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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- Consumer/Feature (large)
Long Term Care: Coping with Alzheimer’s
The need for long-term care could come unexpectedly, with an accident, or become evident months or years before it’s needed,…
- 2013
No Award
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- Public Health (large)
The Cancer Divide
The series addressed cancer as an emerging problem in Africa; how Israel, a medically sophisticated society with one of the…
- 2013
No Award
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- Consumer/Feature (large)
Essential Obamacare Shopping List for Boomers
The story is a detailed guide to shopping for insurance on the ACA marketplaces, with a specific focus on the…
- 2013
No Award
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- Consumer/Feature (large)
Life is Fragile; Hold Parents and Grandparents Close Today
A story about my mother’s attempt to rescue her granddaughter on a snowy day is a starting off point for…
- 2013
No Award
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- Consumer/Feature (large)
Couples Welcome Babies Born From Embryos Saved During Sandy
This is a story about Superstorm Sandy’s tiniest survivors: embryos in a flooded New York fertility clinic. The doctor drove…
- 2013
No Award
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- Consumer/Feature (large)
Tinnitus Sufferers Seek Relief
Tinnitus is a phantom sound with no external source that seems to originate from within a person’s head. The tone…
- 2013
No Award
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- Consumer/Feature (large)
High Cost of Cheap Chicken
When you shop at your favorite grocery store, you probably assume that the food on display is safe to take…
- 2013
No Award
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- Public Health (small)
Health Coverage for Many in Martinez’s Hands
At the time the package of stories ran, Gov. Susana Martinez was deliberating whether to expand Medicaid or not. New…
- 2013
No Award
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- Public Health (large)
Gun Violence as Public Health Crisis
The violent attack at Sandy Hook Elementary school brought renewed attention to the issue of gun violence. Meanwhile,not yet two…
- 2013
No Award
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- Health Policy (small)
Minnesota, Wisconsin Diverge on Health Care Coverage for Those Barely Above Poverty Line
James Nord of MinnPost and Nora G. Hertel, a reporter with the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism, embarked on a…
- 2013
No Award
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- Health Policy (small)
Valley Residents Losing Critical Disability Care
Changes in state policy for caring for people with severe disabilities have caused a local organization to lose significant funding…
- 2013
No Award
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- Health Policy (small)
Medical Marijuana: Certifying Physicians Must Study Regulations, Science of Treatment
This story discussed the implications of the legalization of medical marijuana in Massachusetts from physicians’ perspective. It moved away from…
- 2013
No Award
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- Investigative (small)
Children Are Dying
This special report broke the story of a public health crisis affecting hundreds of thousands of people: a nationwide shortage…
- 2013
Second Place
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- Public Health (large)
It Really Does Take a Village: How Memphis is Fixing Healthcare
The story examines how one Memphis hospital system is using church-based community health workers to improve outcomes in one of…
- 2013
No Award
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- Consumer/Feature (large)
Young Adults With Autism Find Work In Tech
The job hunt is complicated enough for most high school and college graduates. But for the growing number of young…
- 2013
No Award
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