MONTHLY JOURNALISM AWARD
THE WASHINGTON MONTHLY Journalism Award •••nnnn••nn60. for March 1988 is presented to Morton Mintz The Washington Post Most journalists cover months-long trials only for glamorous stuff,...
...The subject can be government...
...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...
...The suit could open a floodgate of claims holding tobacco companies financially responsible for the estimated 35fl,000 cigaretterelated deaths each year...
...Two copies of the article or broadcast text should accompany the nomination...
...Mintz has again shown the passion and skill that have made him journalism's leading guardian of the health of the American people and one of its most effective exposers of corporate immorality...
...for March 1988 is presented to Morton Mintz The Washington Post Most journalists cover months-long trials only for glamorous stuff, like arms diversions or sex crimes...
...in its federal, state, or munieipal manifestation...
...The winner will be announced in the September, issue...
...Nominations for any newspaper, magazine, or radio or television station in the country are welcome...
...The award for stories published or aired in April will be announced in the July/August issue...
...Nominations for stories published or aired in May ' and June will close July 15...
...It's a liability suit that charges three cigarette manufacturers—Philip Morris, Lorillard, and the Liggett Group—with conspiring to conceal the dangers of tobacco...
...But Morton Mintz has been holed up in a Newark, New Jersey courtroom since January, covering an arcane triaLof tremendous importance...
Vol. 20 • June 1988 • No. 5
