2002 James K. Batten Award Winners
Savannah’s “Vision 2010” Wins Batten Award
Civic Legacy and Innovations Cited
Washington, DC, March 21, 2002 — The Savannah Morning News won the 2002 Batten Awards for Excellence in Civic Journalism, a $10,000 honor for a robust, community-driven project that targeted failing schools and triggered the creation of a civic group to raise venture capital for education innovations.
The runner-up was The Cincinnati Enquirer, awarded $5,000 for wide-ranging initiatives that involved more than 2,000 people in community conversations about race relations since last April’s riots.