2023 Awards for Excellence Winners

First Place, Beat Reporting: Wendy Ruderman with The Philadelphia Inquirer for “Accountability on the Health Care Beat in Philadelphia.” Photo by Zachary Linhares

First Place, Business: Staff of Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and ProPublica for “With every breath: Millions of breathing machines. One dangerous defect.” Photo by Zachary Linhares

First Place, Consumer – Large: Carrie Arnold with The Guardian for “Some anorexia patients what the right to die. A few doctors are willing to listen.” Photo by Zachary Linhares

First Place, Health Policy – Large: David Hilzenrath, Jodie Fleischer and Fred Clasen-Kelly with KFF Health News and Cox Media Group TV Stations for “Overpayment Outrage.” Photo by Zachary Linhares

First Place, Health Policy – Small: Jenna Carlesso and Dave Altimari with The Connecticut Mirror for “Connecticut’s Elder Care Reckoning.” Photo by Zachary Linhares

First Place, Investigative – Small: Wilson Criscione with InvestigateWest for “The Cruelest Lie.” Photo by Zachary Linhares

First Place, Public Health – Large: Staff of Reuters for “The Bat Lands.” Photo by Zachary Linhares

First Place, Public Health – Small: Staff of Public Health Watch for “Toxic Texas Air.” Photo by Zachary Linhares

First Place, Trade: Jennifer Couzin-Frankel with Science for “Giving heart: A new procedure for donating hearts and other organs is saving lives. But for some, it challenges the definition of death.” Photo by Zachary Linhares