THE WASHINGTON MONTHLY Journalism Award
THE WASHINGTON MONTHLY Journalism Award for July is presented to: Lars Larson KPTV News Portland, Oregon This series of news reports focuses on the mess the U.S. Army is leaving behind for...
...There's also the annual toll of 1,500 people killed and 7,000 seriously injured in cigarette fires...
...Two copies of the article or broadcast text should accompany the nomination...
...The big reason the Army will probably never correct most of this damage...
...And the carnage is unnecessary because tobacco companies already know how to make a much less combustible cigarette...
...The winners will be announced in the December issue...
...The tobacco industry sees the measure as the onset of the sort of substantive safety regulations to which almost all other hazardous substances are subject but to which cigarettes have remained immune...
...Army is leaving behind for northeast Oregon as it closes its Umatilla weapons depot...
...Nominations for any newspaper, magazine, or radio or television station in the country are welcome...
...NW, Washington, D.C...
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...Nominations for stories published or aired in September will close October 15...
...The award for stories published or aired in August will be announced in the November issue...
...But Levin reports that the Tobacco Institute is currently lobbying against legislation that would mandate such an improvement...
...In defense budgets, being ecologically responsible isn't nearly as important as buying new weapons...
...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...
...Besides the acres of unexploded and possibly live ordnance, there are the highly toxic explosive, pesticide, and acid residues that have seeped into the sand and are making their way to the Columbia River, source of most of the region's farming and drinking water...
...Levin describes the industry's latest tactic: working with and funding hundreds of fire departments nationwide to get them to support less intrusive fire safety legislation...
...Please send nominations to Monthly Journalism Award, 1611 Connecticut Ave...
...Myron Levin The Nation Heart disease and lung cancer aren't the only dangers of nicotine...
Vol. 21 • October 1989 • No. 9
