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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- Beat Reporting
Chasing the Worm,’ British Medical Journal
The story chronicles Guinea worm disease (GWD) eradication efforts in southern Sudan. This very troubled country has made dramatic strides…
- 2009
No Award
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- Metro Newspapers
Children and Swine Flu,’ The (Baltimore) Sun
The Sun took an in-depth look at the life and death of 14-year-old Destinee Parker, the first child in Maryland…
- 2009
No Award
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- 2TV (Below Top 20 markets)
Generics Versus Brands,’ MedPage Today
Pharmacists are allowed – and in some states mandated – to swap a brand name drug for its generic counterpart,…
- 2009
No Award
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- Metro Newspapers
Stuck by a Needle, Not by a Decision,’ The New York Times
While working as an emergency department nurse in the South Bronx, now-reporter Sibyl Shalo Wilmont stuck herself with a needle…
- 2009
No Award
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- Radio
Students on the Spectrum,’ WDUQ-Pittsburgh
Thousands of students are back at colleges and universities and some have autism, posing challenges the schools may not be…
- 2009
No Award
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- Beat Reporting
Pill Disposal: A Growing Concern,’ Provider
In addition to the dizzying array of federal regulations that govern the operation of nursing facilities in the United States,…
- 2009
No Award
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- 2TV (Below Top 20 markets)
Ruvo’s Dream Becomes Real,’ Las Vegas Sun
In a year of layoffs and cutbacks, the Sun sent Marshall Allen, a photographer and a videographer to Las Vegas'…
- 2009
No Award
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- General Interest Magazines above 1 million circ.
Single, Pregnant and Panicked,’ Self magazine
Teen pregnancies get the headlines, but Self wanted this story to examine a related health issue that's rarely discussed: The…
- 2009
No Award
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- Beat Reporting
Small Hospitals at a Crossroads,’ Trustee magazine
Small hospitals are finding they have to spend money to make money: To qualify for stimulus funds, they have to…
- 2009
No Award
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- Television
Sounding the Alarm: Diabetes in the Valley,’ KVIE
Diabetes is a growing epidemic with an alarming number of new cases in our region. “Sounding the Alarm: Diabetes in…
- 2009
No Award
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- General Interest Magazines above 1 million circ.
Starving for Acceptance,’ Parenting magazine
"Starving for Acceptance" details the rise in cases of childhood anorexia. Once considered a "rich teen's disease," eating disorders are…
- 2009
No Award
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- Beat Reporting
Such a Waste,’ American Journal of Transplantation
When the lungs and/or heart of a dying person are "consented" to be transplanted as the individual is dying, most…
- 2009
No Award
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- 2TV (Below Top 20 markets)
Special Report: H1N1 Pandemic Response,’ MedPage Today
Although the world was better prepared for a pandemic flu than it had ever been, the H1N1 strain blindsided scientists,…
- 2009
No Award
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- Beat Reporting
Surgery Reveals Face of Hope,’ Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
The Fortsons of Conway, Ark., adopted a child from China who was born with a cleft lip and palate. The…
- 2009
No Award
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- Metro Newspapers
The Doctor is Out,’ Scripps Howard
The stories looked at the availability and practice patterns of primary care physicians and other front-line caregivers and linked the…
- 2009
No Award
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