1982 Pulitzer Prize

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.

  Letters, Drama and Music Awards

• Fiction:
• * Rabbit Is Rich by John Updike
• Drama:
• * A Soldier's Play, by Charles Fuller
• History:
• * Mary Chesnut's Civil War, edited by C. Vann Woodward
• Biography or Autobiography:
• * by William McFeely
• Poetry:
• * The Collected Poems by Sylvia Plath
• General Non-Fiction:
• * The Soul of a New Machine by Tracy Kidder
• Music:
• * Concerto for Orchestra, by Roger Sessions