1978 Pulitzer Prize - Journalism Awards

Journalism Awards

• Public Service:
  • The Philadelphia Inquirer, for a series of articles showing abuses of power by the police in its home city.
• Local General or Spot News Reporting:
  • Richard Whitt of the Louisville Courier-Journal, for his coverage of a fire that took 164 lives at the Beverly Hills Supper Club at Southgate, Kentucky, and subsequent investigation of the lack of enforcement of state fire codes.
• Local Investigative Specialized Reporting:
  • Anthony R. Dolan of the Stamford Advocate (Connecticut), for a series on municipal corruption.
• National Reporting:
  • Gaylord D. Shaw of the Los Angeles Times, for a series on unsafe structural conditions at the nation's major dams.
• International Reporting:
  • Henry Kamm of The New York Times, for his stories on the refugees, boat people, from Indochina.
• Commentary:
  • William Safire of The New York Times, for commentary on the Bert Lance affair.
• Criticism:
  • Walter Kerr of The New York Times, for articles on the theater in 1977 and throughout his long career.
• Editorial Writing:
  • Meg Greenfield, deputy editorial page editor of The Washington Post, for selected samples of her work.
• Editorial Cartooning:
  • Jeffrey K. MacNelly of the Richmond News Leader.
• Spot News Photography:
  • John H. Blair of a special assignment photographer for United Press International. For a photograph of an Indianapolis broker being held hostage at gunpoint.
• Feature Photography:
  • J. Ross Baughman of Associated Press, for three photographs from guerrilla areas in Rhodesia.