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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- Community Newspapers
Painkiller Clinics Use Legal Loopholes
The stories highlighted loopholes in Florida law that make it possible for convicted drug smugglers and doctors with histories of…
- 2009
Second Place
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- General Interest Magazines below 1 million circ.
Useless Medicine
Many health care stories throw out the figure that 30 percent of all medical spending is wasted. But they almost…
- 2009
Second Place
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- General Interest Magazines above 1 million circ.
How Healthy is Your Family Tree?’ Redbook
This package helps readers understand the role genetics (and all the genetic discoveries that have been made of late) play…
- 2009
No Award
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- Beat Reporting
Will We Make History?’ Hospitals & Health Networks
From FDR's call for a social insurance system that would extend "cradle to grave" to George W. Bush's Medicare prescription…
- 2009
No Award
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- Beat Reporting
Global health matters,’ NIH
The main focus of this issue concerned recent developments in the application of mobile technologies in global health research. This…
- 2009
No Award
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- Beat Reporting
Comparative Effectiveness: Why does it matter to you?’ Hospitals & Health Networks
The federal government has earmarked $1.1 billion to create a process for comparing medications, devices and treatments. The goal: research…
- 2009
No Award
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- Television
Addiction, life on the edge,’ CNN
Dr. Sanjay Gupta follows the lives of 4 addicts for one year who have been through rehab as they try…
- 2009
No Award
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- Beat Reporting
Diagnosis: Reform,’ Capital Eye Blog
The "Diagnosis: Reform series, in its 30 parts, explored the influence of political money and the federal government's debate over…
- 2009
No Award
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- General Interest Magazines below 1 million circ.
Code Flu,’ National Journal
An examination of how prepared the U.S. is to cope with any major health emergency. See the contest questionnaire in…
- 2009
No Award
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- General Interest Magazines below 1 million circ.
At what price,’ National Journal
At What Price? looks at the whether health care reform proposals would be affordable for the public. See the contest…
- 2009
No Award
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- Community Newspapers
Care workers draw union’s attention,’ KHI News Service
The state's home and community based services are dependent on attendant care workers who, typically, are paid fast food wages.…
- 2009
No Award
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- Beat Reporting
Beat Reporting: Liz Welch, Glamour
Glamour's Liz Welch reported on women's health issues such as abortion, prescription drugs and domestic violence. See the contest questionnaire…
- 2009
No Award
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- Beat Reporting
Beat Reporting: Shaun Dreisbach, Glamour
"The Health Truth About Your Favorite Foods" was an investigation into some of the ingredients in foods young women eat…
- 2009
No Award
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- 2TV (Below Top 20 markets)
After the Hurricane,’ MedPage Today
Hurricanes can cause untold damage, some of it to the very facilities that ought to be caring for the injured.…
- 2009
No Award
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- General Interest Magazines below 1 million circ.
Laugh out loud: The healing power of humor,’ Angies List Magazine
A growing body of scientific research indicates there may be physical health benefits to laughter, including a positive effect on…
- 2009
No Award
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