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).
The Seattle Times , by Paul Henderson
For reporting which proved the innocence of a man convicted of rape.
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Local Investigative Specialized Reporting in 1982:
Joel Brinkley
For his series on abuses in Kentucky's coroner system.
Sydney P. Freedberg and David Ashenfelter
For their series 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. (Moved by the Board to the Public Service category.)
The Jury
The Jury
Charles S. Rowe(Chair)
Editor, The Free Lance-Star, Fredericksburg, Va.
Mary Anne Dolan
Editor, Los Angeles Herald Examiner
Tom Miller
Editor and Publisher, Cherokee (Ia.) Daily Times
Wick Temple
Managing Editor, Associated Press
Ronald D. Willnow
Assistant Managing Editor, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Winners in Local Investigative Specialized Reporting
Clark Hallas and Robert B. Lowe
For their investigation of the University of Arizona Athletic Department.
Stephen A. Kurkjian, Alexander B. Hawes Jr., Nils Bruzelius, Joan Vennochi and Robert M. Porterfield
For articles on Boston's transit system.
Gilbert M. Gaul and Elliot G. Jaspin
For stories on the destruction of the Blue Coal Company by men with ties to organized crime.
Anthony R. Dolan
For a series on municipal corruption.
1982 Prize Winners
Martin Bernheimer
For classical music criticism.