1982 Pulitzer Prize

The Pulitzer Prizes for 1982 are:

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.