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The 1984 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Feature Writing
For a distinguished example of feature writing giving prime consideration to high literary quality and originality, One thousand dollars ($1,000).

The Seattle Times , by Peter Mark Rinearson

For "Making It Fly," his account of the new Boeing 757 jetliner.

Finalists

Nominated as finalists in Feature Writing in 1984:

Charles Bowden

For his stories on illegal immigrants, sexual abuse of children and the deaths of two men.

Jay William Hamburg

For a series documenting the world of a young boxer and his manager.

Nancy Tracy

For her moving account of Meg Casey, a victim of premature aging.

The Jury

Robert L. Bartley(Chair)*

Editorial Page Editor, The Wall Street Journal

Reid Ashe

Editor and Publisher, Jackson (Tenn.) Sun

Joe Davidson

Managing Editor, The National Leader, Philadelphia

Beverly Kees

Executive Editor, Grand Forks Herald

Winners in Feature Writing

1983

Nan Robertson

For her memorable and medically detailed account of her struggle with toxic shock syndrome.
1981

Teresa Carpenter

(The prize was first awarded to Janet Cooke of The Washington Post, but it was returned two days later after The Post learned that the winning story was fabricated.)
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1984 Prize Winners

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