Finalist: Detroit Free Press , by James Ricci
For his extraordinary account of an organ donation "Kelly's Gift," and the effects it had on the lives of four strangers.
Winners
Prize Winner in Feature Writing in 1983:
Nan Robertson
For her memorable and medically detailed account of her struggle with toxic shock syndrome.
Feature Writing
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Feature Writing in 1983:
Don Colburn
For his documentation of the work of the nation's largest burn treatment center in Seattle, Wash.
The Jury
The Jury
Loren Ghiglione(Chair)
Editor and Publisher, The News, Southbridge, Mass.
William R. Burleigh
Editor, Cincinnati Post
Earl Caldwell
Columnist, New York Daily News
Robert M. Stiff
Editor, The Evening Independent, St. Petersburg, Fla.
Robert H. Wills
Editor and Senior Vice President, Milwaukee Sentinel
Winners in Feature Writing
Saul Pett
For an article profiling the federal bureaucracy.
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.
1983 Prize Winners
Manuela Hoelterhoff
For her wide-ranging criticism on the arts and other subjects.