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
Susan Brink’s 2007 Body of Work
This body of work shows America’s health care system as it affects citizens. The entry includes stories about a middle-class…
- 2007
Third Place
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- 000 circ.)
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- 000-250
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- Medium Newspapers (90
Living with Cancer
The series explores the reality of living with a cancer diagnosis, as experienced by a health care reporter in the…
- 2007
Second Place
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- 000 circ.)
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- Small Newspapers (under 90
Defining death sparks debate
At a time when organ donation is universally embraced, the story detailed how a change in the definition of death…
- 2007
Third Place
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- Beat Reporting
2007 Body of Work
The Wall Street Journal set out to explore some of the more complex dynamics of living donation, and some of…
- 2007
Third Place
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- Beat Reporting
2007 Body of Work
As the Human Genome Project and subsequent research generate DNA tests for predispositions to all kinds of conditions, little is…
- 2007
First Place
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- 000 circ.) & wire services
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- Large Newspapers (over 250
Six Killers
The stories examined, in depth, the six leading causes of death in the United States, and pointed out areas in…
- 2007
Third Place
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- 000 circ.) & wire services
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- Large Newspapers (over 250
Golden Opportunities
This New York Times series examined how businesses and investors are reaping enormous profits by exploiting the soaring number of…
- 2007
Second Place
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- 000 circ.) & wire services
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- Large Newspapers (over 250
A Hidden Shame: Danger and Death in Georgia’s Mental Hospitals
Alan Judd and Andy Miller of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution found that at least 115 patients had died under suspicious circumstances…
- 2007
First Place
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- Limited Report
Diabetes Drug Use Surges in U.S. Children
The us of drugs to treat children with Type II diabetes – once known simply as adult-onset diabetes because it…
- 2007
Third Place
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