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1995
     
For a distinguished example of meritorious public service by a
newspaper through the use of its journalistic resources, which may
include editorials, cartoons, and photographs, as well as reporting,
a gold medal.
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Awarded to The Virgin Islands Daily News, St. Thomas, for its
disclosure of the links between the region's rampant crime rate and
corruption in the local criminal justice system. The reporting,
largely the work of Melvin Claxton, initiated political reforms.
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Also nominated as finalists in this category were: The Charlotte
(N.C.) Observer for examining the city's declining inner-city
neighborhoods, proposing improvements and helping to organize
citizens to ward off further deterioration, and The Philadelphia
Inquirer for disclosing fraudulent practices in a local election,
bringing about the overturn of the election and the reform of many of
the city's electoral practices.
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