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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- Business (large)
Firms to Charge Smokers, Obese More for Healthcare
reuters.com/article/2011/10/31/us-penalties-idUSTRE79T2S220111031 List date(s) this work was published or aired. Oct. 31, 2011 See this entry. Provide a brief synopsis of…
- 2011
No Award
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- Public Health
The Power To Save Lives
forbes.com/sites/matthewherper/2011/11/02/the-second-coming-of-bill-gates/ forbes.com/sites/matthewherper/2011/11/10/what-bill-gates-says-about-drug-companies-2/ List date(s) this work was published or aired. Published online Nov. 2, 2011; cover of the Nov. 21,…
- 2011
No Award
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- Business (large)
The Big Business of Breast Cancer
marieclaire.com/world-reports/news/breast-cancer-business-scams List date(s) this work was published or aired. Oct-11 See this entry. Provide a brief synopsis of the story…
- 2011
No Award
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- Public Health
The Heavy Burden Of Childhood Obesity
wamu.org/topic/childhood_obesity Provide names of other journalists involved. Ginger Moored- Producer List date(s) this work was published or aired. April 25…
- 2011
No Award
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- Business (small)
Blue Cross Flush with Cash
Judges’ comments: An ambitious and courageous effort by a small-market newspaper which revealed that South Carolina’s dominant health insurer was…
- 2011
Special Judges’ Citation
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- Business (large)
Challenging the Way DaVita Does BusiÂness
Judges’ comments: A commendable look at a major public employer in the coverage area with questionable business practices. List date(s)…
- 2011
Honorable Mention
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- Business (large)
Inside Pfizer’s Palace Coup
Judges’ comments: A laudatory behind-the-scenes narrative of palace intrigues at the world’s biggest drugmaker, with a gripping, wonderfully detailed narrative…
- 2011
Third Place
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- Business (large)
ER building boom is wrong prescription, critics say
List date(s) this work was published or aired. Sunday, Nov. 27, 2011 See this entry. Provide a brief synopsis of…
- 2011
Second Place
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- Business (large)
Is Houston EMS Taking Medicare For A Ride?
Judges’ comments: A very nice distillation of a big problem in health care that could easily been done with a…
- 2011
First Place
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- Consumer/Feature (small)
Sex After Breast Cancer
Judges’ comments: This is a sensitive subject rarely covered in consumer articles about breast cancer survivors, but one that must…
- 2011
Third Place
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- Consumer/Feature (small)
The Woman Who Fell to Earth
Judges’ comments: Ruthann Richter met the subject of her riveting article in 2000 and finally told her remarkable tale more…
- 2011
Second Place
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- Consumer/Feature (small)
His Final Choice: Reflections on Life, Death and a Lethal Dose of Seconal / Controversy and Choices
Judges’ comments: There have been many stories about the legislative, legal and ethical arguments surrounding Washington’s Death With Dignity legislation,…
- 2011
First Place
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- Consumer/Feature (large)
Home Alone: Adult Health Center Cuts Devastate Elderly, Disabled
Judges’ comments: Because of deep budget cuts in California, the Adult Day Health Centers were slated for elimination. This series…
- 2011
Honorable Mention
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- Consumer/Feature (large)
Code Green: Bleeding Dollars
Judges’ comments: This yearlong series from the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review pinpointed billions of dollars of waste in the nation’s health care…
- 2011
Third Place
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- Consumer/Feature (large)
The Screening Dilemma
Judges’ comments: Kate Pickert asks the multimillion dollar question … “Are some cancers better left undiscovered?’ As she powerfully illustrates,…
- 2011
Second Place
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