Finalist: Fort Wayne (IN) Journal-Gazette , by Larry Hayes, David Berry and Barbara O. Morrow
For their editorial campaign in favor of busing to achieve racially balanced schools.
Winners
Prize Winner in Editorial Writing in 1986:
Jack Fuller
For his editorials on constitutional issues.
Editorial Writing
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Editorial Writing in 1986:
Paul Greenberg
For his editorial portraits.
The Jury
The Jury
Rolfe Neill(Chair)
President and Publisher, Charlotte Observer
David Hall
Editor and Vice President, The Denver Post
Anthony Marro
Managing Editor, Newsday
Mary Schurz
Editor and Publisher, The Advocate-Messenger, Danville, Ky.
Alvin Shuster
Foreign Editor, Los Angeles Times
Winners in Editorial Writing
Richard Aregood
For his editorials on a variety of subjects.
Albert Scardino
For his series of editorials on various local and state matters.
Editorial Board
For its campaign against the detention of illegal Haitian immigrants by federal officials.
1986 Prize Winners
Jimmy Breslin
For columns which consistently champion ordinary citizens.
Donal Henahan
For his music criticism.