The Washington Monthly JOURNALISM AWARD
The Washington Monthly JOURNALISM AWARD FOR MARCH 1991 IS PRESENTED TO Connie Bruck The New Yorker We thought it was impossible for a writer to make us sympathize with a top-tier Wall Street...
...Two copies of the article or broadcast text should accompany the nomination...
...While Bruck exculpates Mulheren by deconstructing the government's flimsy case, Wall Street itself gets off less easily...
...The subject can be government in its federal, state, or municipal manifestation...
...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...
...In the March 11 issue, she built a complicated, ultimately compelling defense of John Mulheren, a self-made and self-destructive financier convicted of stock manipulation in the wake of Ivan Boesky's confessions...
...Through Mulheren's unusual story, she probes the Street's oblique but vicious snob rule—a culture in which class distinctions may play as much a part in federal investigations as do rigged deals...
...Connie Bruck changed our minds...
...The winner will be announced in the September issue...
...20009...
...Nominations for stories published or aired in May and June will close July 15...
...Please send nominations to Monthly Journalism Award, 1611 Connecticut Ave...
...The Washington Monthly JOURNALISM AWARD FOR MARCH 1991 IS PRESENTED TO Connie Bruck The New Yorker We thought it was impossible for a writer to make us sympathize with a top-tier Wall Street arbitrageur...
...NW, Washington, D.C...
...Nominations for any newspaper, magazine, or radio or television station in the country are welcome...
Vol. 23 • June 1991 • No. 6
