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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Healing Through Culture
In a remote hogan near the southern edge of the Navajo Nation, Wayne Wilson lights a fire, lays out eagle…
- 2022
Third Place
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- Student
Psychedelic Therapy for Racial Trauma
The images were massive, mystical and only appeared two hours after Evan had ingested 1.5 grams of magic mushrooms. With…
- 2022
Second Place
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Growing Older
The world is getting older. Globally, longevity is increasing markedly, and birth rates are falling. This demographic reality is often…
- 2022
First Place
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- Public Health (small)
Children in Crisis: How Georgia’s Mental Health System is Failing Kids
With rates of depression, anxiety and suicide rising among children in Georgia and across the nation, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution published…
- 2022
Third Place
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- Public Health (small)
Journey to Care
Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders face high rates of diabetes and other diseases but often struggle to access critical…
- 2022
Second Place
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- Public Health (small)
Blind Drunk
Alcohol is killing New Mexicans at a higher rate than anywhere else in the country — yet the state has largely…
- 2022
First Place
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- Public Health (large)
The Enemy Within: Why Veterans Are At Risk for Low T
Army sergeant Victor Estela struggled with a debilitating mental fog when he came home after serving in Iraq. It enveloped…
- 2022
Third Place
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- Public Health (large)
Undermined
As a young girl, Arlene Juanico would rush to gather the laundry before the explosions started. When the alarms sounded, Juanico…
- 2022
Second Place
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- Public Health (large)
Inner Pandemic
Why are so many American teenagers feeling anxious, depressed and even suicidal? Our video looks at the science behind the…
- 2022
First Place
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- 2022
Third Place
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- Investigative (small)
How jails mistreat people with mental illness
When police found Ishmail Thompson, he was standing naked outside a Dauphin County hotel, where he had just punched a…
- 2022
Second Place
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- Investigative (small)
Mayo Clinic Charity Care
One night in November 2021, Sierra Dale heard a knock on the door of her Rochester home. Her three young…
- 2022
First Place
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- Investigative (large)
The Pixel Hunt
A tracking tool installed on many hospitals’ websites has been collecting patients’ sensitive health information—including details about their medical conditions,…
- 2022
Third Place
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- Investigative (large)
Still Practicing: Tracking Problem Doctors
February 2022 marked five years since Texas neurosurgeon Christopher Duntsch – dubbed “Dr. Death” – was sentenced to life in…
- 2022
Second Place
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- Investigative (large)
Child Deaths at John Muir
It was just before dawn on a clear, slightly breezy Tuesday when a Danville couple checked their 2-year-old daughter in…
- 2022
First Place
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