THE WASHINGTON MONTHL Journalism Award

...Will McGowan New Age Journal In this study of whistleblowing, McGowan explores with great sensitivity the human problems faced by dissidents in, government and private industry...

...Nominations should be accompanied by two copies of the article or articles...

...Of particular note was a series of profiles of whistleblowers that accompanied the article...

...The award for articles published in November will be announced in the February issue...

...Nominations will close December 15...

...THE WASHINGTON MONTHLY Journalism Award for September 1984 is presented ABC News In its news ,special, "To Save Our Schools, to Save Our Children," ABC explored such problems as the lack of supervision for "latchkey" children of of working parents, the influence of television (by graduation, high school students have spent up to 5,000 more hours before a TV screen than before a teacher), and teacher iincompetence (in California a third of the graduates of education schools fal a required test of basic reading, writing, and math skills...

...The subject can be government in its federal, state, or municipal manifestation...

...The, problems have become familiar, but ABC treated them with an urgency that made them fresh...

...Nominations from any newspaper or magazine in the country are welcome...

...The Monthly Journalism Award is presented each month to the best newspaper or magazine article (or series of articles) on our political system...