{"id":1222815,"date":"2021-01-28T10:24:33","date_gmt":"2021-01-28T15:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/khn.org\/?page_id=1222815"},"modified":"2026-04-16T15:00:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T19:00:15","slug":"awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Awards and Honors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<aside class=\"wp-block-kff-shared-sidebar alignright khn-slab pull-right\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kff-shared-heading-divider wp-block-kff-shared-heading-divider--black\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"wp-block-kff-shared-heading-divider__headline\">About KFF Health News<\/h2>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-default\">\n<li class=\"has-source-sans-3-font-family has-heading-7-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/about-us\/\">About Us<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-source-sans-3-font-family has-heading-7-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/syndication\/\">Republish Our Content<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-source-sans-3-font-family has-heading-7-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/people\/?s=&amp;team=journalism\">Meet the Staff<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-source-sans-3-font-family has-heading-7-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/editorialpolicy\/\">Editorial Policy<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-source-sans-3-font-family has-heading-7-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy Policy<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-source-sans-3-font-family has-heading-7-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/ethics-guidelines\/\">Ethics Guidelines<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-source-sans-3-font-family has-heading-7-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/awards\/\">Awards and Honors<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-source-sans-3-font-family has-heading-7-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/faq\/\">FAQs<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-source-sans-3-font-family has-heading-7-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/contact-us\/\">Contact Us<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-source-sans-3-font-family has-heading-7-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/tips\/\">Send Us a Tip<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-source-sans-3-font-family has-heading-7-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/content-type\/news-release\/?ep_filter_series=kff-health-news-announcements\">Announcements<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-source-sans-3-font-family has-heading-7-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/events\/?ep_filter_series=kff-health-news-events\">Events<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/aside>\n\n\n<p>KFF Health News is frequently recognized by our peers in journalism for our reporting on the U.S. health system. Below are some of our award-winning stories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-heading-4-font-size\" id=\"h-2026\"><strong>2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The duPont-Columbia Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/overpayment-outrage\/\">Overpayment Outrage<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-heading-4-font-size\" id=\"h-2025\"><strong>2025<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Columbia Journalism School&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Paul Tobenkin Memorial Award: <a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/systemic-sickness\/\">Systemic Sickness<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SABEW Best in Business Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Government, Medium Division: <a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/bird-flu-spread-cattle-poultry-pandemic-cdc\/\">How America Lost Control of the Bird Flu, Setting the Stage for Another Pandemic<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Personal Finance, Medium Division: <a href=\"https:\/\/colabnews.co\/colorado-medical-debt\/\">Diagnosis: Debt Colorado<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Podcast\/Audio, Medium Division<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Center for Integrity in News Reporting&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Broadcast Reporting: <a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/overpayment-outrage\/\">Overpayment Outrage<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Public Media Journalists Association Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Continuing Coverage, Division D: <a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/the-injured\/\">The Injured<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Society for Features Journalism Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Feature Series or Project, Division 3: <a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/the-injured\/\">The Injured<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Northwest Excellence in Journalism Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Series, Extra Large<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sacramento Press Club&#8217;s Golden State Journalism Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Housing and Unhoused Reporting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Top of the Rockies Excellence in Journalism Contest<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Business Enterprise Reporting: <a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/eye-bank-tissue-donation-oversight-regulation\/\">Ex-Eye Bank Workers Say Pressure, Lax Oversight Led to Errors<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Feature, Long Form: <a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/prison-hospice-redemption-life-death-angola-louisiana\/\">Death and Redemption in an American Prison<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Health News: <a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/primary-care-health-professional-shortage-areas\/\">Where Are the Nation\u2019s Primary Care Providers? It\u2019s Not an Easy Answer<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-heading-4-font-size\" id=\"h-2024\"><strong>2024<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pulitzer Prizes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Public Service, finalist: <a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/overpayment-outrage\/\">Overpayment Outrage<\/a> (in partnership with Cox Media Group)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>George Polk Awards&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Medical Reporting: <a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/medical-devices-malfunction\/\">When Medical Devices Malfunction<\/a> (<span>jointly produced with CBS News)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Shorenstein Center Goldsmith Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Special Citation for Reporting on Government: <a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/overpayment-outrage\/\">Overpayment Outrage<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Edward R. Murrow Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Investigative Reporting: <a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/medical-devices-malfunction\/\">When Medical Devices Malfunction<\/a> (<span>jointly produced with CBS News)<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>News Series: <a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/black-women-pregnancy-risk-infant-mortality-deep-south\/\">What it Means to Choose Pregnancy in Post-Roe America<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/american-diagnosis-a-fuller-moon-rising-revised-violence-against-women-act-offers-hope\/\">Power to Police Perpetrators<\/a> (in partnership with Just Human Productions)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Barlett &amp; Steele Awards&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Gold Award in Regional\/Local Category: <a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/overpayment-outrage\/\">Overpayment Outrage<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>National Press Foundation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Feddie Award: <a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/overpayment-outrage\/\">Overpayment Outrage<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>National Headliner Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Broadcast or Cable Television Stations &#8211; Public Service: <a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/overpayment-outrage\/\">Overpayment Outrage<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>AHCJ Awards for Excellence in Health Care Journalism<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Health Policy, large: <a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/overpayment-outrage\/\">Overpayment Outrage<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>American Illustration<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>American Illustration 43: <a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/black-textured-hair-eeg-racial-barriers\/\">How One Patient\u2019s Textured Hair Nearly Kept Her From a Needed EEG<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SABEW Best in Business Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Government, Medium Division: <a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/overpayment-outrage\/\">Overpayment Outrage<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>California Newspaper Publishers Association&#8217;s California Journalism Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Health Reporting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Colorado Press Association Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Best Editorial Collaboration: <a href=\"https:\/\/colabnews.co\/colorado-facility-schools-mental-health-special-education-last-resort\/\">Last Resort<\/a> (jointly produced with Chalkbeat Colorado and The Colorado Sun)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>DC Dateline<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Online Investigative Journalism. Robert D.G. Lewis Watchdog Award, and Television Investigative Journalism: <a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/overpayment-outrage\/\">Overpayment Outrage<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Los Angeles Press Club<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Business Reporting: <a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/madera-hospital-bankruptcy-merger-rescue-liquidation-trinity-health\/\">Giant Health System Almost Saved a Community Hospital. Now, It Wants to \u2018Extract Every Dollar.\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Northwest Excellence in Journalism Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span>LGBTQ+ Equity Reporting, Extra Large Category Total: <a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/montana-transgender-health-care-policy-legislation-tension\/\">Tension Builds in Transgender Policy Debate in Montana<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sacramento Press Club&#8217;s Golden State Journalism Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Public Health Reporting: <a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/pregnancy-postpartum-drug-addiction-homeless-street-medicine\/\">Pregnant and Addicted: Homeless Women See Hope in Street Medicine<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SoCal Journalism Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Business Reporting: <a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/madera-hospital-bankruptcy-merger-rescue-liquidation-trinity-health\/\">Giant Health System Almost Saved a Community Hospital. Now, It Wants to \u2018Extract Every Dollar.\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-heading-4-font-size\" id=\"h-2023\">2023<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Gerald Loeb Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Personal Finance and Consumer Reporting: <a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/diagnosis-debt\/\">Diagnosis Debt<\/a><span>&nbsp;<\/span><span>(jointly produced with NPR and CBS)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Edward R. Murrow Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Podcast, Small Digital Organization: <a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/american-diagnosis-a-fuller-moon-rising-revised-violence-against-women-act-offers-hope\/\">S4E5 &#8220;American Diagnosis: A Fuller Moon Rising&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>National Association of Black Journalists Salute to Excellence Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Radio-Network:Feature: <a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/race-medical-shorthand-kidney-care-transplant\/\">Race Is Often Used as Medical Shorthand for How Bodies Work. Some Doctors Want to Change That.<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Digital Media \u2013 Online Project: Feature: <a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/custom-caskets-for-kids-look-like-something-you-would-see-in-a-childs-room\/\">The Last Responders: A Series on Those Who Help Communities Grieving Over Gun Violence<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation Awards <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Digital Media: <a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/diagnosis-debt\/\">Diagnosis Debt<\/a> (jointly produced with NPR and CBS)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-heading-4-font-size\" id=\"h-2022\">2022<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Gerald Loeb Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Audio: <a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/public-health-officials-year-of-threats-menace-santa-cruz-california\/\">&#8216;We&#8217;re Coming for You&#8217;: For Public Health Officials, a Year of Threats and Menace<\/a> (jointly produced with &#8220;This American Life&#8221;)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-heading-4-font-size\" id=\"h-2021\">2021<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>National Press Club<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Joan M. Friedenberg Online Journalism Award:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/tag\/lost-on-the-frontline\/\">Lost on the Frontline<\/a> (jointly produced with The Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Online Journalism Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>University of Florida Award in Investigative Data Journalism, Large Newsroom:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/tag\/underfunded-and-under-threat\/\">Underfunded and Under Threat<\/a> (jointly produced with The Associated Press)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Edward R. Murrow Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Excellence in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: <a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/gun-violence-where-children-hide-mental-health-effects\/\">Searching for Safety: Where Children Hide When Gunfire Is All Too Common<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Podcast, Region 5 Large Market Radio: <a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/tag\/no-mercy\/\">Where It Hurts &#8211; Season 1: No Mercy<\/a> (jointly produced with St. Louis Public Radio)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>NABJ Salute to Excellence Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Radio, Market 16 and Below, Feature: <a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/gun-violence-where-children-hide-mental-health-effects\/\">Searching for Safety: Where Children Hide When Gunfire Is All Too Common<\/a> (jointly produced with St. Louis Public Radio and NPR)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>NIHCM Foundation Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Digital Media: <a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/tag\/lost-on-the-frontline\/\">Lost on the Frontline<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>National Headliner Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Best Blog: <a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/tag\/bill-of-the-month\/\">Bill of the Month<\/a> (jointly produced with NPR)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Online pandemic coverage\/project: <a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/tag\/coronavirus\/\">KFF Health News with The Guardian and the AP<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-heading-4-font-size\" id=\"h-2020\">2020<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pulitzer Prizes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Investigative Journalism, Finalist: <a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/tag\/uva-lawsuits\/\">UVA Lawsuits<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Gerald Loeb Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Explanatory: <a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/death-by-a-thousand-clicks\/\">Death by 1,000 Clicks: Where Electronic Health Records Went Wrong<\/a> (jointly produced with Fortune)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Commentary: <a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/author\/elisabeth-rosenthal\/\">America\u2019s Broken Health Care System<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>National Press Club Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Consumer Journalism: <a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/tag\/hidden-harm\/\">Hidden Harm<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Edward R. 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