For a distinguished example of reporting on national affairs, One thousand dollars ($1,000).
Des Moines Register , by James Risser
For a series on farming damage to the environment.
The Jury
The Jury
Robert H. Phelps(Chair)
Managing Editor, The Boston Globe
Charles E. Barnum
Retired Executive Editor, Quincy (Ill.) Herald-Whig
Joan Beck
Editorial Board Member and Consultant, Chicago Tribune
Phil Dessauer
Managing Editor, Tulsa World
Winners in National Reporting
Gaylord D. Shaw
For a series on unsafe structural conditions at the nation's major dams.
Walter Mears
For his coverage of the 1976 Presidential campaign.
James Risser
For disclosing large-scale corruption in the American grain exporting trade.
Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele
For their series "Auditing the Internal Revenue Service," which exposed the unequal application of Federal tax laws.