The paper won praise for reporting, such as its investigation into the 1998 Swissair Flight 111 crash.

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101030721-464402,00.html

This is an article in Time Magazine that praises USA Today for its trend towards more in-depth reporting and cites the coverage of sr111 specifically as something that has brought the paper praise. Gary Stoller's first article regarding the IFEN (entertainment system believed to be the cause of the sr111 crash) published in February of this year was the longest and most extensive investigation ever to appear in USA Today. Again Mark and I thank Gary Stoller and the paper for bringing the sr111 scandal to the attention of the public and also for exposing it to the various investigative agencies.

http://usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2003-02-25-our-view_x.htm

http://www.usatoday.com/money/biztravel/2003-02-16-swissair-investigation_x.htm

http://www.usatoday.com/money/biztravel/2003-03-09-swissair_x.htm

http://www.usatoday.com/money/biztravel/2003-03-26-swissair_x.htm

and the lastest out just this month:

http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20030709/5307654s.htm