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
Dying Broke
Margaret Newcomb, 69, a retired French teacher, is desperately trying to protect her retirement savings by caring for her 82-year-old…
- 2023
Second Place
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- Business
With Every Breath: Millions of Breathing Machines. One Dangerous Defect
The first complaints landed at the offices of Philips Respironics in 2010, soon after the company made a fateful decision…
- 2023
First Place
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- 2023
Honorable Mention
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- 2023
Third Place
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- 2023
Second Place
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- Beat Reporting
Health watch: An accountability health care beat in Philadelphia
Didier Epopa was set to walk out of Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital after a fifth and final dose of an antiviral…
- 2023
First Place
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- Audio Reporting (small division)
Bad Chemistry
It’s been two decades since the chemical company Monsanto settled a lawsuit with Anniston residents. People there said Monsanto exposed…
- 2023
Third Place
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- Audio Reporting (small division)
The Fight for Abortion Training
The overturning of Roe v. Wade has severely restricted how doctors can access training in abortion care and it’s already…
- 2023
Second Place
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- 2023
First Place
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- Audio Reporting (large division)
Proven Schizophrenia Treatments Keep People in School, at Work and off the Street. Why Won’t Insurance Companies Cover Them?
- 2023
Third Place
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- 2023
Second Place
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- Audio Reporting (large division)
The Retrievals
The patients in this story came to the Yale Fertility Center to pursue pregnancy. They began their I.V.F. cycles full…
- 2023
First Place
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- Trade Publications
Hospice Has a Diversity Problem
The typical patient census in hospice care is White, as is the nursing staff. A lack of widespread awareness about…
- 2022
Third Place
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- Trade Publications
Meet the Scientist at the Center of the Covid Lab Leak Controversy
On a foggy morning in early February last year, dozens of journalists from around the world gathered outside the Wuhan…
- 2022
Second Place
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- Trade Publications
Expanding Services And Tailoring Outreach To Prevent Suicide
In the face of perennially high suicide rates, Utah’s health system leaders and community advocates work together to stem the…
- 2022
First Place
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