Biggest Journalism Scoops, Interviews Of 2011 (PHOTOS)

The mission to kill Osama bin Laden. Ruth Madoff's side of the scandal. Jerry Sandusky on his alleged sexual abuse of young boys. People craved to hear firsthand accounts inside some of the biggest stories of 2011, and journalists raced to get exclusive interviews.

Below, see our admittedly imperfect attempt to capture some of the biggest journalism scoops of the year. Did you tune in or pick up a copy? Let us know what you thought — and if we missed any other scoops — in the comments section below.

• Robin Roberts With Nafissatou Diallo

• Diane Sawyer With Gabrielle Giffords

• Diane Sawyer With Jaycee Dugard

• Ruth Madoff on "60 Minutes"

• Steve Kroft With President Obama

• Bob Costas With Jerry Sandusky

• Gabriel Sherman, "The Elephant in the Green Room"

  "The Elephant in the Green Room," New York magazine, 5/22/2011

• Nicholas Schmidle, "Getting Bin Laden"

  "Getting Bin Laden," The New Yorker, 8/8/2011

• Nick Davies On Phone Hacking

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Comments

[Margo Arrowsmith]

07:58 AM on 01/03/2012

They actually have Gabby Gifford pictured across from Sandusky in the lead in.  Really?  They really had to do that?

[wcgorbitz]

07:05 PM on 12/28/2011

Amanpour & Gadhafi... Or even Mubarak, even if it was just an off camera convo

[wcgorbitz]

07:04 PM on 12/28/2011

Amanpour & Gadhafi?

[MadeandBakedintheUSA]

06:55 AM on 12/28/2011

these are scoops?

no wonder Hillary told USA media they are losing the information war

good luck USA

[Marvin Hadley Jr]

02:19 PM on 12/27/2011

These picks suggest HP news judgement really is as bad as it appears. Mainly by unskilled, fourth string reporters. But there are none in the first two strings any more.

[tacevad]

12:15 PM on 12/27/2011

I am far less interested in a "scoop" than I am in being informed. The race by news to be first has all too often shown that they are wrong or report falsehoods that only go to muddy the waters .

[reveal7]

11:50 AM on 12/27/2011

This would be more effective if both videos actually worked. ..y'know.

[enfant terrible]

11:44 AM on 12/27/2011

Biggest scoop was the MM interview by Edward R. Olbermann... seen on Current TV by an audience of 9.

[Tom Sutpen]

01:15 PM on 12/27/2011

Don't be cheeky. I'm sure it took dozens of man-minutes to snag that interview. :)