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Investigative Reporting Finalists

Number 18168
Subject Investigations
Source The Goldsmith Prize
State MA
Year 1996
Publication Date March 14
Summary The Goldsmith Prize awards a $25,000 annual prize for reporting that best promotes more effective and ethical conduct of government, the making of public policy, or the practice of politics. The five finalists for 1996 were "The F.A.A., USAir and the ATR Turbo Prop Planes," "Military Secrets," "Prisoners On Payroll," "Honduras," "Who Owns The Law? West Publishing and the Courts," and "Profits From Pain." The stories come from the New York Times, Dayton Daily News, Baltimore Sun, Minneapolis Star Tribune and Sun-Sentinel.
Category General
Pages 300
Keywords Goldsmith Prize;Federal Aviation Administration;airplane safety;air traffic control;airplane inspection;airplane accidents;military secrets;sexual assault;military judicial system;Tailhook;military pay;Honduras;CIA;West Publishing;judicial bribes;Supreme Court;judicial ethics;HMOs
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