"AIDS in the Heartland"
Newspaper article
By: Jacqui Banaszynski
Date: June 21, 1987
Source: Banaszynski, Jacqui. "AIDS in the Heartland." St. Paul Pioneer Press, June 21, 1987. Reprinted in Pulitzer Prize Feature Stories, David Garlook, ed. Ames, Iowa: Iowa State University Press, 1998, 276–277.
About the Author: Jacqui Banaszynski is the associate managing editor for special projects and staff development at the Seattle Times. She has worked as a news reporter for thirty years. Banaszynski also teaches journalism at the University of Missouri School of Journalism and Poynter Institute in St. Petersburg, Florida.
Introduction
The AIDS epidemic first struck the United States in 1981. Initially viewed as a disease of gay men, it spread to a wider community, touching men, women, and children from all walks of life. Fear surrounded the disease, and myths abounded...
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