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17th Annual Awards - 1985 (for 1984 coverage)

Grand Prize and First Prize Television:

David Fanning, Mark Obenhaus of PBS Frontline for "Living Below the Line"

First Prize Television:

Christopher Jeans, David Fanning, Charlie Cobb of PBS Frontline for "Bread, Butter and Politics"

First Prize Print:

The Charlotte Observer for an investigative series on North Carolina's mental health system

First Prize Photojournalism:

Mary Ellen Mark of LIFE Magazine for "Camp Good Times"

Lynn Johnson of LIFE Magazine for "Kenny's World"

First Prize Cartoons:

Paul Conrad of Los Angeles Times

Honorable Mention Print:

Marc Kaufman of The Philadelphia Inquirer for "The Hmong: At the Mercy of America"

Honorable Mention Television:

Malcolm Clarke, Japhet Asher of HBO for "Soldiers in Hiding"

Honorable Mention Radio:

Anne Marshall, Mike Edgerly of WHAS, Louisville, Kentucky for "Go Tell Sargent Shriver: The Life & Death of the War on Poverty in Eastern Kentucky"

Honorable Mention Photojournalism:

Mary Ellen Mark of LIFE Magazine for "The Cruelest Crime"

Honorable Mention Cartoon:

Doug Marlette of The Charlotte Observer

Citation Print:

Melvin Claxton of The Virgin Islands Daily News for "Public Housing/Public Shame"

Jim Auchmutey, Mike Christensen of The Atlanta Journal & Constitution for "Poverty 1984"

Citation Radio:

Diana Quinn, David Rush, Velma Cato of NBC Radio Network/The Source for "Home Sweet Homeless/The Invisible People"

Citation Photojournalism:

Staff of Philadelphia Daily News for "The Invisible Dead"

Linda McConnell of The Rocky Mountain News for "Coping With Mental Illness"

Citation Cartoon:

Ed Stein of The Rocky Mountain News

First Prize College Student:

Kevin Davis of the University of Illinois for "Prison Aftermath"

Honorable Mention College Student:

Janet Rae-Dupree of University of Michigan for "Vagrants or Victims"

Citation High School Student:

A Claire Palvagasi of Lakewood High School for "Trying to Share America's Wealth"

Citation College Student:

Georgea Kovanis of University of Michigan for "Overcoming Barriers at the "U"

Citation High School Student:

Alexei A Waters of Leavenworth Senior High School for "Tony Roe Overcomes Blindness"