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1984 Pulitzer Prizes

Journalism

Category
Winners
Finalists

Los Angeles Times

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

Karen Elliott House of The Wall Street Journal

For her extraordinary series of interviews with Jordan's King Hussein which correctly anticipated the problems that would confront the Reagan administration's Middle East peace plan.
Finalists:

Anthony Suau of The Denver Post

For a series of photographs which depict the tragic effects of starvation in Ethiopia and for a single photograph of a woman at her husband's gravesite on Memorial Day.
Finalists:

A team of reporters of Newsday, Long Island, NY

For their enterprising and comprehensive coverage of the Baby Jane Doe case and its far-reaching social and political implications.
Finalists:

Kenneth Cooper, Joan Fitz Gerald, Jonathan Kaufman, Norman Lockman, Gary Mc Millan, Kirk Scharfenberg and David Wessel of The Boston Globe

For their series examining race relations in Boston, a notable exercise in public service that turned a searching gaze on some the city's most honored institutions including The Globe itself.
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Special Citations

Theodor Seuss Geisel (Dr. Seuss)

For his special contribution over nearly half a century to the education and enjoyment of America's children and their parents.

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