Atlanta’s Judd, Miller honored for mental health reporting
July 27th, 2008From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Reporters Alan Judd and Andy Miller of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution have been honored as Journalists of the Year by the Atlanta Press Club for their series, “A Hidden Shame,” documenting severe problems with Georgia’s mental hospitals. They also received a regional first-place investigative award from the Society of Professional Journalists.
The state’s mental hospitals are now the subject of a Justice Department investigation.
Judd and Miller’s investigation began with tips from mental health advocates and family members. Their articles, which began last year, documented a pattern of mismanagement and poor staffing that has resulted in the deaths of more than 100 patients under questionable circumstances and nearly 200 cases of patient abuse since 2002.
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July 29th, 2008 at 3:38 am
Many thanks to Judd and Miller for their work. They deserve these awards, and Georgia deserves to have them continue to work in our midst.