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 below 1 million circ.
The Truth About Autism:Â Scientists Reconsider What They Think They Know
Over the past decade, an increasingly visible and highly networked community of autistics is trying to kick-start something akin to…
- 2008
Third Place
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- General Interest Magazines below 1 million circ.
Your Hospital’s Deadly Secret
The story of baby Alyssa's death started with a tip from a state regulator: A preemie who was born at…
- 2008
Second Place
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- General Interest Magazines below 1 million circ.
Do Cholesterol Drugs Do Any Good?
The story showed that cholesterol-lowering drugs are far less effective than the most people think. For people without existing heart…
- 2008
First Place
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- General Interest Magazines above 1 million circ.
Women’s Silent Cancers/Harmful Hysterectomies
Gynecologic cancers are among the top three killers of women. Yet, except in the case of cervical cancer, there are…
- 2008
Third Place
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- General Interest Magazines above 1 million circ.
Rx for Disaster
Abuse of prescription drugs by American adolescents is on the rise. Nearly one in five teens admitted to using medications…
- 2008
Third Place
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- General Interest Magazines above 1 million circ.
The Medical Marijuana Murder
The murder of marijuana caregiver Ken Gorman and what the circumstances of his death say about the state of the…
- 2008
Second Place
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- General Interest Magazines above 1 million circ.
Growing Up Bipolar
This story focused on a child, Max Blake, now 10, who was diagnosed with bipolar disorder at age 2, and…
- 2008
First Place
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- Large Newspapers (over 250,000 circ.) & wire services
Numbers can Lie, Scientist Debate Fixes, Study Guide for Research
"Numbers can lie" discusses studies by John Ioannidis that suggest that more then half of all epidemiological studies may be…
- 2007
No Award
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- Beat Reporting
2007 Body of Work
Marshall Allen's stories range from in-depth coverage of a health insurance merger and a criminal investigation at a public hospital,…
- 2007
Second Place
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- TV/Radio (Top 20 markets
Dan Rather Reports: Toxic Trailers
Thousands of families who were left homeless in Mississippi after Hurricane Katrina are living in temporary travel trailers provided by…
- 2007
Third Place
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- network
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- TV/Radio (Top 20 markets
Where’s Molly?
For decades, tens of thousands of American children were locked in institutions – labeled as 'defective' and 'erased' from their…
- 2007
First Place
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- General Interest Magazines below 1 million circ.
Fresh pain for the uninsured
In an effort to maximize revenue, hospitals and doctors are increasingly transforming medical bills Into consumer debts, which are easier…
- 2007
First Place
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- Limited Report
Violence and Nursing
Recent studies have reported alarming rates of physical and verbal abuse against nurses in the workplace, one finding that 64%…
- 2007
Second Place
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- Limited Report
Something to ask yourself: Is it worth it?
Mounting evidence shows that even moderate drinking of alcoholic beverages may increase the risk of breast and colon cancer. Judges'…
- 2007
First Place
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- General Interest Magazines below 1 million circ.
The Young Invincibles
David Amsden shed a light on the fastest-growing segment of America's uninsured population, the group named the "young invincibles" by…
- 2007
Third Place
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