Winning Contest Entries
Explore a diverse array of entries that have participated in our contests over the years. These entries represent the incredible talent, creativity, and dedication of journalists and storytellers from various backgrounds and media platforms.
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- 2023
Third Place
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- 2023
Second Place
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- Beat Reporting
Health watch: An accountability health care beat in Philadelphia
Didier Epopa was set to walk out of Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital after a fifth and final dose of an antiviral…
- 2023
First Place
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- Audio Reporting (small division)
Bad Chemistry
It’s been two decades since the chemical company Monsanto settled a lawsuit with Anniston residents. People there said Monsanto exposed…
- 2023
Third Place
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- Audio Reporting (small division)
The Fight for Abortion Training
The overturning of Roe v. Wade has severely restricted how doctors can access training in abortion care and it’s already…
- 2023
Second Place
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- 2023
First Place
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- Audio Reporting (large division)
Proven Schizophrenia Treatments Keep People in School, at Work and off the Street. Why Won’t Insurance Companies Cover Them?
- 2023
Third Place
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- 2023
Second Place
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- Audio Reporting (large division)
The Retrievals
The patients in this story came to the Yale Fertility Center to pursue pregnancy. They began their I.V.F. cycles full…
- 2023
First Place
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- Trade Publications
Hospice Has a Diversity Problem
The typical patient census in hospice care is White, as is the nursing staff. A lack of widespread awareness about…
- 2022
Third Place
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- Trade Publications
Meet the Scientist at the Center of the Covid Lab Leak Controversy
On a foggy morning in early February last year, dozens of journalists from around the world gathered outside the Wuhan…
- 2022
Second Place
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- Trade Publications
Expanding Services And Tailoring Outreach To Prevent Suicide
In the face of perennially high suicide rates, Utah’s health system leaders and community advocates work together to stem the…
- 2022
First Place
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- Student Reporting
Healing Through Culture
In a remote hogan near the southern edge of the Navajo Nation, Wayne Wilson lights a fire, lays out eagle…
- 2022
Third Place
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- Student Reporting
Psychedelic Therapy for Racial Trauma
The images were massive, mystical and only appeared two hours after Evan had ingested 1.5 grams of magic mushrooms. With…
- 2022
Second Place
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- Student Reporting
Growing Older
The world is getting older. Globally, longevity is increasing markedly, and birth rates are falling. This demographic reality is often…
- 2022
First Place
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