Monthly Journalism Award
The Washington Monthly Journalism Award OCTOBER 1997 SPECIAL REPORT “What Makes a Good School” Time This is an example of the kind of commitment the news magazines should regularly bring...
...Shea also explores how Joseph A. Calfano, the often laudably enthusiastic head of the center, may sometimes unwittingly do more harm than good with his aggressive media tactics...
...CHRISTOPHER SHEA In Drug-Policy Debates, a Center at Columbia U. Takes a Hard Line The Chronicle of Higher Education Columbia University's National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse is placed under hot yellow lights when Shea uncovers the not-too-savvy side of this media-savvy organization...
...The center-known for bringing cigarette, drug, and alcohol abuse concerns to the forej-ont of America...
...attention-is criticized by respected researchers for causing unnecessary alarm amongdmericans...
...prime issues, such as women’s binge drinking and drinking on college campuses, have been undermined by the center’s use of inaccurate statistics...
...We especially want to recognize Erik LarsonS brilliant article, “Where Does the Money Go: How in one American city, Baltimore, a big school system managed to spend ntillions of dollars on bureaucracy and dubious specialprograms-but all too little on the kids...
...The center...
...The Washington Monthly Journalism Award OCTOBER 1997 SPECIAL REPORT “What Makes a Good School” Time This is an example of the kind of commitment the news magazines should regularly bring to the coverage of important institutions...
Vol. 29 • December 1997 • No. 12
