AHCJ is thrilled to announce the winners of the 2022 Awards for Excellence in Well being Care Journalism.
Now in its nineteenth 12 months, the competition acknowledges one of the best of print, broadcast and on-line well being care journalism. The 2022 contest drew 429 entries in 14 classes; there have been 14 first-place winners.
“We’re excited by the excessive degree of engagement and curiosity in our contest, from such a broad swath of gifted journalists,” mentioned Carrie Feibel, AHCJ board member and chair of AHCJ’s Contest Committee. “It’s inspiring to see the range of tales. It’s a testomony to the expansion and significance of the well being beat.”
The winners of the audio reporting (massive division) class, Dorey Scheimer, Meghna Chakrabarti and Tim Skoog of WBUR’s On Level, tackled synthetic intelligence and the way forward for American well being care. In audio reporting (small division), first place went to reporters Rosemary Westwood, Eve Abrams and Patrick Madden of WWNO/WRKF-FM, for his or her podcast exploring the Mississippi case that led to the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
The Seattle Instances reporter Hannah Rose Furfaro took first place within the beat reporting class for her work masking proactive approaches to psychological well being in Washington state.
Workers on the Wall Avenue Journal gained first place within the enterprise class for his or her protection of nonprofit medical establishments and the federal advantages they obtain in trade for providers supplied to native communities.
Within the lead as much as the launch of the 2022 contest, the AHCJ contest committee labored to simplify the entry course of to make it much less time-consuming and extra simple.
“This 12 months we had an accelerated contest timeline and earlier deadlines, however the contest nonetheless drew greater than 400 entries, the identical as final 12 months,” mentioned Christine Herman, AHCJ board member and contest committee co-chair. “We’re desirous to additional streamline and enhance the AHCJ contest and welcome suggestions and options for the way to do this.”
Within the shopper/function class, ProPublica’s Duaa Eldeib gained the big division for her reporting on stillbirths within the U.S. Within the small division, Kristen Hwang of CalMatters claimed first place with a narrative on rising congenital syphilis charges accompanied by dwindling public well being funding.
For the well being coverage class, Ava Kofman, ProPublica and The New Yorker gained first place within the massive division for her protection of the perils of the little-regulated hospice care trade. Man Boulton of Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel was chosen because the winner of the small division for protection of the funding disconnect between well being care and social providers.
Cynthia Dizikes and Matthias Gafni of the San Francisco Chronicle claimed first place within the investigative (massive division) class for his or her reporting on baby deaths on the John Muir well being system. Molly Fortress Work of the Publish Bulletin gained the small division for reporting on the contentious relationship between the Mayo Clinic and sufferers eligible for charity care.
Within the public well being class (massive division), Matt Richtel of The New York Instances gained first place for protection of the science behind the teenager psychological well being disaster. Within the small division, Ted Alcorn gained first place for tales on the rising charge of alcohol-related deaths in New Mexico, printed by New Mexico In Depth.
The fellows and college of the International Reporting Program on the College of British Columbia’s College of Journalism, Writing and Media took first place within the pupil reporting class for his or her in-depth protection of getting old within the U.S.
Charlotte Huff of Well being Affairs was named winner of the commerce publications class for protection of the Utah well being system’s work to stem the tide of deaths by suicide.
Entries had been judged by 70 volunteers who’re present or retired journalists or journalism professors.
All prizes can be offered in the course of the Health Journalism 2023 awards luncheon on March 11 in St. Louis. First-place winners will obtain $500 and complimentary lodging for 2 nights and registration for one individual on the annual convention.
Take a look at the whole checklist of winners here.
Oversight and help for the Awards for Excellence in Well being Care Journalism come from the AHCJ Contest Committee, co-chaired by AHCJ board members Carrie Feibel and Christine Herman. The committee additionally contains board members Joyce Frieden, Sebastián Martínez Valdivia, and Sabriya Rice and member volunteers Pauline Arrillaga and Jonathan Rockoff. AHCJ members fascinated about serving on the committee can contact us at contest@healthjournalism.org.
Particular because of AHCJ workers member Tina England for the organizational excellence and administrative care she brings to the year-round administration of contest operations.
