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11th Annual Awards - 1979 (for 1978 coverage)

Grand Prize and First Prize Print:

Fredric N. Tulsky with Nancy Weaver, Don Hoffman of Jackson Clarion-Ledger for "North Mississippi Justice"

First Prize Radio:

Steven L. McVicker, Jeanne Jones Riedmueller of KPFT, Houston for "The Question of Accountability: A Look at the Houston Police Department"

Honorable Mention Print:

Jean Caldwell of The Boston Globe for Series on Child Abuse

Mike Masterson of Hot Springs Sentinel-Record, Arkansas for "Shelby Barron: Guilty Until Proven Innocent"

Honorable Mention Television:

Brian Ross, Janet Pearce, Joseph Angotti of NBC News for Segment on Migrant Farm Workers

Honorable Mention Photojournalism:

Rebecca Collette of Columbia Tribune, Missouri for photo essay on Vietnamese refugees in Kansas City

Citation:

Wilbert Rideau, Billy W. Sinclair editors of The Angolite, Louisiana State Prison, Angola

Jim McGee and The Fort Meyers News-Press, Florida for "Dunbar: A Community Profile"

Honorable Mention Student:

Jodi Enda of University of Illinois for Series on Home for Mentally Retarded