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May 20, 2003
NEW
YORK (AP) - ABC correspondent John Stossel and producer Kristina
Kendall won a $10,000 prize from a media watchdog group for a special
about media scare stories like road rage and shark attacks.
The
Center for Media and Public Affairs gives the annual prize to
reporters that critically evaluate the work of other journalists.
Stossel's ABC News special "debunked the conventional wisdom before a
very large audience in a timely fashion," Matthew Felling, spokesman
for the center, said Tuesday.
The
group also gave $1,000 prizes to Brendan Nyhan of Salon.com for a
story about the National Education Association teaching about Sept.
11, and to Allan Wolper of Editor & Publisher for a column about the
relationship between Chicago police and the Chicago Sun-Times.
Stossel, who said he was donating his portion of the award to the
Central Park Conservancy, said it was nice to be recognized.
"It
always makes me extra nervous when I'm critical of my peers because I
know they strike back," said the "20/20" anchor.
The
center's prize, in its second year, is funded by Florida businessman
Paul Mongerson.
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