Best editorial or series which most effectively discloses abuse of human rights abroad and lends support to the principle of human rights
AWARD YEAR: 1981
AWARD NAME: Best Editorial or Series Which Most Effectively Discloses Abuse of Human Rights Abroad and Lends Support to The Principle of Human Rights
AWARD RECIPIENT: Betty De Ramus
AWARD RECIPIENT AFFILIATION: The Detroit Free Press
AWARD HONORED WORK: “Hungry People”
“Human rights is a fragile notion,” wrote Betty De Ramus in her series, HUNGRY PEOPLE. “It is more likely to be stumbled upon in constitutions and speeches than in the real world” De Ramus has turned the most basic real world problem, “The Right to Eat,” into a clear, colorful and moving series of articles and editorials. Her focus shifts with dramatic swiftness from Addis Abbaba to Florida, from Lusaka to Detroit She shows how hunger still stalks much of the world’s population – whether in the Third World or the First World here at home.
A Citation for Excellence was awarded to William Kucewicz of the Wall Street Journal for his three-part series on “Yellow Rain.”
Judges: Roy Rowan, Richard Oulahan, Norman Schorr.