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Finalist: The Dallas Morning News , by Dallas Morning News Team

For its coverage and analysis of the financial collapse of Braniff International Airlines.

Winners

Prize Winner in Local General or Spot News Reporting in 1983:

Editorial Staff

For its courageous and resourceful coverage of a devastating flood in March 1982. Local General or Spot News Reporting

Finalists

Nominated as finalists in Local General or Spot News Reporting in 1983:

Staff

For its coverage of an accident at Ginna nuclear power plant that helped to avert public panic.

The Jury

Ted M. Natt(Chair)

Editor and Publisher, The Daily News, Longview, Wash.

Joe Davidson

Managing Editor, The National Leader, Philadelphia

Kuyk Logan

Managing Editor, Houston Post

Marcia McQuern

City Editor, San Diego Union

John Strohmeyer*

Editor and Vice President, The Globe-Times, Bethlehem, Pa.

Winners in Local General or Spot News Reporting

Staff

For coverage of the Hyatt Regency Hotel disaster and identification of its causes.

Staff

For its coverage of the Mt. St. Helens story, including the photographs by Roger A. Werth.

Staff

For coverage of the nuclear accident at Three Mile Island.

Staff

For its coverage of the collision of a Pacific Southwest air liner with a small plane over its city.

1983 Prize Winners