1982 Pulitzer Prize

66th Pulitzer Prize Award Ceremony

The Pulitzer Prizes for 1982 are:

Journalism awards

Public Service:
- The Detroit News, for exposing a cover-up in the U.S. Navy, which led to reforms in the Navy.
Local General or Spot News Reporting:
- Staff of The Kansas City Star and The Kansas City Times, for coverage of the disaster at the Hyatt Regency Hotel.
Local Investigative Specialized Reporting:
- Paul Henderson of The Seattle Times for proving a man's innocence in a rape investigation.
National Reporting:
- Rick Atkinson of The Kansas City Times, for maintaining a high quality of reporting on issues of national interest.
International Reporting:
- John Darnton of The New York Times, for his reporting from Poland.
Feature Writing:
- Saul Pett of the Associated Press, for an article on federal bureaucracy
Commentary:
- Art Buchwald of Los Angeles Times Syndicate, for his outstanding commentary.
Criticism:
- Martin Bernheimer of the Los Angeles Times, for his classical music criticism.
Editorial Writing:
- Jack Rosenthal of The New York Times
Editorial Cartooning:
- Ben Sargent of the Austin American-Statesman
Spot News Photography:
- Ron Edmonds of the Associated Press, for his photographs covering the assassination attempt of Ronald Reagan.
Feature Photography:
- John H. White of the Chicago Sun-Times, for his consistently excellent photographs.

Pulitzers
by Year

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