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16th Annual Awards - 1984 (for 1983 coverage)

Grand Prize and First Prize Television:

Peter Karl, Doug Longhini, Joe Paszczky, Bonnie van Gilder of WMAQ-TV, Chicago for "Beating Justice: A Special Report"

First Prize Print:

George Getschow of The Wall Street Journal for "Dirty Work"

First Prize Radio:

Patrick Cassidy of WMAQ Radio, Chicago for "School Says You're Retarded"

First Prize Photojournalism:

April Saul of The Philadelphia Inquirer for "The Gift of Family"

First Prize Cartoons:

Doug Marlette of The Charlotte Observer

Honorable Mention Print:

Neil Henry of The Washington Post for "The Black Dispatch"

Honorable Mention Television:

Don Hewitt, Morley Safer, Suzanne St Pierre of CBS/60 Minutes for "Lenell Geter's in Jail"

Honorable Mention Radio:

Art Silverman, Verta Mae Grosvenor of National Public Radio for "Daufuskie"

Honorable Mention Photojournalism:

Carol Guzy of The Miami Herald for "Wishbook"

Mary Ellen Mark of LIFE Magazine for "Streets of the Lost: Runaway Kids"

Honorable Mention Citation:

Herbert Block (Herblock) of The Washington Post

Bill Day of The Commercial Appeal for "Government Assistance"

Citation Television:

Carol M. Rosenbaum, Virgilio Argumedes, Miriam Thomas of WTVD-TV, Durham, North Carolina for "Poverty Has A Woman's Face"

Lee Luse of KTCA-TV, St Paul, Minnesota for "The Legacy of Baby Doe"

Citation Print:

Rob Wilkins of Sandusky Register, Ohio for "Hunger and Hope"

Steve Konicki, Luisa Yanez of The Miami News for "The Cuban Quintas"

Citation Photojournalism:

Bruce Chambers, Glenn S Capers, Mari Shaefer, PK Weis of Tucson Citizen for "Land In Torment"

Carol Guzy of The Miami Herald for "Little Haiti"

Honorable Mention College Student:

Hal Wells of University of Missouri for "Leading an Active Life"

Phil Kuntz of The University of Florida for "The Discriminating Paddle"

Honorable Mention Student:

Monique Craig of DC Public Schools, Washington, DC, for "Washington's Hungry: A Capitol Disgrace"