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13th Annual Awards - 1981 (for 1980 coverage)

Grand Prize and First Prize Print:

Robert Conn, Howard Covington, Robert Dennis, Phil Drake, Robert Drogin, Marion Ellis, Robert Hodierne, Laura King of The Charlotte Observer for "Brown Lung: A Case of Deadly Neglect"

First Prize Television:

Joe Bergantino, Clarence Jones, Melissa Malkovich, Lance Helfin of WPLG-TV, Miami

First Prize Radio:

Martha Teichner, Peter Wells, Clarence Fanto of CBS Radio for "Exodus: The Freedom Flotilla"

First Prize Photojournalism:

Len Lahman of Times-Advocate, Escondido, California for "Faces Beyond the Fence"

Mary Ellen Mark of LIFE Magazine for "Teresa of the Slums"

Honorable Mention Print:

Anthony Casale, Sherry Jacobson, John W. Koenig, Jim Mitchell, Carol Morello, Amy Nathan, Lou Ziegler of The Rochester Times-Union, Rochester, New York for "Law and Disorder"

Randall Sullivan of Los Angeles Herald Examiner for "Nobody's Heroes - The Forgotten Vietnam Veterans"

Henry Goldman, Valerie Jones of The Record, Hackensack, New Jersey for "Who Cares for These Children?"

Honorable Mention Television:

Ken Swartz of WHAS-TV, Louisville "When Can We Come Home?"

Susan Kinney, Bill Ruth of KRYA-TV, Denver for "Haunted House"

Honorable Mention Radio:

John Merrow, Barbara Reinhardt of National Public Radio for "Race Against Time: School Desegregation"

Honorable Mention Photojournalism:

Michael Wirtz of Dallas-Times Herald for "Wade Scott: The Comeback Kid"

Neil McGahee of Tampa Tribune for "Terrible Reality"

Citation Television:

Alvin Perlmutter, Imre Howath, Marc Brugnoni, Patrick Fahey, Martin Smith, Kalima Soham of WQED-TV, Pittsburgh for "Adoption in America"

Citation Radio:

Al Allen of WJLB-FM, Detroit for "Crime by Color: Black on Black"

Citation Photojournalism:

Mario Ruiz of Newsweek for "Cuban Influx"

First Prize College Student:

Ann Dorough, Stephen Downes of Marquette Tribune, Milwaukee for "A Special Report - Minority Awareness"

Honorable Mention High School Student:

Norman Atkins, Laurence Feldman of Evanston Township High School, Illinois for "Black and White Together?"

Citation High School Student:

Anthony Robinson of Penn Career Center, DC Public Schools for "Helping the Homeless"