For a distinguished example of general or spot news reporting within a newspaper's local area of circulation, preferably by an individual, giving consideration to alertness, resourcefulness and high quality of writing, One thousand dollars ($1,000).
Kansas City Star and Kansas City Times , by Staff
For coverage of the Hyatt Regency Hotel disaster and identification of its causes.
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Local General or Spot News Reporting in 1982:
Ken Wells
For his series on Florida's water problems.
Lucy Morgan
For her series on drug smuggling in Dixie County, Florida.
Staff
For its coverage of an explosion in the Louisville sewer system.
The Jury
The Jury
Michael Gartner(Chair)*
Editor and President, Des Moines Register and Tribune
Russell Baker*
Op-Ed Columnist, The New York Times
William Jones*
Managing Editor, Chicago Tribune
Laurence G. O'Donnell
Managing Editor, The Wall Street Journal
Lois Wille*
Associate Editor, Chicago Sun-Times
Winners in Local General or Spot News Reporting
Staff
For its coverage of the Mt. St. Helens story, including the photographs by Roger A. Werth.
Staff
For coverage of the nuclear accident at Three Mile Island.
Staff
For its coverage of the collision of a Pacific Southwest air liner with a small plane over its city.
Richard Whitt
For his coverage of a fire that took 164 lives at the Beverly Hills Supper Club at Southgate, Ky., and subsequent investigation of the lack of enforcement of state fire codes.
1982 Prize Winners
Martin Bernheimer
For classical music criticism.