Past Contest Entries

This Mom Checked Her Newborn Out of the Hospital Early. The Next Day Her Baby Was Taken Away.

This was an exclusive story about a woman who felt betrayed by her hospital. Tiffany Langwell of La Quinta, California, gave birth in August to a healthy, 8-pound baby girl. A day later, a representative of the child welfare agency in Riverside County, California, took the infant into protective custody, saying that a hospital employee suspected Langwell of drug use. A hair follicle test revealed that Langwell had never been on drugs, and her child was returned to her care, but not before she’d missed the first week of her daughter’s life.

Place:

No Award

Year:

  • 2014

Category:

  • Consumer/Feature (large)

Affiliation:

Freelance

Reporter:

Ada Calhoun, Journalist

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