MONTHLY JOURNALISM AWARD

THE WASHINGTON MONTHLY Journalism Award for September 1989 is presented to Chuck Neubauer Mark Brown Chicago Sun-Times This series reveals how, in a city virtually devoid of low-cost...

...As a result, eight deluxe apartment buildings in Chicago with FHA-insured mortgages totaling $230 million have defaulted within the past three years, leaving taxpayers on the hook for sundecks, hot tubs, private health clubs, a marina, and a private park...
...Please send nominations to Monthly Journalism Award, 1611 Connecticut Ave...
...The subject can be government in its federal, state, or municipal manifestation...
...Nominations for stories published or aired in November will close December 15...
...The winner will be announced in the February issue...
...NW, Washington, D.C...
...Two copies of the article or broadcast text should accompany the nomination...
...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 for any newspaper, magazine, or radio or television station in the country are welcome...
...THE WASHINGTON MONTHLY Journalism Award for September 1989 is presented to Chuck Neubauer Mark Brown Chicago Sun-Times This series reveals how, in a city virtually devoid of low-cost housing, the Federal Housing Administration committed itself to wildly speculative luxury construction projects...
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...The articles also report that when the HUD inspector general questioned these expensive projects, local HUD officials justified the loans by saying that Congress had never made it clear to them what low or moderate income housing was...
...The award for stories published or aired in October will be announced in the January issue...

Vol. 21 • December 1989 • No. 11


 
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