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Who Is Eligible?
Full-time or freelance reporters working for a general circulation United States newspaper, wire service, magazine, or online publication are eligible for the $35,000 award. Through their investigative reporting, candidates must have informed the public about major problems or corruption in our society.
Moreover, their published work must yield results, such as the series by the 2007 award recipients from the Hartford Courant, for their series exposing the US military’s recruitment and deployment of mentally ill soldiers into Iraq, which resulted in a congressional mandate for new mental health screening for recruits and limits on how long troubled soldiers can be required to stay in a war zone.
Who May Nominate?
- Editors
- Publishers
- Other reporters
- Concerned citizens groups
- Journalism organizations
- Civic leaders
- Educators
Nominations DeadlineNomination forms and support documents must be received by USC Annenberg's School of Journalism by February 1, 2008.
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