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The 1984 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in Local General or Spot News Reporting

Finalist: The Fresno (CA) Bee , by Editorial Staff

For its coverage, under extreme deadline pressure, of the Coalinga earthquake of May 2, 1983.

Winners

Prize Winner in Local General or Spot News Reporting in 1984:

A team of reporters

For their enterprising and comprehensive coverage of the Baby Jane Doe case and its far-reaching social and political implications. Local General or Spot News Reporting

Finalists

Nominated as finalists in Local General or Spot News Reporting in 1984:

Leslie A. Scism

For her investigation of Anna Catherina Emmerick Academy, which linked the religious school's activities to right-wing extremist groups and revealed that it housed weaponry and explosives.

The Jury

Seymour Topping(Chair)

Managing Editor, The New York Times

Edwin Guthman*

Editorial Page Editor, The Philadelphia Inquirer

David L. Hopcraft

Executive Editor, The Plain Dealer

William H. Lee

Publisher, Observer Newspapers, Sacramento, Calif.

Susan K. Sajdak

Managing Editor, The Oakland Press, Pontiac, Mich.

Winners in Local General or Spot News Reporting

1983

Editorial Staff

For its courageous and resourceful coverage of a devastating flood in March 1982.
1982

Staff

For coverage of the Hyatt Regency Hotel disaster and identification of its causes.
1981

Staff

For its coverage of the Mt. St. Helens story, including the photographs by Roger A. Werth.
1980

Staff

For coverage of the nuclear accident at Three Mile Island.
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1984 Prize Winners

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