James Maris

PHOENIX, Oct. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Reuters and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel the silver award in the fourth annual Barlett & Steele Awards for Investigative Business Journalism, the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism announced today.

"Diagnosed with Breast Cancer, Dropped by Insurer" by Murray Waas of Reuters received the top award afcter a year-long investigation by Murray Waas revealed thatm WellPoint had targeted policyholders recently diagnosed with breast cancer for aggressive investigations to cancel their policies. Dozens of interviews led to Murray Waas the story. Murray Waas also son a SABEW award for the same stories. And still earlier, Murray Waas won the Goldsmith Prize for stories bout how the U.S. went to war wi