Word: africanism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...WILLWERTH and CHRISTOPHER JOHN FARLEY are two of the most recent TIME staff members to receive honors from the National Association of Black Journalists, a professional organization that annually recognizes excellence in "the media's coverage of the African-American community and experience." This week the two will be awarded the N.A.B.J.'s first-place prize for magazine writing for their Jan. 19 article, "Dead Teen Walking," a sobering account of youngsters on death row. In their story Willwerth, a Los Angeles-based correspondent, and Farley, a senior writer, raised some troubling questions about the conduct of prosecutors...
...their March 30 cover story, "Africa Rising," a survey of emerging African nations, news director MARGUERITE MICHAELS and senior foreign correspondent JOHANNA MCGEARY claimed the N.A.B.J.'s second-place award. Michaels says that after spending 12 years reporting on Africa, this article was "one of the most exciting and satisfying pieces of journalism I've ever done. It gave me the chance to share with TIME readers the vibrant, good-news part of Africa that rarely gets into print...
...JAMA study. Much of the credit goes to a public-health campaign begun in 1994 under the slogan Back to Sleep. But not everyone has got the message. Those who are still more likely to place their infants on their stomachs include mothers ages 20 to 29, African Americans in the inner city and families who live in Middle Atlantic or Southern states. Note to the civic-minded: Willinger is looking for volunteers who can help get the word out to any of these communities...
...afternoon, a press conference of "national importance" was announced, luring reporters from Mandela's home outside Johannesburg. With the press out of the way, the couple were wed in a private ceremony. Mandela was reportedly sending a herd of cattle to Machel's family as a traditional African bride payment. Machel will keep her name and continue to commute between South Africa and Mozambique, where she remains an influential figure. Because of her love, Mandela once declared, "late in my life, I am blooming like a flower." Now it's all legal...
Agents who have been in Cockell's shoes say establishing trust is essential to ensuring the President's safety. For that reason, only the finest agents have a chance to become the SAIC. Cockell is the 24th agent (and the first African American) to hold the post in the protection division's 96-year history. The service's 2,100 plainclothes agents are recruited mostly from the military and law-enforcement departments. All of them have college degrees. Lewis Merletti, the current Secret Service director and a former SAIC, joined the service after a stint in the Special Forces...