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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- Community Newspapers
You want a piece of me?’ Houston Press
Homeless teen Corey Black thinks his fortunes have changed when a prominent local businessman offers to buy his kidney. The…
- 2009
No Award
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- Beat Reporting
Kelly Weiss’ 2009 Body of Work
Reporter Kelley Weiss reports on the economy and its impact on health and health care for this beat. The first…
- 2009
Third Place
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- General Interest Magazines above 1 million circ.
Allergy nation,’ Woman’s Day
This article tackled the perplexing question of why so many Americans are becoming allergic to more and more things as…
- 2009
No Award
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- Metro Newspapers
A cure for what ails us,’ St. Petersburg Times
As the health care debate escalated last spring, both proponents and critics of universal coverage increasingly focused on Canada. The…
- 2009
No Award
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- Beat Reporting
Retail rumble,’ Modern Healthcare
Retail or convenient-care clinics have been begrudgingly accepted by most in the health care community, but they are still not…
- 2009
No Award
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- Radio
‘A hospital comes to an end,’ WHYY
Philadelphia’s hospital landscape has seen a recent culling of hospitals, and this story takes listeners to a small community hospital…
- 2009
No Award
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- Beat Reporting
Andis Robeznieks’ beat reporting, Modern Healthcare
Coverage of the health care construction beat. The 1/26 article looked at how urban planners use hospitals and their employee…
- 2009
No Award
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- General Interest Magazines below 1 million circ.
Paging Dr. No,’ SmartMoney
This profile piece focused on Donald Liss, a physician tasked with reviewing controversial claims for the health insurance giant Aetna…
- 2009
No Award
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- Metro Newspapers
Aiden’s story,’ Florida Times-Union
The story explored the brief but extraordinary life of John Aiden Warren, who was nine months old when he died…
- 2009
No Award
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- Television
Healing Health Care Reform,’ MSNBC
Healing Health Care Reform was a series of reports and action that Countdown with Keith Olbermann initiated in the wake…
- 2009
No Award
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- Radio
Senior Insecurity
Kelley Weiss reports that California's second most expensive health and human services program, Supplemental Security Income, or SSI, was designed…
- 2009
Third Place
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- General Interest Magazines above 1 million circ.
4 Weeks to a Stronger Heart,’ Ladies’ Home Journal
While maintaining good heart health should be a lifestyle, it's never too late to start improving your heart through diet…
- 2009
No Award
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- 2TV (Below Top 20 markets)
Confronting Colon Cancer,’ WVIZ-Cleveland
This story follows several local people coping with the disease. Medical experts explain how a healthy colon stops functioning and…
- 2009
No Award
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- General Interest Magazines above 1 million circ.
I Count… 6 Babies,’ Self Magazine
This story explores the consequences and sometimes painful choices associated with fertility treatments – particularly when treatments work too well.…
- 2009
No Award
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- 2TV (Below Top 20 markets)
Researchers go public against animal-rights critics,’ CNN.com
Researchers challenge animal-rights critics. Read “Researchers go public against animal-rights critics“ See the contest questionnaire in which the reporter writes…
- 2009
No Award
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