THE WASHINGTON MONTHLY Journalism Award
THE WASHINGTON MONTHLY Journalism Award for November 1983 is presented to Fred Barnes Baltimore Sun In a four-part series about federal subsidies to the sugar industry, Barnes explores a...
...Nominations from any newspaper or magazine in the country are welcome...
...THE WASHINGTON MONTHLY Journalism Award for November 1983 is presented to Fred Barnes Baltimore Sun In a four-part series about federal subsidies to the sugar industry, Barnes explores a complex subject with insight and original reporting...
...When world prices began to undercut the federally mandated price floor for sugar soon after it was implemented in 1981, the Reagan administration introduced import quotas, which had the effect not only of further undercutting its commitment to free-market economics but also harmed the countries that it tried to help through its Caribbean Basin initiative...
...The Monthly Journalism Award is presented each month to the best newspaper or magazine article (or series of articles) on our political system...
...The award for articles published in January will be announced in the April issue...
...Nominations will close February 15...
...Price supports have also led to a boom in the manufacture of a high-fructose corn syrup that is rapidly replacing sugar in soft drinks and canned products...
...But Barnes is not insensitive to those who see their livelihood as being dependent on having a reasonable floor under the volatile prices of commodities like sugar...
...The subject can be government in its federal, state, or municipal manifestation...
...Nominations should be accompanied by two copies of the article or articles...
Vol. 16 • February 1984 • No. 1
