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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- 2TV (Below Top 20 markets)
Electronic Health Record
1. Provide the title of your story or series and the names of the journalists involved. Electronic Medical Records by…
- 2010
No Award
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- 2TV (Below Top 20 markets)
Do No Harm: Hospital Care in Las Vegas
Judges’ comments: In a two year examination of every in-patient hospital admission in Nevada going back a decade, 2.9 million…
- 2010
Second Place
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- 2TV (Below Top 20 markets)
Dialysis – High Costs & Hidden Perils of a Treatment Guaranteed to All
Judges’ comments: A stellar piece of journalism. The series reveals that the results of dialysis care in this country…
- 2010
First Place
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- 2TV (Below Top 20 markets)
Broken Bucs: ’79 Players From Fame To Pain
1. Provide the title of your story or series and the names of the journalists involved. Broken Bucs: '79 Players…
- 2010
No Award
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- 2TV (Below Top 20 markets)
Outsourced clinical trials
1. Provide the title of your story or series and the names of the journalists involved. The problem of outsourcing…
- 2010
No Award
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- Radio
Childhood Obesity: One Community’s Approach
1. Provide the title of your story or series and the names of the journalists involved. Childhood Obesity: One Community's…
- 2010
No Award
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- Radio
A Scientist’s Saga: Give Son the Gift of Speech
Judges’ comments: This was a great piece. It wasn’t the first time I heard of an autism researcher pursuing this…
- 2010
Second Place
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- Radio
Doctors fail to disclose pharma payments, despite state law
1. Provide the title of your story or series and the names of the journalists involved. Doctors fail to disclose…
- 2010
No Award
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- Radio
The Economics of End-of-Life Care
This entry was named an Honorable Mention. Judges’ comments: Another hot election topic – this one explained in a very…
- 2010
Honorable Mention
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- Community Newspapers
You’re in Bad Hands
1. Provide the title of your story or series and the names of the journalists involved. "You're In Bad Hands"…
- 2010
No Award
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- Community Newspapers
Riverside County: Medi-Cal’s Worst
1. Provide the title of your story or series and the names of the journalists involved. "Riverside County: Medi-Cal's Worst"…
- 2010
No Award
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- Community Newspapers
Out of reach: The rural health care gap
This entry was named an Honorable Mention. Judges’ comments: The problems with rural healthcare have been written about for decades.…
- 2010
Honorable Mention
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- Community Newspapers
One Brain at a Time
Judges’ comments: The writing in this series was just beautiful – anyone who aspires to do narrative journalism should definitely study…
- 2010
Third Place
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- Community Newspapers
Load Warriors
1. Provide the title of your story or series and the names of the journalists involved. "Load Warriors" by Vernal…
- 2010
No Award
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- Community Newspapers
Lifesaving Drugs, Deadly Consequences
Judges’ comments: This series achieved the perfect balance of human emotion and investigative findings. Carol Smith grabbed us with the…
- 2010
Second Place
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