Monthly Journalism Award
THE WASHINGTON MONTHLY Journalism Award for February 1990 is presented to Dale Keiger Cincinnati When does a newspaper almost completely ignore a colossal financial scandal? When one of...
...The winner will be announced in the July/August issue...
...Nominations for stories published or aired in April will close May 15...
...Keiger's piece documents how The Cincinnati Enquirer downplayed the Lincoln Savings & Loan scandal involving Charles Keating and his brother, Bill Keating, chairman of the Enquirer (and of the Associated Press...
...The subject can be government in its federal, state, or municipal manifestation...
...Keiger rebuts Blake with the observation that Lincoln's demise will cost Cincinnatians from $17 million to $30 million...
...It's an Arizona story...
...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...
...NW, Washington, D.C...
...When, in connection with the scandal, the government sued the two Keatings in their capacities as directors of Lincoln's parent company, the paper ran the news on page 4 of section C. The business editor who had pressed for a stronger story was fired for not being a "team player...
...Nominations for any newspaper, magazine, or radio or television station in the country are welcome...
...Two copies of the article or broadcast text should accompany the nomination...
...Please send nominations to Monthly Journalism Award, 1611 Connecticut Ave...
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...When one of the principals is the newspaper's CEO and another is his brother...
...George Blake, editor of the Enquirer, explained his paper's virtual silence this way: "We don't consider this a local story...
...The award for stories published or aired in March will be announced in the June issue...
Vol. 22 • May 1990 • No. 4
