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19th Annual Awards - 1987 (for 1986 coverage)

First Prize Print:

Steve McGonigle, Ed Timms of The Dallas Morning News for "Discrimination in Juries"

First Prize Television:

David Fanning, Mark Obenhaus, Edward Gray of WGBH-TV, Boston for "Growing Up Poor"

First Prize Radio:

Craig Cheatham of WLAP-AM, Lexington, Kentucky for "Passing on the Secret of Sexual Abuse"

First Prize Photojournalism:

David Leeson of The Dallas Morning News for "Hungry and Homeless"

First Prize Cartoon:

Sam Rawls of The Atlanta Constitution

Honorable Mention Print:

Jenni Bergal, Kiki Bochi, Fred Schulte of News/Sun-Sentinel, Ft Lauderdale, Florida for "Suffer the Children"

Honorable Mention Television:

Lori Van Kirk, Brenda Buratti, Boyd Levet of KGW-TV, Portland, Oregon for "In Search of Home"

Honorable Mention Radio:

Steve Shomaker of KMOX, St Louis, Missouri for "A Bankrupt Heritage"

Honorable Mention Photojournalism:

Bradley Clift of The Hartford Courant for "Stevie's World of Pride"

Honorable Mention Cartoon:

Bill Day of Detroit Free Press for "The Color Black In' Blue"

Citation Print:

Jane Daugherty of Detroit Free Press for "Silent Epidemic"

Citation Television:

Marilyn Deutsch, Gary Schiedel of KOAP-TV, Portland, Oregon for "The Tiniest Junkies"

Citation Photojournalism:

April Saul of The Philadelphia Inquirer for "Survived by a Daughter"

Stephen Shames of The Philadelphia Inquirer for "Cocaine Corner"

Citation Cartoons:

Clay Bennett of The St. Petersburg Times


Two special awards were cited by the judges in the photojournalism category:
David Peterson of Des Moines Register for "Shattered Dreams - Iowa's Rural Crisis"
Cheryl Nuss of San Jose Mercury News for "AIDS: Testing our Humanity"

First Prize College Student:

Joyce Mendel of University of New Mexico for "The Land is So Sacred to Us"

First Prize High School Student:

Salome Junco of Seward Park High School, New York, for "Illegal Aliens: I Am Very Frightened Each Day"

Honorable Mention College Student:

Rick Wartzman of Northwestern University for "When Mentally Ill Become Violent, Few Have Easy Solutions"

Honorable High School Student:

Nellie Park of Truman High School, Independence, Missouri for "Drumm Farm Gives a Second Chance"