Monthly Journalism
The Washington Monthly Journalism Award October 1996 REYNOLDS HOLDING Accusations of Prison Coverup San Francisco Chronicle It's a tale that has everything: death, violence,...
...Five-part series) Detroit Free Press With the graying ofAmerica, the nation...
...A possible reason for the agency...
...cigarette consumption on the decline and antismoking sentiments raging, tobacco companies have been working for more than a decade to expand overseas sales...
...More significant, however, is how the agency first ignored reports of the abuse, then tried toprevent a corrections officer from turning over the information to the FBI...
...During the Reagan and Bush administrations, writes Frankel, ‘rwhile] one arm of the government was warning Americans about the dangers of smoking, another was helping the industry recruit a new generation of smokers abroad...
...Among otherproblems, reporter Alison Youngfinds that state andfederal regulators often behave more like industry lapdogs than watchdogs, having repeatedly "watered down rules, declared moratoriums on fines, changed definitions and retrained inspectors in response to industry criticism...
...ALISON YOUNG & WENDY WENDLAND Who Cares...
...The Post’s four-part series details tobacco’s crusade to penetrate markets throughout Asia and Eastern Europe, including the resultant anti-smoking backlash in Thailand that spurred a tobacco control movement in Asia...
...November 1996 PETER ELKIND The Number Crunchers Fortune When it comes to the lottery business, luck has nothing to do with winning...
...Nor does success depend entirely upon skill, reveals Elkind in his investigation of the world’s leadinglottery vendor, Gtech...
...While this Rhode Island-based company is arguably the industry’s most skilled and eficient operator, having turned state-sponsored gambling into a “modern, eficient, and hugely lucrative” venture, it allegedly has made heavy use ofpolitical cronyism, palm-greasing, and coqorate kickbacks to destroy its competitors and cement its dominance of the international market...
...The Washington Monthly Journalism Award October 1996 REYNOLDS HOLDING Accusations of Prison Coverup San Francisco Chronicle It's a tale that has everything: death, violence, government cover-ups, a high-speed car chase, early morning visits from the FBI...
...Holding's report reveals how prison guards at Corcoran, one of the nation’s most violent facilities, were orchestrating jights among inmatesfiom rivalgangs, then shooting prisoners who failed to stopjighting-open with fatal results...
...In the disturbing opening piece, reporter Glenn Frankel examines the US...
...elder care system is bracing for a massive inJrux of seniors...
...No, it's not an episode of "The X-Files...
...government’s role in helping the industry pry open tough-to-penetrate markets in Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan...
...This five-part series by the Detroit Free Press examines the current state of Michigan’s nursing home system, what is being done to improve the quality of care, and some of the major barriers to that improvement...
...GLENN FRANKEL, STEVEN MUFSON & JAMES RUPERT Big Tobacco’s Global Reach (Four - p ar t series) The Washington Post With US...
...it's an account of the how the California Department of Corrections came under investigation for allegedly attempting to block a federal investigation into criminal wrongdoing at Corcoran State Prison...
...reluctance to investigate: The corrections department frequently cites inmate violence at facilities such as Corcoran as a justijication for increased funding...
Vol. 29 • January 1997 • No. 1
