THE WASHINGTON MONTHLY Journalism Award
THE WASHINGTON MONTHLY Journalism Award for April 1989 is presented to Thorn Shanker Chicago Tribune This disturbing series documents how the Middle East is becoming even less stable...
...The winner will be announced in the October issue...
...The award for stories published or aired in May and June will be announced in the September 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...
...Nominations for stories published or aired in July will close August 15...
...THE WASHINGTON MONTHLY Journalism Award for April 1989 is presented to Thorn Shanker Chicago Tribune This disturbing series documents how the Middle East is becoming even less stable because most of the region's countries now have bacteriological and chemical warheads and longrange missiles to put them on...
...Two copies of the article or broadcast text should accompany the nomination...
...Shanker shows that the situation has been exacerbated not only by the well-publicized industrial support given by West Germany and France to such flashpoints as Libya and Iraq but also by greedy American companies...
...The subject can be government in its federal, state, or municipal manifestation...
...Nominations for any newspaper, magazine, or radio or television station in the country are welcome...
...His reporting includes the tale of a Baltimore-based chemical firm that got caught trying to sell $200,000 worth of a key nerve gas ingredient to Iran...
Vol. 21 • July 1989 • No. 6
