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Fred M. Hechinger Grand Prize for Distinguished Education Reporting

Year Winner
1972 John Matthews, Washington Star
1973 William Grant, Detroit Free Press
1974 James Nolan and Linda Stahl, Louisville Courier-Journal
1975 Jonathan Neumann, Daily Hampshire Gazette (Northampton, Mass.)
1976 James Worsham and Marguerite Del Guidice, Boston Globe
1977 Lou Antosh, Philadelphia Bulletin
1978 Stanley Moulton and Laurel Sorenson, Daily Hampshire Gazette
1979 Staff of 10 writers, Charlotte Observer
1980 Rena W. Cohen, The Daily and Sunday Herald (Arlington Heights, Ill.)
1981 Mary Bishop, Thomas Ferrick, Jr. and Donald Kimelman, Philadelphia Inquirer
1982 Fred Anklam and Nancy Weaver, Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Miss.)
1983 Robert Frahm, Journal Times (Racine, Wisc.)
1984 Cindy Goodaker, The Oakland Press (Pontiac, Mich.)
1985 Janet Groat, Macon (Ga.) Telegraph & Tribune
1986 Ricardo Gandara, Albuquerque Tribune
1987 Emily Sachar, New York Newsday
1988 Team of 14 reporters from The Chicago Tribune
1989 Emily Sachar, New York Newsday
1990 Ann Carnahan and Tony Pugh, The Rocky Mountain News (Denver, Co.)
1991 Theresa Churchill, Ron Ingram and Carol Alexander, Herald & Review (Decatur, Ill.)
1992 Kimberly J. McLarin, The Philadelphia Inquirer
1993 Stephen Henderson, The Lexington Herald-Leader
1994 Neil A. Borowski, Laura Bruch, Thomas Ferrick, Craig McCoy, Dale Mezzacappa, John Woestendiek and Martha Woodall, The Philadelphia Inquirer
1995 Dudley Althaus, The Houston Chronicle
1996 Robert Frahm and Rick Green, The Hartford Courant
1997 Jacques Steinberg, New York Times
1998 Deb Kollars, Sacramento Bee
1999 Tim Simmons, Raleigh News and Observer
2000 Kenneth Weiss, Los Angeles Times
2001 Patrick Healy, The Boston Globe
2002 Eric Eyre and Scott Finn, The Charleston Gazette
2003 Christine Willmsen and Maureen O'Hagan, The Seattle Times
2004 Joshua Benton, Holly Hacker and Herb Booth, The Dallas Morning News
2005 Linda Lutton, Kati Phillips and Jonathan Lipman, Daily Southtown
2006Jean Rimbach and Kathleen Carroll, The Bergen Record
2007 Martha Irvine and Robert Tanner, Associated Press