THE WASHINGTON MONTHLY Journalism Award
THE WASHINGTON MONTHLY Journalism Award for September 1988 is presented to Cindy EhrlichCalifornia Magazine Halcion is the most widely prescribed sleeping pill in the country, a $265...
...The subject can by^ government in its federal,' state, or municipal manifestation...
...in this gruesome account, Ehrlich combines first-person experience and investigative reporting to describe how thousands of users (including herself) have experienced adverse side effects...
...The winner -will be announced in the February issue...
...THE WASHINGTON MONTHLY Journalism Award for September 1988 is presented to Cindy EhrlichCalifornia Magazine Halcion is the most widely prescribed sleeping pill in the country, a $265 million-a-year product that is now more popular than Valium...
...Among the culprits in Ehrlich's story are the Food and Drug Administration, which belatedly recommended smaller doses of the drug, and the many physicians, including her own, who either have failed to recognize adverse side effects caused by Halcion or do recognize them and simply' don't bother to report them to the FDA...
...Report' of hallucinations and paranoia were so widespread that the Netherlands banned the drug in 1979...
...The award for stories published or aired iii October will bee announced in the January issue Nominations for stories published or aired in November will close December 15...
...Nominations for any newspaper, magazine, or radio or television station in the, country are welcome...
...television, or radio story (or series of stories) on our political system...
...The Monthly Journalism Award is presented each month to the best newspaper, magazine...
...Two copies of the article or broadcast text should accompany the nomination...
Vol. 20 • December 1988 • No. 11
