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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- 2TV (Below Top 20 markets)
Are You Covered?
This project, jointly produced by Kaiser Health News and NPR, profiled nine types of consumers and explored the impact Congressional…
- 2009
Second Place
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- General Interest Magazines above 1 million circ.
What’s Wrong with Cancer Tests?
The recent controversy over the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force's guidelines for the use of mammography for women in their…
- 2009
Third Place
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- General Interest Magazines below 1 million circ.
Shots in the dark,’ The Atlantic
"Shots in the Dark" looked at the science behind U.S. flu policy. This story uncovers the shaky evidence base that…
- 2009
No Award
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- Beat Reporting
Beat Reporting: Catherine Arnst, BusinessWeek
In covering the health care reform Arnst focused on the cost issue: The damage ever-escalating costs is doing to the…
- 2009
No Award
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- Beat Reporting
Beat Reporting: Carolyn Park, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Two of the stories in this entry tell personal stories of people touched by trauma and how their lives might…
- 2009
No Award
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- Beat Reporting
Beat Reporting: Laura Newman, About.com
Taken together, these stories highlight issues of overuse in medicine and show trends in some of the medical professional societies…
- 2009
No Award
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- Beat Reporting
Beat Reporting: Melinda Beck, The Wall Street Journal
Reporter Melinda Beck writes a weekly consumer health column for The Wall Street Journal. Her selections for this contest include…
- 2009
No Award
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- Beat Reporting
Marshall Allen’s 2009 Body of Work
Las Vegas Sun reporter Marshall Allen chronicles a hospital privacy leak, doctor pay fraud, hidden obesity surgery costs, and a…
- 2009
First Place
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- 2TV (Below Top 20 markets)
Virtual Fun, Real Fitness,’ Angie’s List Health
Childhood obesity is one of the biggest health problems in our country. Kids and teens are the target audience for…
- 2009
No Award
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- Community Newspapers
A New Elbow – Or No Arm at All,’ The Everett Daily Herald
Reporters followed one patient, Becky Fuller, from the days before her surgery in November 2006 for more than two years.…
- 2009
No Award
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- 2TV (Below Top 20 markets)
Health Related Know Its,’ The Oklahoman
These projects focus on causes, conditions and concerns of heart disease; fitness, nutrition and living a healthy lifestyle. The projects…
- 2009
No Award
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- Beat Reporting
Mounting debate over aspirin use,’ theheart.org
Following a 2002 study which found that taking daily aspirin was likely a good way to prevent a heart attack…
- 2009
No Award
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- Beat Reporting
Beat Reporting: Lorna Benson, Minnesota Public Radio
Minnesota Public Radio reporter Lorna Benson covered the H1N1 flu vaccination beat in real time as concerns over vaccination emerged.…
- 2009
No Award
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- Beat Reporting
Beat Reporting: John Fauber, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
These stories, which include three installments from the "Side Effects" series and a fourth piece on a controversial treatment for…
- 2009
No Award
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- Beat Reporting
Peeling the onion,’ theheart.org
This story probes the different ways in which physicians, researchers, medical organizations, drug and device companies, and medical journals are…
- 2009
No Award
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