Donald L. Barlett

Along with partner James B. Steele, Mr. Barlett has been one of the profession's foremost investigative journalists for 30 years. They have won many awards for their landmark work, in which they probe complex subjects and make them relevant and understandable to readers.

The duo, now with Time, won the Pulitzer Prize for national reporting twice--in 1975 for a series, "Auditing the Internal Revenue Service," and again in 1989 for a 15-month investigation that examined the Tax Reform Act of 1986, which was supposed to eliminate many loopholes. Both awards came when the duo wrote for the Philadelphia Inquirer, where they worked for 27 years.

They also have won four George Polk awards, the most recent in 1999 in the category of national reporting, for a four-part series about corporate welfare that ran in Time in November 1998. The articles debunked the notion that corporate welfare and incentives always generate jobs and benefit the economy.

They also have won two Gerald Loeb awards. In the 1992 book "America: What Went Wrong?" Mr. Barlett offered a critique of tax burdens, foreign investments and laws that have changed America and undermined the so-called American dream. Mr. Steele contributed to the book, which was based on a series of articles they wrote for the Philadelphia Inquirer.