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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- Investigative (large)
Our Broken Transplant System
An investigation by The New York Times revealed that the U.S. organ transplant system has been compromised by profit motives,…
- 2025
First Place
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- Health Policy (small)
The Cost of Failing
A Spotlight PA investigation found Pennsylvania politicians and local officials broke promises to replace institutionalized care with community options —…
- 2025
Honorable Mention
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- Health Policy (small)
Medicaid rent assistance failures
Oregon launched a Medicaid-funded rent assistance program to support people in medical or mental health crises, approving thousands for up…
- 2025
Third Place
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- Health Policy (small)
Medicated in Foster Care
They felt like zombies. Sluggish. Trapped. Who was looking out for foster youth prescribed heavy doses of psychotropic medications? In…
- 2025
Second Place
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- Health Policy (small)
Priced Out
The Connecticut Mirror spent more than a year investigating a troubled long-term care insurance industry that has burdened tens of…
- 2025
First Place
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- Health Policy (large)
American Science, Shattered
A multipart series on how the Trump administration has disrupted labs, upended lives, and delayed discoveries
- 2025
Third Place
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- Health Policy (large)
Gutted: The Dismantling of Public Health
In 2025, the Trump administration enacted massive cuts to federal health agencies in the name of government efficiency, claiming the…
- 2025
Second Place
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- Health Policy (large)
The Hunger Games
In nursing homes across the country, an analysis of federal data shows food for their elderly and vulnerable populations has…
- 2025
First Place
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- Consumer/Feature (small)
Long COVID clinical trials series
Long COVID affects hundreds of millions worldwide, yet no FDA-approved treatments exist despite its serious social and economic impacts. In…
- 2025
Third Place
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- Consumer/Feature (small)
Endometriosis ravaged my body and life. Why did it take so long to get a diagnosis?
This piece recounts the author’s three-year journey across multiple cities and doctors to receive a diagnosis of endometriosis—a chronic, painful…
- 2025
Second Place
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- Consumer/Feature (small)
Detransition is key to politicians’ anti-trans agenda. But what is it really like?
This three-part series follows two young women who detransitioned after early medical gender transitions, examining their struggles to access appropriate…
- 2025
First Place
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- Consumer/Feature (large)
“Just Let Me Die”
After insurance repeatedly denied a couple’s claims, one psychiatrist was their last hope. This report examines how insurance denials can…
- 2025
Honorable Mention
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- Consumer/Feature (large)
The hidden victims of the opioid crisis: the ones who lived
This feature highlights an overlooked aspect of the opioid epidemic: survivors of overdoses who are left with lasting brain injuries.…
- 2025
Third Place
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- Consumer/Feature (large)
Noah Is Still Here
Trisomy 18 is normally fatal within weeks of birth. But some parents are getting more time — with surgeries, luck…
- 2025
Second Place
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- Consumer/Feature (large)
Overmedicated America
Amid rising concerns about benzodiazepines, some patients who try to quit are suffering extreme anxiety, memory loss and intense physical…
- 2025
First Place
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