For a distinguished example of investigative or other specialized reporting by an individual or other specialized reporting within a newspaper's local area of circulation by an individual or team, presented as a single article or series, giving prime consideration to initiative, resourcefulness, research, and high quality of writing, One thousand dollars ($1,000).
The Stamford (CT) Advocate , by Anthony R. Dolan
For a series on municipal corruption.
The Jury
The Jury
Norman E. Isaacs(Chair)
Editor-in-Residence, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism; Chairman, National News Council
H. Brandt Ayers
Editor and Publisher, Anniston (Ala.) Star
Ed Johnson
Executive Editor, The Gainesville Sun
Charlotte Saikowski
Chief Editorial Writer, The Christian Science Monitor
Gerald L. Warren
Editor, San Diego Union
Winners in Local Investigative Specialized Reporting
Acel Moore and Wendell Rawls Jr.
For their reports on conditions in the Farview (Pa.) State Hospital for the mentally ill.
Staff
For uncovering widespread abuses in Federal housing programs in Chicago and exposing shocking conditions at two private Chicago hospitals.
Staff
For its disclosures of local police corruption and dilatory law enforcement, resulting in a cleanup of both the Police Department and the office of the County Prosecutor.
William Sherman
For his resourceful investigative reporting in the exposure of extreme abuse of the New York Medicaid program.
1978 Prize Winners
William Safire
For commentary on the Bert Lance affair.
Walter Kerr
For articles on the theater in 1977 and throughout his long career.