The Washington Monthly Journalism Award
The Washington Monthly Journalism Award FOR SEPTEMBER 1991 IS PRESENTED TO Jane Brody, Gina Kolata, and Elisabeth Rosenthal The New York Times Jo Ann Anderson’s son was born 17 weeks...
...Nominations for stories published or aired in November will close December 15...
...most suffer no major disability as a result...
...There is no need” she says, “for anyone to suffer like this...
...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...
...Reporters Brody, Kolata, and Rosenthal, in a three-part series between September 29 and October 1, paint a painfully vivid picture of the issues-financial and emotional, medical and social-of preserving life by any means necessary...
...Two copies of the article or broadcast text should accompany the nomination...
...Please send nominations to Monthly Joumalism Award, 1611 Connecticut Ave...
...Thanks to aggressive treatment and the wonders of modem medicine, tiny Aaron was saved...
...But improvements in technology have meant not only that more healthy babies are saved but that more babies with severe handicaps live...
...Looking back, Jo Ann Anderson says, she should have discontinued Aaron’s life support when he was born...
...20009...
...But today, two years later, Aaron has cerebral palsy, is virtually blind, and is a quadriplegic...
...Nominations for any newspaper, magazine, or radio or television station in the country are welcome...
...These days, more than 80 percent of premature babies survive...
...NW, Washington, D.C...
...For a health care system already straining to cover the cost of caring for the elderly and chronically ill, the cost of preserving the life of these severely handicapped infants is a heavy burden...
...The Washington Monthly Journalism Award FOR SEPTEMBER 1991 IS PRESENTED TO Jane Brody, Gina Kolata, and Elisabeth Rosenthal The New York Times Jo Ann Anderson’s son was born 17 weeks premature...
...The subject can be government in its federal, state, or municipal manifestation...
...The winner will be announced in the March issue...
Vol. 23 • December 1991 • No. 12
