Monthly Journalism Award
The Washington Monthly Journalism Award April 1998 JOE STEPHENS “On Their Honor: Judges and Their Assets” A two-part series The Kansas City Star It is against the lawfor a judge...
...ELENA MANNES “Busted: America’s War on Marijuana” Frontline One-fourth of the money spent in the War on Drugs - $10 billion a year --goes towardjighting marijuana...
...We are particularly interested in reporting that explains the successes and failures of government agencies at all levels and of other institutions such as the media, corporations, unions, and foundations that contribute to the existence or solution of public problems...
...Yet Stephens found that federaljudges in and around Kansas City “issued more than 200 court orders while holding interest in a litigant...
...Yet, as this program demonstrates, many of the federal, state, and localagents involved have doubts about whether we should be sending so many non-violentpot offenders to jail...
...NW, Washington, DC 20009...
...MICHAELM oss AND CHRIS ADAMS “For Medicaid Patients, Doors Slam Closed” The Wall Street Journal Medicaid recipients are being forced out of nursing homes because they do not bring in as much money as those who pay the cost out of their own pocket...
...Please send nominations (including two copies of the article or broadcast text) to Monthly Journalism Award, 1611 Connecticut Ave...
...The Washington Monthly Journalism Award April 1998 JOE STEPHENS “On Their Honor: Judges and Their Assets” A two-part series The Kansas City Star It is against the lawfor a judge topreside over a case in which he or she has even the smallestjinancial interest...
...THE MONTHLY JOUURNALISM AWARD is presented each month to one or more newspaper, magazine, radio, or television stories (or series of stories) that demonstrate a commitment to the public interest...
...Nominations , for stories run in May are due June 2...
Vol. 30 • June 1998 • No. 6
