Finalist: United Press International , by Daymon J. Hartley
For his photographs of a fire rescue in Detroit.
Winners
Prize Winner in Spot News Photography in 1983:
Bill Foley
For his moving series of pictures of victims and survivors of the massacre in the Sabra Camp in Beirut.
Spot News Photography
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Spot News Photography in 1983:
Chester Panzer
For his dramatic photos of the rescue of survivors of the Air Florida jet crash.
James L. Davis
For his photographs of a shoot-out between members of a religious sect and local law enforcement officers in Miracle Valley, Ariz.
The Jury
The Jury
Thomas J. Kelly(Chair)*
Director of Photography, The Mercury, Pottstown, Pa.
Ed Breen
City Editor, The Chronicle-Tribune, Marion, Ind.
George Chaplin
Editor in Chief, Honolulu Advertiser
Gregory E. Favre
Managing Editor, Chicago Sun-Times
Les Payne*
National Editor, Newsday
Winners in Spot News Photography
Ron Edmonds
For his coverage of the Reagan assassination attempt.
Larry C. Price
For his photographs from Liberia.
Jahangir Razmi
For the photograph "Firing Squad in Iran" that was distributed by United Press International. The photographer remained anonymous until his identity was revealed, with his consent, by Josh Prager of The Wall Street Journal in 2006.
Thomas J. Kelly III
For a series called "Tragedy on Sanatoga Road."
1983 Prize Winners
Manuela Hoelterhoff
For her wide-ranging criticism on the arts and other subjects.