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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- General Interest Magazines above 1 million circ.
Is it Autism?’ American Baby
The story outlines the first signs of autism, updates on treatment, and why early intervention is crucial. One in 150…
- 2009
No Award
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- General Interest Magazines below 1 million circ.
The Truth About Boys and Girls,’ Working Mother
In “The Truth About Boys and Girls,” noted author and cultural anthropologist Meredith Small reviews the latest research on gender…
- 2009
No Award
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- 2TV (Below Top 20 markets)
Dose of reality,’ MSNBC
Msnbc.com launched a community-focused news resource at www.doseofreality.msnbc.com to help explain the vexing questions Americans have about health care reform.…
- 2009
No Award
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- Beat Reporting
Peter Loftus beat reporting, Dow Jones Newswires
Dow Jones Newswire stories by Peter Loftus covering Merck's business setbacks and Biogen's dangerous nondisclosure policy. See the contest questionnaire…
- 2009
No Award
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- 2TV (Below Top 20 markets)
Confronting colon cancer,’ WVIZ
Confronting Colon Cancer follows the stories of several local people coping with the disease. Experts explain how a healthy colon…
- 2009
No Award
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- Radio
Deadly and stubborn, tuberculosis threat rises,’ KPLU
Many people think of tuberculosis as a disease of the past — largely eradicated. But, TB lingers in western Washington,…
- 2009
No Award
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- Beat Reporting
Do you speak the language?’ Trustee Magazine
The story discusses the importance of translation services in providing culturally competent health care. See the contest questionnaire in which…
- 2009
No Award
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- General Interest Magazines above 1 million circ.
Quit for Good,’ Parents Magazine
Almost one in three children in this country still lives with a smoker. Indeed the fact that only 40 percent…
- 2009
No Award
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- General Interest Magazines below 1 million circ.
10 Ways To Cut Health-Care Costs Right Now,’ Bloomberg Business Week
As Congress wrestled with an increasingly watered down health care reform bill that had little that would control escalating health…
- 2009
No Award
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- Metro Newspapers
21st Century Babies,’ The New York Times
The New York Times reporter Stephanie Saul examines non-traditional paths to pregnancy and childbirth in her three-part series, '21st Century…
- 2009
No Award
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- Community Newspapers
A Safe Place for Troubled Teens,’ East Bay Express
Sixteen percent of the adult inmate population in the United States has a diagnosable mental illness. Around the country, counties…
- 2009
No Award
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- Radio
Asthma Program Targets Landlords,’ WBEZ Chicago Public Radio
Almost a quarter of children in one of Chicago’s poorest neighborhoods have asthma. That’s about twice the national average. A…
- 2009
No Award
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- Television
Busting The Budget: Fixing Healthcare,’ WBBR Bloomberg Radio
The series was designed as an exploration of the main topics of contention in the healthcare reform debate. The reporter…
- 2009
No Award
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- General Interest Magazines above 1 million circ.
The Deadly Choices at Memorial
A 13,000-word chronicle of what happened when floodwaters rose, generators failed, and a New Orleans hospital was cut off from…
- 2009
Second Place
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- Metro Newspapers
Dead Wrong,’ Scripps-Howard
Hargrove and Bowman analyzed 4.9 million cause of death records for 2005 and 2006 to document wild fluctuations in what…
- 2009
No Award
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