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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- Beat Reporting
Elizabeth OBrien’s 2013 Body of Work
Will Health Policy make your insurance cheaper? This story took an early look at what health insurance premiums might cost…
- 2013
No Award
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- Health Policy (small)
Bitter pills
Fayetteville Observer reporter John Ramsey’s five-day series on prescription painkillers set out to explain why and how a national problem…
- 2013
Second Place
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- Health Policy (large)
Is Your State Legislature Waiting for You to Get Cancer?
Access to genetic counseling, testing, and follow-up care can be difficult for the rural and urban poor. This already underserved…
- 2013
No Award
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- Consumer/Feature (large)
A Stealthy Killer
The story follows my experience — from being asymptomatic to near death to recovery — from septic shock.
- 2013
No Award
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- Public Health (large)
Trials: A Desperate Fight to Save Kids & Change Science
For six years, The Wall Street Journal followed a group of parents and scientists seeking a treatment for a rare…
- 2013
No Award
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- Investigative (small)
Should Hospitals Pay to Promote a U.S. News & World Report Award?
Imagine your hospital wins a prestigious award, but you can’t even talk about it. Unless, of course, you fork over…
- 2013
No Award
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- Health Policy (large)
County Health Plans for Poor at Risk
As the Michigan Legislature debated whether to expand Medicaid, most people were unaware that popular county health plans would end…
- 2013
No Award
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- Beat Reporting
Vital Signs
Basing a psychologist in a local doctor’s office improves health outcomes and saves about $860 per patient, per year. A…
- 2013
No Award
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- Public Health (large)
Bitten by Uncertainty
The series examined one of the most controversial – and growing – public health threats in the Northeast: Lyme and…
- 2013
No Award
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- Public Health (small)
Colorado’s Deadliest Neighborhood
The mass shooting tragedies at Columbine High School and at the Aurora theater ended in the loss of 25 innocent…
- 2013
No Award
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- Investigative (small)
Special report: Scientists critical of EU chemical policy have industry ties
A months-long investigation by EHN revealed that scientists who have criticized plans in Europe to regulate hormone-disrupting chemicals have past…
- 2013
Third Place
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- Beat Reporting
Politics of Prevention
In 2013, two years after Texas’ Republican leadership slashed funding for family planning in an effort to put Planned Parenthood…
- 2013
No Award
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- Public Health (large)
Mentally Ill Patients In New Mexico Scrambling To Find Help
This summer, New Mexico froze Medicaid payments to several mental health agencies due to “credible allegations of fraud.” From there,…
- 2013
No Award
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- Public Health (large)
Ethiopia’s Female Health Army
“Ethiopia’s Female Health Army” examines a major public policy initiative undertaken by the Ethiopian government to improve the health care…
- 2013
No Award
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- Health Policy (small)
Understanding Obamacare
“Understanding Obamacare” is an occasional series that examines how the Affordable Care Act is impacting the people, patients and health…
- 2013
Third Place
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