For a distinguished example of explanatory journalism that illuminates significant and complex issues, One thousand dollars ($1,000).
The Baltimore Evening Sun , by Jon Franklin
For his seven-part series "The Mind Fixers," about the new science of molecular psychiatry.
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Explanatory Journalism in 1985:
Pam Sprague and Rob Orcutt
For a special section on Wausau's growing Indochinese refugee population, the Hmong.
Staff
For its series on the complex role tobacco plays in North Carolina.
The Jury
The Jury
Arthur Gelb(Chair)
Deputy Managing Editor, The New York Times
Paul Greenberg*
Editorial Page Editor, Pine Bluff (Ark.) Commercial
Lionel Linder
Editor and Vice President, The Detroit News
James Risser*
Washington Bureau Chief, Des Moines Register
F. Gilman Spencer
Editor, New York Daily News
1985 Prize Winners
Murray Kempton
For witty and insightful reflection on public issues in 1984 and throughout a distinguished career.
Howard Rosenberg
For his television criticism.