Finalist: The Philadelphia Inquirer , by David Zucchino
For his thorough and elegantly written dispatches from Lebanon.
Winners
Prize Winner in International Reporting in 1985:
Josh Friedman, Dennis Bell, and Ozier Muhammad
For their series on the plight of the hungry in Africa.
International Reporting
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in International Reporting in 1985:
Staff
For its comprehensive coverage of Indira Gandhi's assassination and its impact on India's future.
The Jury
The Jury
Maxwell McCrohon(Chair)
Executive Vice President and Editor in Chief, United Press International
Edward D. Casey
Executive Editor, The Capital, Annapolis, Md.
Sanders H. LaMont
Executive Editor, Modesto Bee
Angus G. McEachran
Editor, Pittsburgh Press
Roger Tartarian
Professor of Journalism, California State University, Fresno
Winners in International Reporting
Karen Elliott House
For her extraordinary series of interviews with Jordan's King Hussein which correctly anticipated the problems that would confront the Reagan administration's Middle East peace plan.
Thomas L. Friedman and Loren Jenkins
For their individual reporting of the Israeli invasion of Beirut and its tragic aftermath.
John Darnton
For his reporting from Poland.
Shirley Christian
For her dispatches from Central America.
1985 Prize Winners
Murray Kempton
For witty and insightful reflection on public issues in 1984 and throughout a distinguished career.
Howard Rosenberg
For his television criticism.