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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- Business (large)
The Business of NJ’s For-Profit Hospitals
These stories look at the business practices of New Jersey’s for-profit hospitals. 1. “Bitter Fight Over Ailing Hospital” looks at why…
- 2013
No Award
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- Consumer/Feature (large)
The Conversation
The story looks at end of life decision making through the eyes of those most affected. These include ICU doctors…
- 2013
No Award
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- Business (large)
Methadone for Profit
Large profit margins draw private equity firms and investor-owned companies to methadone clinics and other addiction treatment services. The Bloomberg…
- 2013
No Award
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- Business (small)
Getting stuck
Memorial Hermann, the largest nonprofit in Houston, was pursuing lawsuits in civil court against uninsured patients who failed to pay.…
- 2013
Third Place
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- Beat Reporting
Hoag Levins’s 2013 Body of Work
My beat and that of the LDI Health Economist eMagazine is the world of health services research — the academics…
- 2013
No Award
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- Health Policy (small)
Understanding ‘Connected Health’
One of the biggest issues of health policy today is how to manage the explosion of digital technologies that are…
- 2013
No Award
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- Public Health (small)
The Boondoggle of Pennsylvania’s CHIP Program
Two PhD students became so frustrated in their efforts to enroll their baby in Pennsylvania’s Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)…
- 2013
No Award
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- Consumer/Feature (large)
Exploring our microbes
This NPR series explores one of the hottest fields of scientific research today: the “human microbiome.” Scientists increasingly believe that…
- 2013
Third Place
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- Beat Reporting
ACC/AHA Prevention Guidelines Series
In November, the American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology released a set of four prevention guidelines covering the…
- 2013
No Award
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- Public Health (small)
The cost of diabetes
Although Type 2 diabetes long has been our region’s No. 1 health crisis, the community has failed to find sustainable…
- 2013
Second Place
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- Beat Reporting
Rhiannon Maria Meyers’s 2013 Body of Work
Although Type 2 diabetes long has been our region’s No. 1 health crisis, the community has failed to find sustainable…
- 2013
No Award
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- Consumer/Feature (large)
Mutated Code and the Amish Algorithm
Two groups of people that shy away from many technologies — Amish and Mennonites — are actually on the cutting…
- 2013
No Award
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- Beat Reporting
10 Questions
10 Questions is a series conceived by Peggy Peck, MPT editor-in-chief, and assembled by the entire MPT staff. The concept…
- 2013
No Award
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- Beat Reporting
Meditation: Push-Ups for the Brain
Meditation is increasing in popularity and is often mentioned in the media but people are generally not aware of the…
- 2013
No Award
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- Health Policy (small)
Take a Load Off, America
This news story covers the preliminary, encouraging results of a new scheme by the USDA to make healthy foods more…
- 2013
No Award
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