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For a distinguished example of reporting of international affairs, including United Nations correspondence, One thousand dollars ($1,000).

The Philadelphia Inquirer , by Richard Ben Cramer

For reports from the Middle East.

The Jury

Robert C. Bergenheim(Chair)

Former Publisher, Boston Herald American

Judith W. Brown

Editor and Publisher, The Herald, New Britain, Conn.

Michael Gartner*

Editor and President, The Des Moines Register and Tribune

Charles A. King

Vice President, Ottaway Newspapers, Campbell Hall, N.Y.

Winners in International Reporting

Henry Kamm

For his stories on the refugees, "boat people," from Indochina.

Sydney H. Schanberg

For his coverage of the Communist takeover in Cambodia, carried out at great risk when he elected to stay at his post after the fall of Pnom Penh.

1979 Prize Winners