The Association of Health Care Journalists has announced the winners of its 2012 journalism awards, and the winning stories should be an inspiration to anyone who wonders whether it's possible to do good journalism during this time of upheaval and transformation in the news business.
Among the winners were Sheri Fink for beat reporting for coverage of hurricanes in New Orleans and New York City; Lisa Krieger of the San Jose Mercury News for consumer reporting at large news outlets; The Boston Globe for reporting on contaminated drugs; and about three dozen others, including some familiar names and some new ones.
AHCJ reports that it received 400 entries–a record number. "Entrants dove into complicated and sometimes heartbreaking issues to produce excellent pieces that are all the more powerful because they could affect any of us," said contest chair Julie Appleby, senior correspondent for the nonprofit Kaiser Health News.
-Paul Raeburn
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