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)
Profiles: How Could Health Care Reform Affect You,’ PBS News
This feature provided a look at how real people, in various health insurance situations, might be affected by health care…
- 2009
No Award
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- Radio
Quality of Death – End of Life Care: Inside Out
In the public radio documentary "Quality of Death-End of Life Care: Inside Out," reporter Rachel Gotbaum explores a health care…
- 2009
First Place
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- Metro Newspapers
Haiti Before the Earthquake,’ WebMD
The 10 pieces in the story — three of which are submitted here — reflect the very real health crisis…
- 2009
No Award
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- General Interest Magazines above 1 million circ.
Is Your Doctor Out of Date?’ Reader’s Digest
Medical experts talk a lot these days about evidence-based medicine, but patients don't really know what that means or how…
- 2009
No Award
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- Metro Newspapers
Dubious Medicine
Chicago Tribune reporters examine Lupron – a testosterone inhibitor used to treat precocious puberty and to chemically castrate sex offenders…
- 2009
First Place
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- Television
Gene Revolution,’ Ivanhoe Broadcast News
Gene Revolution delves into the mystery of our genes, and how our DNA will change the future. Your genes reveal…
- 2009
No Award
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- 2TV (Below Top 20 markets)
Health Care in the Netherlands,’ PBS NewsHour
Story Description: While heated debate about health care reform in the United States played out, The PBS NewsHour’s global health…
- 2009
No Award
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- Metro Newspapers
Health Overhaul Raises Stakes for Medical Job,’ Reuters News
This story took the first look at how the top spot at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services remained…
- 2009
No Award
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- Beat Reporting
Laura Ungar, Beat Reporting, The Courier-Journal
"Left in Health-Care Limbo" examined the impact of massive cuts to a program that provides free medicines to the poor…
- 2009
No Award
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- Beat Reporting
Love/Avon Army of Women,’ BioInform
The National Cancer Institute sponsors a big grid, a computational web connecting an increasing number of cancer research institutes and…
- 2009
No Award
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- Metro Newspapers
Problems Persisted at Pasadena Mental Hospital,’ LA Times
The Times found that problems in patient care at Aurora Las Encinas Hospital, a mental facility in Pasadena, were continuing…
- 2009
No Award
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- 2TV (Below Top 20 markets)
Health Insurance Claims Investigation,’ Huffington Post
Are health insurance companies generally fair and honest when they reject claims from policyholders? This question seems central to the…
- 2009
No Award
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- Community Newspapers
Hospital Chaplains Join Healthcare Team,’ Jacksonville Business Journal
Hospital chaplains have carved out a place for themselves as a member of the healthcare team, quietly granting themselves rights…
- 2009
No Award
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- Beat Reporting
How Can Small Hospitals Survive?
Some small hospitals find they can no longer afford to be independent institutions. The story explores potential solutions to this…
- 2009
Second Place
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- General Interest Magazines below 1 million circ.
How my genome was hacked,’ New Scientist Magazine
New Scientist investigated the extent to which "abandoned DNA", which we all continually leave behind on objects such as discarded…
- 2009
No Award
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