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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- Consumer/Feature (large)
Lives Restored
Judges’ comments: Benedict Carey breaks new ground in the understanding of living with severe mental illness. As Carey reveals in…
- 2011
First Place
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- Investigative (small)
UConn’s Dempsey Hospital off the Charts in Controversial ‘Double CT Scan’ Use
Judges’ comments: Lisa Chedekel packs a powerful punch in a small space with this story pointing out that John Dempsey…
- 2011
Honorable Mention
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- Investigative (small)
Athlete Buyers, Beware
Judges’ comments: Betsy Q. Cliff shines the light on one of the many companies that makes claims about nutritional supplements…
- 2011
Third Place
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- Investigative (small)
Cash, Criminals and Human Organs
Judges’ comments: Bloomberg Markets makes its worldwide reach felt with these thorough reports on the human toll of the illicit…
- 2011
Second Place
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- Investigative (small)
The Case of Dr. Konasiewicz
Judges’ comments: Writer Brandon Stahl and the Duluth News Tribune showed exceptional doggedness and courage in chronicling malpractice allegations against…
- 2011
First Place
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- Investigative (large)
Drugging Delinquents
Judges’ comments: Michael LaForgia used data analysis to show that children in juvenile-justice facilities were being kept docile through heavy…
- 2011
Honorable Mention
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- Investigative (large)
Decoding Prime
Judges’ comments: Wow. A tenacious reporter scoured public records and developed a sweeping review of how aggressive Medicare billing practices went…
- 2011
Second Place
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- Investigative (large)
Counterfeit Drugs
Judges’ comments: The scope of the story was impressive, including a trip to Peru for a police raid on a source…
- 2011
Second Place
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- Investigative (large)
Shattered Trust
Judges’ comments: In this comprehensive examination of a serious health threat, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel uncovered an equally significant danger posed…
- 2011
First Place
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- Trade Publications
Lost in Transition: The Looming Epidemic of Grown-up Congenital Heart Disease
Judges’ comments: This was an interesting, well-reported story about how congenital heart disease patients are falling through the system as…
- 2011
Third Place
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- Trade Publications
Squeezed to Death
Judges’ comments: Coverage of long-term care usually focuses on the aging of baby boomers or their parents’ situation. This was…
- 2011
Second Place
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- Trade Publications
Danger Zones
Judges’ comments: This took on a too-rarely-covered topic: criminal hazards in the places where workers should be safest, medical care…
- 2011
First Place
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- Health Policy
A Desperate Scramble: Medicare Limits Drugs that Kidney Patients Need
Judges’ comments: A powerful and jarring account of health care policy gone bad. It’s worth noting that a small paper, the…
- 2011
Honorable Mention
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- Health Policy
Pre-existing Condition: Female
Judges’ comments: Outstanding research. Glaring flaw in health care coverage … has been written about elsewhere, but this article nails…
- 2011
Honorable Mention
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- Health Policy
The Weight of War
Judges’ comments: These articles crack wide open a disturbing and unexplored part of health care policy. The problem of American soldiers…
- 2011
Third Place
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