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Jim Schaefer & M.L. Elrick, Detroit Free Press
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Previous Winners
2007  Joe Adams, The Florida Times-Union
2006  Terry Francke, Peter Scheer and the California First Amendment Coalition
2005  Kate Martin and the Center for National Security Studies
2004  Dan Christensen, Miami Daily Business Review
2003  Seth Rosenfeld, San Francisco Chronicle
2002  Dr. William Lawbaugh, St. Mary's College

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