Investigative and General Reporting Award
The NIHCM Foundation Investigative and General Reporting Journalism Award recognizes excellence in reporting focused on written articles on important and emerging issues in health and health care.
Application Information
The application window for the 30th Annual Investigative and General Reporting Award is now closed.
30th Annual Investigative and General Reporting Award Process
(formerly General Circulation Award)
Prize
A $20,000 prize will be presented to the winner.
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Award FAQEligibility
- Articles must originally have been published during the calendar year 2023.
- Entries will be accepted from newspapers and magazines and their websites. Entries will also be accepted from independent news sites. If digital content is central to your story, please view the eligibility criteria for our Data-Driven Storytelling.
- Articles should be timely and produce new insights into health care financing and delivery or health care policy.
Entry
- Deadline: January 31, 2024.
- Entry is free
- An individual may be listed as the primary contributor on no more than three (3) entries but may be listed as a co-contributor on additional entries
- An entry can be either a series or an individual piece of work
Selection Criteria
- New insights generated by the reporting
- Impact on health care policy
- Quality of reporting
- Relevance to one or both of the subject areas (financing and delivery of health care and/or the impact of health care policy)
Judges
Eliza Barclay
Climate Editor, Opinion, The New York Times, formerly Vox
John Carreyrou
Investigative Reporter, The New York Times, formerly Wall Street Journal
John Fauber
Former, Medical Reporter, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and USA Today Network
Clifton Leaf
Adjunct Professor of Journalism, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, former Editor in Chief, Fortune
Fred Schulte
Senior Correspondent, KFF Health News
William Wan
Enterprise Reporter, The Washington Post