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The 1984 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in Public Service

Finalist: Detroit Free Press , by Staff

For a series by Stephen Franklin and Marcia Stepanek that exposed the failure of the automobile industry and the federal government to protect the motoring public from defective cars.

Winners

Prize Winner in Public Service in 1984:

Los Angeles Times

For an in-depth examination of southern California's growing Latino community by a team of editors and reporters. Public Service

Finalists

Nominated as finalists in Public Service in 1984:

Staff

For the series "And Justice for All?" which revealed failures and favoritism in the Cumberland County (N.C.) District Court System.

The Jury

Robert C. Maynard(Chair)

Editor and Publisher, Oakland Tribune

Loren Ghiglione

Editor and Publisher, The News, Southbridge, Mass.

David Hawpe

Managing Editor, The Courier Journal

Sue Reisinger

Managing Editor, The Miami News

Frank Wright

Managing Editor/News, Star Tribune

Winners in Public Service

1983

Jackson (MS) Clarion-Ledger

For its successful campaign supporting Governor Winter in his legislative battle for reform of Mississippi's public education system.
1982

The Detroit News

For a series by Sydney P. Freedberg and David Ashenfelter which exposed the U.S. Navy's cover-up of circumstances surrounding the deaths of seamen aboard ship and which led to significant reforms in naval procedures.
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1984 Prize Winners

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