Journalism Award
Journalism Award for March 1985 is presented to Dale Russakoff and Ward Sinclair The Washington Post In separate series, Russakoff and Sinclair provide new insight into two of the big...
...but powerful sectors of the economy are hooked on the advantages they have won and a re resisting attempts to reform the system...
...Eliminating these unseen subsidies would allow for drastically lower tax rates across the board...
...Nominations for any newspaper, magazine, or radio, or television station in the country are welcome...
...The subject can be government in its federal, state, or municipal manifestation...
...Russakoff penetrates the mystery of federal tax policy, explaining how it is used by the government to protect certain special constituencies...
...Tax breaks support large companies and wealthy individuals, as well as middle-class homeowners and college students...
...Sinclair fuses the human drama of lost livelihoods to the complex economic causes of farm failures: reckless borrowing and lending, unpredictable international trade cycles, and tax shelters and production regulations that distort markets...
...The award for stories published or aired in May will be announced in the September issue...
...Sinclair explores, among other things, the vast discrepancies between California and Arizona farmers who reap huge profits with the help of generous federal irrigation loans, and bankrupt competitors in Kansas and North Dakota who receive much less government assistance...
...Journalism Award for March 1985 is presented to Dale Russakoff and Ward Sinclair The Washington Post In separate series, Russakoff and Sinclair provide new insight into two of the big stories of the spring-taxes and farms...
...The Monthly Journalism Award is presented each month to the best newspaper, magazine, television, or radio story (or series of stories) on our political system...
...Nominations should be accompanied by two copies of the story or stories...
...Nominations close June 15...
Vol. 17 • June 1985 • No. 5
