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 Boston Globe , by Stephen A. Kurkjian, Alexander B. Hawes Jr., Nils Bruzelius, Joan Vennochi and Robert M. Porterfield
For articles on Boston's transit system.
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Local Investigative Specialized Reporting in 1980:
Carole E. Agus, Andrew V. Fetherston Jr. and Frederick J. Tuccillo
For investigation of a Long Island sewer scandal.
Charles R. Cook and James S. Carlton
For expose of shoddy waste disposal practices.
Judy Grande and Brian Gallagher
For investigation of the handling of local murders.
Lewis M. Simons and Ron Shaffer
For a series on fraud in a large black self-help program.
The Jury
The Jury
Michael J. O'Neill(Chair)
Editor, New York Daily News
Stanley Asimov
Vice President/Development, Newsday
Don Pickels
Managing Editor, Houston Chronicle
Mort Pye
Editor, The Star-Ledger
Barbara Somerville
Psychological and Human Relations Writer, Palm Beach Post
Winners in Local Investigative Specialized Reporting
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.
Acel Moore and Wendell Rawls Jr.
For their reports on conditions in the Farview (Pa.) State Hospital for the mentally ill.
Staff
For uncovering widespread abuses in Federal housing programs in Chicago and exposing shocking conditions at two private Chicago hospitals.
1980 Prize Winners
William A. Henry III
For critical writing about television.