2010 List of Berger Past Winners
Years Awarded Awardees Company Name Description
1961 McCandlish Philips The New York Times Special Recognition 1961 David C. Miller The New York Herald Tribune 1961 Helen Dudar The New York Post 1962 Lewis Lapham Harper’s Magazine 1963 Pete Kihss The New York Times 1964 Charles Grutzner The New York Times 1964 Jimmy Breslin The New York Herald Tribune 1965 Homer Bigart The New York Times 1966 Robert M. Lipstye The New York Times 1966 William E. Blundell The Wall Street Journal
1967 Leonard Victor The Long Island Press 1967 Murray Schumach The New York Times 1968 J. Anthony Lukas The New York Times 1968 Felix Kressler The Walll Street Journal 1969 Archie Waters The Long Island Press 1969 Sy Safransky The Long Island Press 1969 Robert Mayer Newsday 1970 Richard Severo The New York Times Special Recognition 1970 Art Sears Jr. The Wall Street Journal 1970 Donald Moffitt The Wall Street Journal 1971 Jack Newfield The Village Voice 1971 Robert Mayer Newsday Special Recognition 1972 Diane Zimmerman The New York Daily News 1972 Paul Meskil The New York Daily News 1972 Joseph Martin The New York Daily News 1972 Ray Kestenbaum Special Recognition 1972 Frank Faso The New York Daily News 1973 John Hess The New York Times 1973 Barry Cunningham The New York Post 1974 Penelope McMillan The Sunday News 1974 Sonny Kleinfield The Wall Street Journal 1975 Peter Coutros The New York Daily News 1975 Diedre Carmody The New York Times 1976 Israel Shenker The New York Times 1976 Howard Blum The Village Voice 1977 Richard Severo The New York Times 1977 Denis Hamill The Village Voice
1978 Carey Winfrey Reader’s Digest Association 1978 Ricki Fulman The New York Daily News 1979 Kenneth Gross Newsday 1979 Francis X. Clines The New York Times 1979 Kay Barlett The Associated Press Special Recoginiton 1980 Joyce Wadler The Washington Post, NY Bureau Speical Recognition 1980 Michael Kelly The Record 1980 Laurie Johnston The New York Times 1981 Ed Lowe Newsday 1981 Roger Director The New York Daily News 1981 Mike Daly The New York Daily News 1982 Guy Trebay The Village Voice 1982 Miguel Perez The New York Daily News 1983 Paul La Rosa The New York Daily News 1983 Anna Quindlen The New York Times 1984 Jan Hoffman The Village Voice 1984 Bella English The New York Daily News 1985 Sheila Rule The New York Times 1985 Neal Hirschfeld The New York Daily News 1986 Jonathan Mandell The New York Daily News 1986 Derrick Jackson Newsday 1987 Paul Vitello Newsday Speical Recognition 1987 Dennis Duggan Newsday 1987 Gail Collins The New York Daily News 1988 Sara Rimer The New York Times 1988 Jim Dwyer New York Newsday
1989 Bob Herbert The New York Times 1990 Heidi Evans The New York Daily News 1990 Mitch Broder Gannett/ Westchester Rockland Newspapers
1991 Ellis Henican New York Newsday 1992 Sheryl McCarthy New York Newsday 1992 David Gonzalez The New York Times 1993 Ray Sanchez New York Newsday 1993 Barry Bearak Los Angeles Times, NY Bureau 1994 Nina Bernstein New York Newsday 1995 Felicia R. Lee The New York Times 1996 Robert M. Lipsyte The New York Times
1997 Joyce Purnick The New York Times 1998 Patrice O’Shaughnessy New York Daily News The New York Daily News.
1999 Charlie LeDuff The New York Times 2000 Guy Trebay The Village Voice 2001 Jennifer Gonnerman The Village Voice 2002 Michael Kamber The Village Voice (Co-winner) Lucette Lagnado The Wall Street Journal (Co-winner) 2003 Matt Picenza City Limits 2004 No award given 2005 Dan Barry The New York Times 2006 Katie Thomas Newsday (Co-winner) Andrea Gurwitt Herald News, West Paterson, New Jersey (Co-winner) Steve Wick Newday (Special Recognition)
2007 Abigail Tucker The Baltimore Sun 2008 Michael Paulson The Boston Globe 2009 Brendan McCarthy The Times-Picayune, New Orlaeans