For a distinguished example of local investigative or other specialized reporting 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).
Miami Herald , by Gene Miller
Whose initiative and investigative reporting helped to free two persons wrongfully convicted of murder.
The Jury
The Jury
John H. Colburn
Editor and Publisher, Wichita (Kans.) Eagle and Wichita Beacon
Jack B. Krueger
Managing Editor, Dallas Morning News
Paul E. Neville
Executive Editor, Buffalo (N.Y.) Evening News
Joe Shuman
Managing Editor, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Nick B. Williams
Editor, Los Angeles Times
Winners in Local Investigative Specialized Reporting
John Anthony Frasca
For his investigation and reporting of two robberies that resulted in the freeing of an innocent man.
Gene Goltz
For his expose of government corruption Pasadena, Texas, which resulted in widespread reforms.
James V. Magee, Albert V. Gaudiosi and Frederick Meyer
For their expose of numbers racket operations with police collusion in South Philadelphia, which resulted in arrests and a cleanup of the police department.
1967 Prize Winners
Patrick B. Oliphant
For "They Won't Get Us To The Conference Table...Will They?" Published February 1, 1966.
Eugene Patterson
For his editorials during the year.