THE WASHINGTON MONTHLY Journalism Award
THE WASHINGTON MONTHLY Journalism Award for December 1988 is presented to Ralph Blumenthal Sam Howe Verhovek The New York Times The decentralization of New York City school boards was supposed...
...Luke and Hornbeck use census and betting data to prove the familiar charge that lotteries rely on bets from the poor...
...But they add a new wrinkle to the story by showing that the profits from inner-city betting get channeled disproportionately toward subsidizing schools in wealthier parts of the state...
...Nominations for any newspaper, magazine, or radio or television station in the country are welcome...
...The award for stories published or aired in January will be announced in the April issue...
...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 subject can be government in its federal, state, or municipal manifestation...
...Two copies of the article or broadcast text should accompany the nomination...
...But the Bores explains how members of a Bronx school board have subverted that goal by turning the schools into objects of plunder, profit, and patronage for unqualified relatives and political supporters...
...Peter Luke Mark Hornbeck The Ann Arbor News This series on the state lottery documents in persuasive detail an old charge and a new one...
...THE WASHINGTON MONTHLY Journalism Award for December 1988 is presented to Ralph Blumenthal Sam Howe Verhovek The New York Times The decentralization of New York City school boards was supposed to strengthen parental control of the schools...
...Nominations for stories published or aired in February will close March 15...
...Their students ranked lowest in test scores of the city's 32 districts...
...The winner will be announced in the May issue...
Vol. 21 • March 1989 • No. 2
