Announcement of a 2002 Sigma Delta Chi award entry in the category, Investigative reporting - newspaper/wire service. Mike Lee of theTri-City Herald, Kennewick, Washington, received the award. Investigation uncovered 15 years of flagrant law-breaking and abuse by two farmer brothers. Actions involved disregard of state and federal laws and regulations, including illegal water and air pollution. Series titled, "Bitter Harvest."
Announces Sigma Delta Chi award presented to the Philadelphia Inquirer newspaper (Pennsylvania) for coverage of terrorism in an Amish community. "A world apart, shattered" was published October 3, 2006, p. A01.