Finalist: The Philadelphia Inquirer , by Staff
For a series on toxic waste.
Winners
Prize Winner in Public Service in 1980:
Gannett News Service
For its series on financial contributions to the Pauline Fathers.
Public Service
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Public Service in 1980:
Staff
For disclosures of medical incompetence, malfeasance and abuse.
Staff
For its series on police brutality.
Staff
For its investigation of the Church of Scientology. (Moved by the Board to the National Reporting category.)
The Jury
The Jury
Richard D. Smyser(Chair)
Editor, The Oak Ridger
John O. Emmerich, Jr.
Editor and Publisher, Greenwood (Miss.) Commonwealth
Paul Janensch
Executive Editor, The Courier Journal and Louisville Times
Timothy Leland*
Managing Editor, The Boston Globe
Sylvia Porter
Columnist, Field Newspaper Syndicate
Winners in Public Service
Point Reyes Light
For its investigation of Synanon.
The Philadelphia Inquirer
For a series of articles showing abuses of power by the police in its home city.
Lufkin (TX) News
For an obituary of a local man who died in Marine training camp, which grew into an investigation of that death and a fundamental reform in the recruiting and training practices of the United States Marine Corps.
Anchorage Daily News
For its disclosures of the impact and influence of the Teamsters Union on Alaska's economy and politics.
1980 Prize Winners
William A. Henry III
For critical writing about television.