Here are the finalists for the $25,000 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting

Harvard Kennedy School
The six finalists for the 2010 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting are: 
* J. Andrew Curliss and staff; Raleigh News & Observer; "Executive Privilege: The Perks of Power"
* Mark Greenblatt; KHOU-TV, Houston; "Under Fire: Discrimination and Corruption in the Texas National Guard"
* Sean P. Murphy; Boston Globe; "Gaming the System: Public Pensions the Massachusetts Way" 
* Raquel Rutledge; Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; "Cashing in on Kids" 
* Joe Stephens, Lena H. Sun and Lyndsey Layton; Washington Post; "Death on the Rails"
* A.C. Thompson; ProPublica and The Nation Institute; In collaboration with: Gordon Russell, Laura Maggi andBrendan McCarthy, The New Orleans Times-Picayune and Tom Jennings, Frontline "Law and Disorder"
The winner will be announced March 23.