Children's Advocacy Institute

Executive Director

Robert C. Fellmeth

Council For Children

Thomas A. Papageorge

Council Chair

Martin D. Fern

Birt Harvey, M.D.

Louise Horvitz, M.S.W.,

Psy.D.

Hon. Leon S. Kaplan

Paul A. Peterson

Gary F. Redenbacher

Gary Richwald, M.D.,

M.P.H.

Blair L. Sadler

Gloria Perez Samson

Alan Shumacher, M.D.

Owen Smith

University of San Diego

School of Law

5998 Alcalá Park

San Diego, CA 92110

(619) 260-4806

(619) 260-4753 (Fax)

926 J Street

Suite 709

Sacramento, CA 95814

(916) 444-3875

(916) 444-6611 (Fax)

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www.sandiego.edu/childrensissues

OCTOBER 22, 1997 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

JOURNALISTS HONORED FOR ADVANCING CHILDREN'S ISSUES

Journalists from two southern California newspapers, The Bakersfield Californian and The Orange County Register, recently shared the 1997 Aaron Price Child Health and Welfare Scholarship and Journalism Award, which recognizes excellent journalism that advances the understanding of child health and welfare issues in California.

Funding for the annual Award, administered by the Children's Advocacy Institute (CAI) at the University of San Diego School of Law, was made possible by the friends and family of Aaron Price whose memory they honor.

Each year, a selection committee reviews submissions from a range of California print media. This year, CAI presented two awards:

The Bakersfield Californian, "Innocents Lost," reporters Bob Christie, Lisa Friedman, Chris Harrison, Leonel Martinez, Javier Erik Olvera and Denise Zapata, and photographer Ed Homich.

The Orange County Register, "Deadbeat Parents: Everybody's Burden," reporters Jim Mulvaney, Ernie Slone and Bonnie Weston, and photographers Michael Goulding and Mindy Schauer.