It’s awards season and we’re happy to report that AHCJ members are winning a number of national awards. What’s listed below is a list of awards we’ve noticed. If you’ve recently won an award – or received a fellowship, published a book or changed jobs – please be sure to let us know (info@healthjournalism.org) so we can share the news. And if you haven’t yet checked out the winners of AHCJ’s awards, be sure to do so.
National Headliner Awards
- John Fauber, Meg Kissinger and Suzanne Rust, Side Effects, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel [Fauber wrote about this series for AHCJ]
- Sheri Fink, Stephen Engelberg, Ilena Silverman and Susan White, The Deadly Choices at Memorial, ProPublica [Fink wrote about reporting this story for AHCJ]
American Society of Journalists and Authors 2010 Writing Awards
- June Roth Award for Medical Journalism
Winner: “What’s Wrong with Cancer Tests?” by Shannon Brownlee (Reader’s Digest)
Honorable Mention: “Going After Las Vegas’ Medical Mafia” by Katherine Eban (Fortune) - Reporting on a Significant Topic
Winner: “Shots in the Dark” by Shannon Brownlee and Jeanne Lenzer (The Atlantic Monthly) - Service
Winner: “Is Your Doctor Our of Date?” by Meryl Davids (Reader’s Digest)
Scripps Howard Foundation National Journalism Awards
- Public service reporting
Finalist: Charles Ornstein and Tracy Weber, ProPublica/Los Angeles Times - Environmental Reporting
Charles Duhigg of The New York Times receives $10,000 and the Edward J. Meeman Award for the series “Toxic Waters,” an investigation of inadequacies in the Clean Water Act and the Safe Drinking Water Act that prompted wide-ranging overhauls in enforcement of the 1970s laws.
2009 National Awards for Education Reporting
- Small Media – Feature, News Feature or Issue Package
Special Citations Beth Slovic, Willamette Week, “Cheerless“
