THE WASHINGTON MONTHLY JOURNALISM AWARD
The Washington Monthly JOURNAIJSM AWARD FOR MAY 1990 IS PRESENTED TO: Paul Glastris US. News & World Report In his May 7 cover story on “The New Way to Get Rich,” Glastris reveals that one...
...If high estate taxes were enacted now, the result would be an increase in the savings rate of the baby boomers who obviously have been counting on their parents to do their saving for them...
...All in all,” Reagan announces proudly, “I think we hit the jackpot...
...Germain Act in 1982, drastically deregulating the S&Ls...
...Nominations for any newspaper, magazine, or radio or television station in the country are welcome...
...Other notable clips include one of Ronald Reagan signing the Gam-St...
...Throughout, the series played skillfully to television’s strengths, showing for the first time clips of the famous 1984 video, made by a regulator, of the ghost towns built by Empire Savings Bank of Texas-apocalyptic images that launched Ed Gray on his ill-fated crusade to draw administration and congressional attention to some of the industry’s problems...
...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...
...Please send nominations to Monthly Journalism Award, 161 1 Connecticut Ave...
...The number of millionaires and decamillionaires almost tripled during the eighties while, because of the Reagan tax cuts, the number of estates subject to taxation plummeted by twothirds...
...FOR JUNE 1990 IS PRESENTED TO: Ken Bode and Brooks Jackson CNN Special Assignment This five-part series by CNN’s new investigative team, captained by Bode and Jackson, did the best job yet of laying out for a TV audience the complicated web of fraud, corruption, ideological fervor, and stupidity that exacerbated the S&L crisis and continues to dog the bailout...
...The award for stories published or aired in July will be announced in the October issue...
...News & World Report In his May 7 cover story on “The New Way to Get Rich,” Glastris reveals that one reason the baby boomers bought all those BMWs is that they knew they were going to inherit a bundle from Mom and Dad...
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...The Washington Monthly JOURNAIJSM AWARD FOR MAY 1990 IS PRESENTED TO: Paul Glastris US...
...The subject can be government in its federal, state, or municipal manifestation...
...Nominations for stories published or aired in August will close September 15...
...Adds Bode: “Overnight, the S&Ls became casinos...
...Two copies of the article or broadcast text should accompany the nomination...
...20009...
...The winner will be announced in the November issue...
Vol. 22 • September 1990 • No. 8
