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1983 Pulitzer Prizes

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Journalism

Category
Winners
Finalists
Public Service

Jackson (MS) Clarion-Ledger

For its successful campaign supporting Governor Winter in his legislative battle for reform of Mississippi's public education system.
Finalists:
Staff of The Boston Globe
Staff of The Seattle Post-Intelligencer
National Reporting

Staff of The Boston Globe

For its balanced and informative special report on the nuclear arms race.
Finalists:
Haynes Johnson of The Washington Post
Jim Henderson of Dallas Times Herald
International Reporting

Thomas L. Friedman and Loren Jenkins of The New York Times and The Washington Post, (respectively)

For their individual reporting of the Israeli invasion of Beirut and its tragic aftermath.
Finalists:
Rod Nordland of Philadelphia Inquirer
Feature Writing

Nan Robertson of The New York Times

For her memorable and medically detailed account of her struggle with toxic shock syndrome.
Finalists:
Don Colburn of The Everett (WA) Herald
James Ricci of Detroit Free Press
Editorial Writing

Editorial Board of The Miami Herald

For its campaign against the detention of illegal Haitian immigrants by federal officials.
Finalists:
Ralph B. Bennett and Jonathan Freedman of San Diego Tribune
Marvin Seid of Los Angeles Times
Spot News Photography

Bill Foley of Associated Press

For his moving series of pictures of victims and survivors of the massacre in the Sabra Camp in Beirut.
Finalists:
James L. Davis of The Arizona Daily Star
Daymon J. Hartley of United Press International
Chester Panzer of WRC-TV, Washington, DC

Special Citations

Books, Drama & Music

Category
Winners
Finalists
Music

Symphony No. I (Three Movements for Orchestra), by Ellen Taaffe Zwilich

Commissioned by the American Composers Orchestra and premiered by that orchestra on May 5, 1982 in Alice Tully Hall, New York City.
Finalists:
Drama for Orchestra , by Vivian Fine
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