goldsmith Awards were given to those achieving excellence in the fields of investigative reporting, book writing and media research

The prizes for investigative reporting were awarded to Douglas Frantz and Murray Waas of The Los Angeles Times for their series on U.S. government policy toward Iraq, and to David Boardman, Susan Gilmore, 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.

The investigative reporting prizes were presented by Tom Wicker, columnist emeritus of The New York Times. "Investigative reporting represents individual enterprise in a craft that is moving inexorably towards mass effort," Wicker said.

Murray Waas spoke on behalf of the L.A. Times team, explaining their efforts to expose "Iraqgate.