List date(s) this work was published or aired.
10/28/2012
Provide a brief synopsis of the story or stories, including any significant findings.
Story explores inequity among fund-raising abilities of various forms of cancer, showing breast cancer fund-raising outpaces efforts of other type of more deadly cancer.
Explain types of documents, data or Internet resources used. Were FOI or public records act requests required? How did this affect the work?
National Institutes of Health research statistics, local support group fund-raising figures.
Explain types of human sources used.
Spent time with two women with cancers that get less fund-raising attention, but are more deadly than breast cancer.
Results:
Letters to the editor and calls thanking us for pointing out the inequities of fund raising.
Follow-up (if any). Have you run a correction or clarification on the report or has anyone come forward to challenge its accuracy? If so, please explain.
No corrections. Received letters to the editor and on-line comments about frustration over the inequity in funding.
Advice to other journalists planning a similar story or project.
Find people who are willing to talk to you about their own disease and their efforts to get people talking more about them.