Journalism awards
- Public Service:
- Newsday , Garden City, New York, for its definitive report on the illicit narcotic traffic in the United States and abroad, entitled, The Heroin Trail.
- Local General or Spot News Reporting:
- Arthur M. Petacque and Hugh F. Hough of the Chicago Sun-Times , for uncovering new evidence that led to the reopening of efforts to solve the 1966 murder of Valerie Percy.
- Local Investigative Specialized Reporting:
- William Sherman of the New York Daily News , for his resourceful investigative reporting in the exposure of extreme abuse of the New York Medicaid program.
- National Reporting:
- Jack White of The Providence Journal and Evening Bulletin, for his initiative in exclusively disclosing President Nixon's Federal income tax payments in 1970 and 1971. [1]
- National Reporting:
- James R. Polk of the Washington Star-News , for his disclosure of alleged irregularities in the financing of the campaign to re-elect President Nixon in 1972.
- International Reporting:
- Hedrick Smith of The New York Times , for his coverage of the Soviet Union and its allies in Eastern Europe in 1973.
- Commentary:
- Edwin A. Roberts Jr. of the National Observer , for his commentary on public affairs during 1973.
- Criticism:
- Emily Genauer of Newsday Syndicate, for her critical writing about art and artists.
- Editorial Writing:
- F. Gilman Spencer, editor of the Trentonian of Trenton, New Jersey, for his courageous campaign to focus public attention on scandals in New Jersey's state government.
- Editorial Cartooning:
- Paul Szep of The Boston Globe , for his editorial cartooning during 1973. [2]
- Spot News Photography:
- Anthony K. Roberts, a free-lance photographer of Beverly Hills, California, for his picture series, Fatal Hollywood Drama, in which an alleged kidnapper was killed.
The prize-winning series of spot news photographs, Fatal Hollywood Drama
- Feature Photography:
- Slava "Sal" Veder of Associated Press, for his picture Burst of Joy , which illustrated the return of an American prisoner of war from captivity in North Vietnam. [3]
