MONTHLY JOURNALISM AWARD
THE WASHINGTON MONTHLY Journalism Award for February 1987 is presented to Seymour M. Hersh The New York Times Magazine In "Target Qaddafi," Seymour Hersh tears open the history of the...
...Nominations for any newspaper, magazine, or radio or television station in the country are welcome...
...THE WASHINGTON MONTHLY Journalism Award for February 1987 is presented to Seymour M. Hersh The New York Times Magazine In "Target Qaddafi," Seymour Hersh tears open the history of the Reagan-administration's obsession with eliminating the Libyan leader...
...Nominations will close May 15...
...The award for stories published or aired in April will be announced in the July/August issue...
...Hersh reveals the various CIA plots to help overthrow Qaddafi and how the stage was set, with what was probably fabricated evidence of Libyan terrorism, for the Air Force bombing attack that killed more than 100 civilians but not its true target, Qaddafi...
...The subject can be government in its federal, state, or municipal manifestation...
...Nominations should be accompanied by two copies of the story or stories...
...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...
...That attempted assassination, Hersh shows, was secretly planned by a small group within the NSC, including John Poindexter and Oliver North...
Vol. 19 • May 1987 • No. 4