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).
Pottsville (PA) Republican , by Gilbert M. Gaul and Elliot G. Jaspin
For stories on the destruction of the Blue Coal Company by men with ties to organized crime.
The Jury
The Jury
Joseph W. Shoquist(Chair)
Managing Editor, Milwaukee Journal
Len Kholos
Managing Editor, Erie (Pa.) Daily Times
Durwood McAlister
Editor, The Atlanta Journal
Watson Sims
Editor, The Home News, New Brunswick, N.J.
Len Robert Small
Editor and Publisher, The Daily Dispatch, Moline, Ill.
Joel H. Walker
Publisher and Editor, Troy (Ohio) Daily News
Winners in Local Investigative Specialized Reporting
Anthony R. Dolan
For a series on municipal corruption.
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.