| Year | Newspaper |
|---|---|
| 1918 | The New York Times |
| 1920 | The Milwaukee Journal |
| 1922 | The New York Times |
| 1930 | The Columbus Enquirer-Sun |
| 1935 | The St. Louis Post-Dispatch |
| 1938 | The New York Times |
| 1942 | The Dallas Morning News |
| 1950 | The Minneapolis Tribune |
| 1953 | The Louisville Courier-Journal |
| 1954 | The Chicago Daily News |
| 1956 | The Montgomery Advertiser and The Birmingham Post |
| 1958 | The Charlotte Observer |
| 1959 | The Washington Post |
| 1961 | The Louisville Courier-Journal |
| 1963 | The Des Moines Register |
| 1964 | The Sun |
| 1965 | The Wall Street Journal |
| 1966 | The Los Angeles Times |
| 1967 | The Detroit Free Press |
| 1968 | The St. Louis Post-Dispatch |
| 1969 | The Miami Herald |
| 1971 | The New York Times |
| 1972 | The Philadelphia Inquirer |
| 1974 | The Washington Post |
| 1976 | The Boston Globe |
| 1977 | The Wall Street Journal |
| 1979 | The Los Angeles Times |
| 1980 | The Boston Globe |
| 1982 | The Philadelphia Inquirer |
| 1983 | The Des Moines Register |
| 1984 | The Dallas Times Herald |
| 1986 | The Miami Herald |
| 1987 | The Kansas City Star |
| 1988 | The Seattle Times |
| 1989 | The Sacramento Bee |
| 1991 | The Los Angeles Times |
| 1993 | The Denver Post |
| 1994 | The Seattle Times |
| 1995 | The New York Times |
| 1996 | The Detroit Free Press |
| 1997 | The Washington Post |
| 1998 | The Boston Globe |
| 1999 | The New York Times |
| 2000 | The Wall Street Journal |
| 2001 | The New York Times |
| 2002 | The Houston Chronicle |
| 2003 | The Los Angeles Times |
| 2004 | The Baltimore Sun |
| 2005 | The Seattle Times |
| 2006 | The Detroit Free Press |
| 2007 | The Wall Street Journal |
| 2008 | The Boston Globe |
| 2009 | The Washington Post |
| 2010 | The Washington Post |
| 2011 | The Los Angeles Times |
| 2012 | The St. Petersburg Times |
| 2013 | The Guardian US |
| 2014 | The Washington Post |
| 2015 | The Charleston Gazette-Mail |
| 2016 | The New York Times |
| 2018 | The New York Times |
| 2019 | The South China Morning Post |
| 2020 | The New York Times |
| 2022 | The New York Times and The Washington Post |