Finalist: St. Paul Pioneer Press , by H.G. Bissinger
For his account of a near air crash and its aftermath
Winners
Prize Winner in Feature Writing in 1982:
Saul Pett
For an article profiling the federal bureaucracy.
Feature Writing
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Feature Writing in 1982:
Erik Lacitis
For his series on abortion.
The Jury
The Jury
William A. Hilliard(Chair)
Assistant Managing Editor, The Oregonian
Gloria Brown Anderson
President, Today Enterprises, Inc., Miami, Fla.
Earl W. Foell
Editor, The Christian Science Monitor
Alf Goodykoontz
Executive Editor, Richmond Times-Dispatch and Richmond News Leader
Jenk Jones, Jr.
Executive Editor, Tulsa Tribune
Winners in Feature Writing
Teresa Carpenter
(The prize was first awarded to Janet Cooke of The Washington Post, but it was returned two days later after The Post learned that the winning story was fabricated.)
Madeleine Blais
For "Zepp's Last Stand."
Jon D. Franklin
For an account of brain surgery.
1982 Prize Winners
Martin Bernheimer
For classical music criticism.