1985 Pulitzer Prize

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The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1985.

Journalism awards

Public Service:
- The Fort Worth Star-Telegram , For reporting by Mark J. Thompson which revealed that nearly 250 U.S. servicemen had lost their lives as a result of a design problem in helicopters built by Bell Helicopter - a revelation which ultimately led the Army to ground almost 600 Huey helicopters pending their modification.
Bell Textron Inc. is an American aerospace manufacturer headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas. A subsidiary of Textron, Bell manufactures military rotorcraft in at facilities Fort Worth, and Amarillo, Texas, as well as commercial helicopters in Mirabel, Quebec, Canada.
The United States Army (USA) is the land warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States, and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution. As the oldest and most senior branch of the U.S. military in order of precedence, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which was formed to fight the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783)—before the United States of America was established as a country. After the Revolutionary War, the Congress of the Confederation created the United States Army on 3 June 1784 to replace the disbanded Continental Army. The United States Army considers itself descended from the Continental Army, and dates its institutional inception from the origin of that armed force in 1775.
General News Reporting:
- Thomas Turcol of The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star , for City Hall coverage which exposed the corruption of a local economic development official.
The Virginian-Pilot is a daily newspaper based in Norfolk, Virginia. Commonly known as The Pilot, it is Virginia's largest daily. It serves the five cities of South Hampton Roads as well as several smaller towns across southeast Virginia and northeast North Carolina. It was a locally owned, family enterprise from its founding in 1865 at the close of the American Civil War until its sale to Tribune Publishing in 2018.
Investigative Reporting:
- William K. Marimow of The Philadelphia Inquirer , for his revelation that city police dogs had attacked more than 350 people - an exposé that led to investigations of the K-9 unit and the removal of a dozen officers from it.
The Philadelphia Inquirer is a morning daily newspaper that serves the Philadelphia metropolitan area of the United States. The newspaper was founded by John R. Walker and John Norvell in June 1829 as The Pennsylvania Inquirer and is the third-oldest surviving daily newspaper in the United States. Owned by Philadelphia Media Network, a subsidiary of The Philadelphia Foundation's nonprofit Institute for Journalism in New Media, The Inquirer has the eighteenth largest average weekday U.S. newspaper circulation and has won twenty Pulitzer Prizes. It is the newspaper of record in the Delaware Valley.
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Investigative Reporting:
- Lucy Morgan and Jack Reed of the St. Petersburg Times , for their thorough reporting on Pasco County Sheriff John Short, which revealed his department's corruption and led to his removal from office by voters.
Lucy Morgan is a long-time reporter and editorialist at the Tampa Bay Times.
Explanatory Journalism:
- Jon Franklin of The Baltimore Evening Sun , for his seven-part series The Mind Fixers, about the new science of molecular psychiatry.
Jon Daniel Franklin is an American writer. He was born in Enid, Oklahoma. He won the inaugural Pulitzer Prizes in two journalism categories both for his work as a science writer with the Baltimore Evening Sun. Franklin holds a B.S. in journalism from the University of Maryland. He is currently professor emeritus of journalism at his alma mater; previously, Franklin taught creative writing at the University of Oregon and was the head of the technical journalism department at Oregon State University. He received honorary degrees from the University of Maryland in 1981 and Notre Dame de Namur University in 1982.
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Specialized Reporting:
- Randall Savage and Jackie Crosby of the Macon Telegraph and News , for their in-depth examination of academics and athletics at the University of Georgia and the Georgia Institute of Technology. At 23, Crosby became the youngest ever Pulitzer winner (becoming second youngest after Stephanie Welsh’s 1996 win at age 22).^[1]
National reporting:
- Thomas J. Knudson of the Des Moines Register , for his series of articles that examined the dangers of farming as an occupation.
International Reporting:
- Joshua Friedman and Dennis Bell, reporters, and Ozier Muhammad, photographer of Newsday . For their series on the plight of the hungry in Africa.
Feature Writing:
- Alice Steinbach of The Baltimore Sun , for her account of a blind boy's world, A Boy of Unusual Vision.
Commentary:
- Murray Kempton of Newsday, for witty and insightful reflection on public issues in 1984 and throughout a distinguished career.
Criticism:
- Howard Rosenberg of the Los Angeles Times , for his television criticism.
Editorial Writing:
- Richard Aregood of the Philadelphia Daily News , for his editorials on a variety of subjects."
Editorial Cartooning:
- Jeff MacNelly of the Chicago Tribune .
Spot News Photography:
- Photography Staff of Register , for their exceptional coverage of the Olympic games.
Feature Photography:
- Larry C. Price of The Philadelphia Inquirer , for his series of photographs from Angola and El Salvador depicting their war-torn inhabitants.
Feature Photography:
- Stan Grossfeld of The Boston Globe , for his series of photographs of the famine in Ethiopia and for his pictures of illegal aliens on the Mexican border.

Pulitzer Prize for Public Service one of the fourteen American Pulitzer Prizes in Journalism

The Pulitzer Prize for Public Service is one of the fourteen American Pulitzer Prizes annually awarded for journalism. It recognizes a distinguished example of meritorious public service by a newspaper or news site through the use of its journalistic resources, which may include editorials, cartoons, photographs, graphics, video and other online material, and may be presented in print or online or both.

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram is a U.S. daily newspaper serving Fort Worth and Tarrant County, the western half of the North Texas area known as the Metroplex. It is owned by The McClatchy Company.

Mark Thompson (reporter) American reporter, born 1953

Mark Thompson is an American investigative reporter whose work for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram was recognized with the 1985 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.

Letters, Drama and Music Awards

Fiction:
- Foreign Affairs by Alison Lurie (Random House)
Drama:
- Sunday in the Park with George Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by James Lapine (Dodd, Mead)
History:
- Prophets of Regulation by Thomas K. McCraw (Belknap/Harvard)
Biography or autobiography:
- The Life and Times of Cotton Mather by Kenneth Silverman (Harper & Row)
Poetry:
- Yin by Carolyn Kizer (BOA Editions)
General non-fiction:
- "The Good War": An Oral History of World War II by Studs Terkel (Pantheon)
Music:
- Symphony No. 1 RiverRun by Stephen Albert (G. Schirmer)
  Premiered by the National Symphony Orchestra on January 17, 1985.

Special Citations and Awards

Special Awards and Citations - Music:
- William Schuman, a special citation to William Schuman for more than half a century of contribution to American music as composer and educational leader."

References

↑ Tenore, Mallary Jean (2012-04-16). "Sara Ganim, 24, wins Pulitzer for coverage of Penn State sex abuse scandal". Poynter. Retrieved 2018-04-08.

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[1] Tenore, Mallary Jean (2012-04-16). "Sara Ganim, 24, wins Pulitzer for coverage of Penn State sex abuse scandal". Poynter. Retrieved 2018-04-08.