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
Outpacing Cancer,’ Nature Medicine
In the late 1990s the drug gefitinib emerged as a new means for treating non-small cell lung cancer, the most…
- 2009
No Award
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- Metro Newspapers
My left hand,’ The Oregonian
In his 40s, artist David Rosenak noticed a tremor shaking his right hand, the hand he used to craft his…
- 2009
No Award
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- Beat Reporting
A model of efficiency,’ Hospitals & Health Networks
With or without Health Policy, reimbursements are tightening for hospitals. They have to learn how to not just become more…
- 2009
No Award
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- General Interest Magazines above 1 million circ.
The Serious Health Decision Women Aren’t Talking About,’ Glamour
Liz Welch found that the most dangerous health risk associated with an abortion-one of the most common and safest medical…
- 2009
No Award
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- Television
Tackling the Obesity Epidemic in Kern County: A New Approach,’ KBAK/KBFX
The reporter explores the numbers, issues and causes behind a local obesity epidemic. See the story and the questionnaire in…
- 2009
No Award
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- General Interest Magazines above 1 million circ.
Medicine’s Next Best Hope: You,’ Redbook
This story illustrates the perils, promise. and importance of participating in clinical health trials through four stories of women who…
- 2009
No Award
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- Radio
Bloomberg’s spotlight on health,’ Bloomberg Radio
The series examines the impact of HIV/AIDS, obesity, diabetes, stroke, kidney disease and other illnesses on the African-American community. Celebrities –…
- 2009
No Award
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- Television
Another Day: Cheating Death,’ CNN
Chris Brooks, just 22 and a few month from college graduation, died of sudden cardiac arrest. His heart stopped ……
- 2009
No Award
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- Metro Newspapers
Kidney Dominoes,’ Associated Press
The AP went behind the scenes for six weeks as a Georgetown University Hospital team put together what turned into…
- 2009
No Award
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- Television
AC 360: Kidneys For Sale,’ CNN
A CNN investigation tracked the underground network of organs for sale throughout the world with surgeries taking place even in…
- 2009
No Award
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- General Interest Magazines above 1 million circ.
What’s up down there?’ Redbook
This story sheds light on the taboo. rarely-dlscussed issue of pelvic floor disorders such as stress, urinary incontinence, and uterine…
- 2009
No Award
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- Television
The Alzheimer’s Project
While there is no cure for the disease, The Alzheimer's Project shows that there is now genuine reason to be…
- 2009
First Place
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- Community Newspapers
Painkiller Clinics Use Legal Loopholes
The stories highlighted loopholes in Florida law that make it possible for convicted drug smugglers and doctors with histories of…
- 2009
Second Place
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- General Interest Magazines below 1 million circ.
Useless Medicine
Many health care stories throw out the figure that 30 percent of all medical spending is wasted. But they almost…
- 2009
Second Place
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- General Interest Magazines above 1 million circ.
How Healthy is Your Family Tree?’ Redbook
This package helps readers understand the role genetics (and all the genetic discoveries that have been made of late) play…
- 2009
No Award
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