Sun writer wins award for series

Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2000 | 11:16 a.m.

Las Vegas Sun reporter Benjamin Grove won a first place in the prestigious 1999 Benjamin Fine Awards for Outstanding Education Reporting for last May's seven-day series, "Story of a 4th Grade Class."

Grove, now the Sun's Washington bureau reporter, spent a year visiting a fourth grade class at Helen Jydstrup Elementary School as the Sun's education reporter. The series offered a daily diary that touched on issues such as overcrowding and parental involvement along with shorter stories that further explained the issues.

The first-place honor, one of 12 conferred by the National Association of Secondary School Principals, was announced Monday during the association's annual convention in San Antonio. The judges evaluated 200 entries.

The Benjamin Fine grand prize of $1,500 went to Caroline Hendrie of Education Week for a series titled "A Trust Betrayed," a series that focused on sexual abuse of students.

Among the other first-place winners were Jay Mathews of the Washington Post, Lisa Chedekel of the Hartford Courant, Jolayne Houtz of the Seattle Times and Janet Bingham of the Denver Post.

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