Past Contest Entries

Confronting Malaria

A three-part series that examined the Gates Foundattion’s $1 billion push to eradicate malaria worldwide:

Day I) The hunt for a vaccine, a goal that has eluded researchers for more than haifa century –and why even a successful vaccine may not vanquish the disease, given the economic realities of Africa; Day 2) the reintroduction of old malaria-control tools like bed nets; Day 3) an interview with Bill Gates and a look at the extraordinary Gates-funded advocacy and p.r. blitz aimed at malaria a hot international cause.

See this entry.

Place:

No Award

Year:

  • 2007

Category:

  • Medium Newspapers (90,000-250,000 circ.)

Affiliation:

Seattle Times

Reporter:

Sandi Doughton and Kristi Heim

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