For a distinguished example of meritorious public service by a newspaper through the use of its journalistic resources which may include editorials, cartoons, and photographs, as well as reporting, a gold medal.
Anchorage Daily News , by Anchorage Daily News
For its disclosures of the impact and influence of the Teamsters Union on Alaska's economy and politics.
The Jury
The Jury
Paul A. McKalip(Chair)
Editor and Executive Vice President, Tucson Daily Citizen
Myrtle S. Barnes
Assistant Managing Editor, The Times-Herald, Newport News, Va.
Bernard Judy
Editor, Toledo Blade
Roger B. Linscott*
Associate Editor, The Berkshire Eagle
Lee Porter
Executive Editor, Topeka Capital-Journal
Winners in Public Service
The Boston Globe
For its massive and balanced coverage of the Boston school desegregation crisis.
Newsday
For its definitive report on the illicit narcotic traffic in the United States and abroad, entitled, "The Heroin Trail."
The Washington Post
For its investigation of the Watergate case.
The New York Times
For the publication of the Pentagon Papers.
1976 Prize Winners
Walter Wellesley (Red) Smith
For his commentary on sports in 1975 and for many other years.
Alan M. Kriegsman
For his critical writing about the dance during 1975.