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Veteran journalists speak from front lines of prescription drug epidemic
In a subject area increasingly defined by its steady drumbeat of alarming numbers and increasingly dire statistics, the opening to…
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MJS finds attempts to improve infant mortality rates are fragmented
This year, a team at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel launched “Empty Cradles,” a yearlong reporting effort to find out why…
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Reporter checks records, hits facility with news of looming closure
After picking up new tools and techniques at Health Journalism 2011, reporter Sarah Bruyn Jones returned to The Roanoke Times…
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Laser spine clinics use Internet search ads to push unproven, costly treatment
Bloomberg’s David Armstrong has put together an investigation of a simple, effective and dubious new business formula, one which begins…
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VA centers in 30 states, D.C. used recalled wipes
JoNel Aleccia of MSNBC.com continues her reporting on tainted and recalled alcohol prep pads, finding that “A quarter of the…
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Herald reports on failures of assisted living system
The Miami Herald‘s yearlong “Neglected to Death” series on abuse and violations in assisted living facilities is expansive, but I…
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ProPublica investigates ties between doc groups, industry
With an assist from Sen. Chuck Grassley, ProPublica senior reporters Tracy Weber and Charles Ornstein, AHCJ’s board president, have published…
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Ex-pharma rep talks about pressure, tactics to sell
A story reported and produced by Gerri Shaftel at KTTV-Los Angeles (and presented by Christine Devine) gives viewers a look…
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Dallas Morning News explores effects of war on military families
For the paper’s series on military families, Dallas Morning News reporter Dave Tarrant has spent four months investigating what he…
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Conference discusses reporting on disasters
While everyone’s attention was focused on some conference in Philadelphia, the Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting and Boston University were…