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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- Public Health (large)
Payback: Tracking Opioid Cash
More than $50 billion in settlement funds is being delivered to thousands of state and local governments from companies accused…
- 2023
Honorable Mention
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- Public Health (large)
Peddling Death: Fentanyl in Mexican Pharmacies
If you walk down the right side street, the offers are plentiful, even in broad daylight. Young men in plain…
- 2023
Third Place
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- Public Health (large)
Roots of an Outbreak
Generations ago, families fleeing tribal violence in southern Guinea settled in a lush, humid forest. They took solace among the trees,…
- 2023
Second Place
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- Public Health (large)
The Bat Lands
Humanity is ramping up the risk of global health disasters by intruding deep into the world’s bat habitats, breeding grounds…
- 2023
First Place
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- Investigative (small)
Burn Inc.
From South Carolina, helicopters airlift burn victims across the border to Augusta. By plane, more patients arrive from Mississippi, Alabama…
- 2023
Honorable Mention
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- Investigative (small)
Crisis in Custody
Lena Corona was sitting on the porch of her Seminole home, blood dripping from her hand, when police arrived at…
- 2023
Third Place
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- Investigative (small)
Preying On Patients
A doctor called his patients’ breasts “the girls,” cut off their bras with a knife and once even pushed a…
- 2023
Second Place
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- Investigative (small)
The Cruelest Lie
Before Emily Carter called back her boss, she pressed “record.” Jim Smidt, the owner of a residential facility for girls called…
- 2023
First Place
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- Investigative (large)
Uncovered
After a college student finally found a treatment that worked, the insurance giant decided it wouldn’t pay for the costly…
- 2023
Third Place
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- Investigative (large)
Denied by AI
An algorithm, not a doctor, predicted a rapid recovery for Frances Walter, an 85-year-old Wisconsin woman with a shattered left…
- 2023
Second Place
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- 2023
First Place
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- Health Policy (small)
Withheld
Deadly synthetic opioids like fentanyl have led to an increase in nonfatal and fatal overdoses nationwide. In Wyoming alone, health…
- 2023
Third Place
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- Health Policy (small)
The Holdouts
Many people can survive a long stretch without seeing a doctor. Deborah Stoner doesn’t think she would make it. Three…
- 2023
Second Place
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- Health Policy (small)
Connecticut’s Elder Care Reckoning
Connecticut’s elder care system is at a precipice. Nursing homes, for decades the final destination for many older adults and…
- 2023
First Place
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- Health Policy (large)
Profiting from Rushed Drug Approvals
When Exondys 51 was approved to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a deadly disease that puts kids in wheelchairs by the…
- 2023
Third Place
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