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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- Student Reporting
Narcan is changing Central New York’s approach to overdoses
The FDA approved Narcan in March 2023 to be sold over-the-counter. Syracuse and its surrounding areas are seeing its benefits…
- 2025
Second Place
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- Student Reporting
Starved for Validation
Since its birth, social media has served as a way to connect with others, but sometimes, this can cause comparison…
- 2025
First Place
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- Public Health (small)
A Shot at Survival
Fifty years ago, Carol Baker proposed vaccinating pregnant women to save babies from a deadly microbe. Now, the idea is…
- 2025
Honorable Mention
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- Public Health (small)
The Black Box
Each year since 2022, Mississippi has been paid tens of millions of opioid settlement dollars, money that is supposed to…
- 2025
Third Place
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- Public Health (small)
Unprotected
Delays, secrecy, and government inaction are leaving older Pa. adults vulnerable to abuse and neglect — or worse.
- 2025
Second Place
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- Public Health (small)
Mississippi’s C-section problem
Mississippi has led the nation in its rates of low-risk C-sections over the last decade despite national pressure to reduce…
- 2025
First Place
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- Public Health (large)
Tranq and the latest addiction crisis
A new, more powerful tranquilizer on Philly streets is causing the worst complications some doctors have seen yet among opioid…
- 2025
Honorable Mention
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- Public Health (large)
Profit or Pain
TPG told investors — including the World Bank, the Gates Foundation and Bono — that it would expand access to…
- 2025
Third Place
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- Public Health (large)
Exposed and Expendable
The U.S. Forest Service has been sending out crews to fight fires without the recommended masks for decades. Hannah Dreier,…
- 2025
Second Place
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- Public Health (large)
What the U.S. Government Is Dismissing That Could Seed a Bird Flu Pandemic
After a bird flu outbreak killed 20 million hens and spiked egg prices, farmers suspected it was moving on the…
- 2025
First Place
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- Investigative (small)
A System of Harm
The Bulletin spent months looking into New Hampshire’s intellectual and developmental disability care system. Tragedy after tragedy has exposed systemic…
- 2025
Third Place
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- Investigative (small)
Behind Bars, Beyond Care
Mississippi Today’s ‘Behind Bars, Beyond Care’ uncovered allegations of widespread and routine denial of health care in Mississippi’s prisons. The…
- 2025
Second Place
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- Investigative (small)
Deadly Dust
A joint investigation by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Medill Investigative Lab into one of the most dangerous workplace hazards in…
- 2025
First Place
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- Investigative (large)
Bad Practice
Bad Practice is a cross-border investigative project that exposes systemic failures in medical oversight. This reporting reveals how doctors stripped…
- 2025
Third Place
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- Investigative (large)
Cancer Capitalism
An investigation by Bloomberg News found that many widely used cancer drugs approved under expedited rules have not proven to…
- 2025
Second Place
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