Finalist: The Washington Post , by Benjamin L. Weiser
For his series on the difficulties doctors face in making life-and-death decisions regarding their patients.
Winners
Prize Winner in National Reporting in 1984:
John Noble Wilford
For reporting on a wide variety of scientific topics of national import.
National Reporting
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in National Reporting in 1984:
George Getschow
For his series "Dirty Work," which disclosed the existence of temporary slave labor camps throughout the southwest United States.
The Jury
The Jury
Gilbert L. Watson III
Assistant Managing Editor/Features, The Baltimore Sun
Winners in National Reporting
Staff
For its balanced and informative special report on the nuclear arms race.
Rick Atkinson
For the uniform excellence of his reporting and writing on stories of national import.
John M. Crewdson
For his coverage of illegal aliens and immigration.
Bette Swenson Orsini and Charles Stafford
For their investigation of the Church of Scientology.
1984 Prize Winners
Paul Goldberger
For architectural criticism.