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.
The Detroit News , by The Detroit News
For a series by Sydney P. Freedberg and David Ashenfelter which exposed the U.S. Navy's cover-up of circumstances surrounding the deaths of seamen aboard ship and which led to significant reforms in naval procedures.
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Public Service in 1982:
Staff
For its series on exploitation of illegal aliens in California's garment industry.
Staff
For its series on the crisis in New York's subway system.
Staff
For its series on hazardous working conditions in Rhode Island's jewelry industry.
The Jury
The Jury
John M. Lemmon(Chair)
Managing Editor, The Baltimore Sun
Charles W. Bailey
Editor, Minneapolis Tribune
Robert T. Barnard
Opinion Page Editor, The Courier Journal
William Greider
Assistant Managing Editor/National News, The Washington Post
Anne E. Wyman
Staff Writer, The Boston Globe
Winners in Public Service
Charlotte (NC) Observer
For its series on "Brown Lung: A Case of Deadly Neglect."
Gannett News Service
For its series on financial contributions to the Pauline Fathers.
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.
1982 Prize Winners
Martin Bernheimer
For classical music criticism.