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The
2001 Nancy Dickerson Whitehead Awards for
Excellence in Reporting on Drug and Alcohol Problems |
| 2001
Nancy Dickerson Whitehead Awards Presenters and Speakers: |
Lesley
Stahl, 60 Minutes
Michael Crichton, Author
Diane Sawyer, ABC TV
John Whitehead, Whitehead Foundation
| 2001
Nancy Dickerson Whitehead Awards Winners: |
The Sacramento
Bee, The Fresno Bee and
The Modesto Bee of The McClatchy Company for "A Madness
Called Meth"
A comprehensive, multi-part series that explores the epidemic of methamphetamine
production, distribution and use in California and law enforcement
efforts to stop distribution (October 8, 2000)
The
Spokesman-Review
(Spokane, WA) for "Amber Struggles to Shake Drug's Hold"
(June 4, 2000) and "An Infinite Love" (June 11, 2000)
Two articles that report on the human toll exacted by substance abuse.
The first article chronicles a woman's addiction to methamphetamine,
its physical and psychological impact on her and the ways that the
drug has shaped her life. The second tells the story of a family struggling
to cope with caring for an adoptive son born with fetal alcohol syndrome.
Martin
Smith, Series Producer and Lowell Bergman, Series Reporter, WGBH-Frontline,
Cambay Productions, Rain Media for "Drug Wars"
A two-part series that provides the most comprehensive television
history to date of the United States' 30-year war on drugs (October
9 - 10, 2000)
Lai
Ling Jew, Dateline NBC for "All the Rave?"
An expose of the use of all-night parties known as "raves"
to distribute the drug Ecstasy (May 2, 2000)
| Pictures
from the 2001 Nancy Dickerson Whitehead Awards: |
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| John Whitehead, Mathea Falco, Rose Styron |
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| Lesley Stahl |
All photos by Ken Levinson.
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