Finalist: New York Daily News , by Joseph Volz, Richard Edmonds, Bob Herbert and Alton Slagle
For their series on the state of U.S. military preparedness.
Winners
Prize Winner in National Reporting in 1981:
John M. Crewdson
For his coverage of illegal aliens and immigration.
National Reporting
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in National Reporting in 1981:
Donald Barlett and James B. Steele
For their series "Energy Anarchy."
Jonathan Neumann and Ted Gup
For their series on government contracts.
The Jury
The Jury
Michael Gartner(Chair)*
Editor and President, Des Moines Register and Tribune
Warren L. Lerude*
Former Publisher, Reno Evening Gazette and Nevada State Journal
Don Pickels
Managing Editor, Houston Chronicle
Charles C. Reynolds
Editor and Publisher, The Press, Atlantic City, N.J.
Edward Sears
Managing Editor, The Atlanta Journal
Winners in National Reporting
Bette Swenson Orsini and Charles Stafford
For their investigation of the Church of Scientology.
James Risser
For a series on farming damage to the environment.
Gaylord D. Shaw
For a series on unsafe structural conditions at the nation's major dams.
Walter Mears
For his coverage of the 1976 Presidential campaign.
1981 Prize Winners
Dave Anderson
For his commentary on sports.
Jonathan Yardley
For his book reviews.