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
Nontraditional Treatment,’ News Sentinel (Ft. Wayne, Ind.)
The Midwest is cautious and slow to embrace nontraditional therapies that have been used on the Coasts for many years.…
- 2009
No Award
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- Radio
The Northeast Center for Special Care,’ WAMC
This was a profile of a center for brain injury patients. Reporter/producer Bob Barrett looked into unusual ways of reaching…
- 2009
No Award
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- General Interest Magazines above 1 million circ.
When Miracle Babies Grow Up,’ People magazine
The article looks at a group of young Minnesotans who were micro-preemies, born several months early and weighing less than…
- 2009
No Award
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- General Interest Magazines above 1 million circ.
The New Health Care Crisis,’ Fitness magazine
Journalist Roxanne Patel Shepelavy investigated why young, fit women were learning the hard way that their medical insurance did not…
- 2009
No Award
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- Radio
Twice as Deadly: Chicago’s Race Gap in Breast Cancer Survival – A Special Program
Several years ago, doctors and scientists faced a troubling fact: although black women in Chicago are less likely to get…
- 2009
Second Place
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- General Interest Magazines above 1 million circ.
The Stranger who Saved Me,’ SELF magazine
The article follows the story of a bone marrow transplant, tracking both the leukemia-ridden recipient and the anonymous donor who…
- 2009
No Award
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- Metro Newspapers
Unproven Remedies,’ Associated Press
Ten years and $2.5 billion in research have found no cures from alternative medicine. Yet these mostly unproven treatments are…
- 2009
No Award
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- Beat Reporting
US Health Policy,’ Reuters News
As part of a larger healthcare reform reporting team, Susan Heavey was tasked with covering the impact on insurers, drugmakers,…
- 2009
No Award
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- General Interest Magazines below 1 million circ.
Dead by Mistake,’ the Times Union
Dead by Mistake documented the enormous national toll of death and injury from preventable medical errors, showing they kill far…
- 2009
No Award
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- Community Newspapers
Professionals Turn to Yoga for Relief,’ Jacksonville Business Journal
High-stress, overworked corporate men are turning to yoga for stress relief, finding that it affords them a kind of peace…
- 2009
No Award
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- Metro Newspapers
Public Hospital Privacy Leak,’ Las Vegas Sun
The CEO of the public hospital in Las Vegas didn't think she had a patient privacy leak until Las Vegas…
- 2009
No Award
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- Metro Newspapers
Schools’ Risks Rise,’ LA Times
A rising number of California parents are choosing to send their children to kindergarten without routine vaccinations, putting hundreds of…
- 2009
No Award
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- General Interest Magazines above 1 million circ.
Is it Autism?’ American Baby
The story outlines the first signs of autism, updates on treatment, and why early intervention is crucial. One in 150…
- 2009
No Award
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- General Interest Magazines below 1 million circ.
The Truth About Boys and Girls,’ Working Mother
In “The Truth About Boys and Girls,” noted author and cultural anthropologist Meredith Small reviews the latest research on gender…
- 2009
No Award
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- 2TV (Below Top 20 markets)
Dose of reality,’ MSNBC
Msnbc.com launched a community-focused news resource at www.doseofreality.msnbc.com to help explain the vexing questions Americans have about health care reform.…
- 2009
No Award
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