Pharmalot wins an AHCJ award

The Awards for Excellence in Health Care Journalism added a “Trade/Online” category this year, and our pharmaceutical niche site Pharmalot (run by the tireless Ed Silverman) tied for third place. Congratulations, Ed!

Here are the winners:

Beat Reporting
First Place: “The DNA Age” Amy Harmon, The New York Times
Second Place: “Beat Reporting” Marshall Allen, Las Vegas Sun
Third Place (tie): “Beat Reporting” Susan Brink, Los Angeles Times
Third Place (tie): “Peril and Potential of Living Organ Donation” Laura Meckler, The Wall Street Journal

Limited Report
First Place: “Is It Worth It?” Judy Peres, Chicago Tribune
Second Place: “Violence and Nursing” Joy Jacobson, American Journal of Nursing
Third Place: “Diabetes Drug Use Surges in US Children” Christopher Bowe, The Financial Times

Magazines Above 1 Million
First Place: “How Bad Does the Health-Care Crisis Get?” Fran Smith, Redbook
Second Place: “Is Your Doctor Playing Judge?” Sabrina Rubin Erdely, Self
Third Place: “A Deadly Twist” Jennifer Wolff, Self

Magazines Below 1 Million
First Place: “Fresh Pain for the Uninsured” Brian Grow, Robert Bemer, Business Week
Second Place: “The Debate Over Health Care Reform” Marilyn Werber Serafini, James A. Barnes, National Journal
Third Place: “The Young Invincibles” David Amsden, New York Magazine

Large Newspapers
First Place: “A Hidden Shame” Alan Judd, Andy Miller, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Second Place: “Golden Opportunities” Charles Duhigg, The New York Times
Third Place: “Six Killers” Denise Grady, Gina Kolata, The New York Times

Medium Newspapers
First Place: “Medical Misconnections:  Patient-Safety Problems and Solutions” David Wahlberg, Wisconsin State Journal
Second Place: “Living with Cancer (series)” Leslie Brody, Lindy Washburn, The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
Third Place: “The Mercury Connection” Tony Bartelme, Doug Pardue, The Post and Courier, Charleston, S.C.

Small Newspapers
First Place: “State of Decay:  West Virginia’s Oral Health Crisis” Eric Eyre, The Charleston (W.Va.) Gazette
Second Place: “Pam’s Story” Mary K. Reinhart, East Valley Tribune (Mesa, Ariz.)
Third Place (tie): “Putting a Price on Health Care” J.K. Wall, Tracy Donhardt and Norm Heikens, Indianapolis Business Journal
Third Place (tie): “Defining Death Sparks Debate” Kris B. Mamula, Pittsburgh Business Times

TV/Radio Top 20 Markets
First Place: “Where’s Molly?” Elizabeth Cohen, Jennifer Pifer, Amy Morelly, CNN
Second Place: “Nick’s Choice” Joe Fryer, Brett Akagi, KARE-Minneapolis
Third Place: “Dan Rather Reports:  Toxic Trailers” Chandra Simon, Dan Rather and Resa Matthews; HDNet

TV/Radio Below Top 20 Markets
First Place: “North Carolina Voices:  Diagnosing Healthcare, Special Report on Diabetes in Rural North Carolina” Emily Hanford, Neenah Ellis, Ben Shapiro, North Carolina Public Radio
Second Place: “Care-less Denials” Hagit Limor, Phil Drechsler, WCPO-Cincinnati
Third Place: “Love, War, and PTSD:  Ann and Peter Mohan” Karen Brown, WFCR Public Radio, Amherst, Mass.

Trade/Online
First Place: “Wasting Away:  Superfund’s Toxic Legacy” Staff, The Center for Public Integrity
Second Place: “Reality Check” Sue Rochman, CR magazine
Third Place (tie): “The Pandemic Vaccine Puzzle” Maryn McKenna, Robert Roos, Marty Heibert, CIDRAP News
Third Place (tie): “Improper Marketing As An Infectious Disease” Ed Silverman, Pharmalot.com

P.S. — I was happy to see my old friend Tony Bartelme from The Post and Courier in there, too.