Now in its nineteenth 12 months, the Affiliation of Well being Care Journalists’ annual Awards for Excellence in Health Care Journalism is an expert and public affirmation of the significance of well being care as a beat. To pick probably the most highly effective, poignant and efficient tales from all of the submissions requires important time, dedication and care. For that, we thank the handfuls of volunteer judges who make all of it attainable.
The 2022 contest drew 429 entries in 14 classes and winners were announced on the annual nationwide convention in St. Louis in March. Judges work in groups of two, over two rounds, to pick out the winners, and judges say the work is gratifying and provoking. Many have donated their time to AHCJ’s contest for a number of years whereas others volunteered this 12 months for the primary time.
Every volunteer decide — all of whom are present or retired journalists or journalism instructors — performs an important function in sustaining the integrity and independence of the annual awards. Those that agreed to be publicly acknowledged are named under. Our most honest due to everybody for volunteering!
- Reed Abelson, The New York Occasions
- Debbie Abrams Kaplan
- Jill Adams
- Ira Allen, retired journalist
- Julie Appleby, Kaiser Well being Information
- Rita Baron-Faust, St. Francis School
- Allison Bell, ThinkAdvisor
- Liz Beltran, The Wall Avenue Journal
- Karen Blum
- Sarah Boden, 90.5 WESA Information, Pittsburgh’s NPR station
- Barbara Brody
- Barbara Burgower Hordern, Retired journalist
- Cheryl Clark, MedPage Immediately
- Dennis Dailey, Cell Well being Occasions
- Meryl Davids
- Mia de Graaf, Insider
- Mat Edelson
- Ellen Eldridge, Georgia Public Broadcasting
- Blake Farmer, WPLN/NPR/Kaiser Well being Information
- James Gaines, Knowable Journal
- Philip Galewitz, Kaiser Well being Information
- Carol Gentry, retired journalist, founding father of Well being Information FLA
- Toni Gerber Hope
- Lisa Gillespie, Main Care, Medscape and WebMD
- Dan Gorenstein, Tradeoffs
- David Gorn
- Ariel Hart, The Atlanta Journal-Structure
- Joshua Hatch, The Chronicle of Greater Training
- Erica Hensley, The Fuller Undertaking
- Andrew Holtz, HoltzReport
- Charlotte Huff
- Stefanie Ilgenfritz, The Wall Avenue Journal
- Christopher Intagliata, NPR
- Carla Johnson, The Related Press
- Brian Jones
- Erin Jordan, The (Cedar Rapids) Gazette
- Sandra Jordan
- Alla Katsnelson
- Jeremy Kohler, ProPublica
- Amy Kraft, On a regular basis Well being
- Sandra Lamb
- Tony Leys, Kaiser Well being Information
- Robin Lloyd, Scientific American
- Rosalba Mancuso, Modernhealthinfo.com
- Robin Marantz Henig
- Suzanne Marmion, On a regular basis Well being, Migraine Once more
- Patrick McGroarty, The Wall Avenue Journal
- Naseem Miller, The Journalist’s Useful resource
- Rachel Nania, AARP
- Ben Nathanson, AnCan Basis
- Charles Ornstein, ProPublica
- Candace Web page, Seven Days
- Janice Paskey, Mount Royal College
- Charlene Rhinehart
- Karen Robinson-Jacobs, Lee Enterprises
- Bram Sable-Smith, Kaiser Well being Information
- Anne Saker, retired journalist
- Liz Scherer
- Donna Shaw, The School of New Jersey
- Nisha Shetty
- Joanne Silberner
- Paula Span, New York Occasions
- Tony Stasiek, OneCare Media
- Wendy Thermos
- Zachary Tracer, Insider Inc.
- Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY
- Sandy West
- Susan White, Public Well being Watch
Keen on volunteering as a decide for the 2023 contest? Enroll here.
The competition wants new judges every year, and serving as a decide doesn’t bar you from coming into the competition. Our committee works to keep away from conflicts of curiosity for judges in addition to reporters/entries from their outlet. For questions on judging or if you’re an AHCJ member enthusiastic about serving on the competition committee, please contact AHCJ Membership Supervisor Tina England at tina@healthjournalism.org.
Oversight and assist 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.
