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Article: STAFF WRITER WINS AWARD FOR COVERAGE OF OXYCONTIN
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- Roanoke Times & World News
- Article date:
- November 15, 2002
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Roanoke Times staff writer Laurence Hammack has won a national
journalism award for his coverage of the painkiller OxyContin.
Hammack was honored with the Nancy Dickerson Whitehead Award,
given annually by Drug Strategies, a nonprofit group in Washington
that recognizes excellence in reporting on substance abuse.
He shared a first-place award with the Albany (N.Y.) Times-Union,
which wrote about alcohol abuse among teens. Winners in the contest's
broadcast category were National Public Radio and three Oregon
television stations.
The contest chairman said the winners "provide important insights
for policy makers, the public ...