Nc Health News Wins 10 State Press Association Awards

NC Health News won 10 awards successful nan yearly North Carolina Press Association title for 2025, including 2 first-place awards.

The property relation honored activity published from April 1, 2024, done March 31, 2025. NC Health News was judged among its peers successful nan online-only category, which includes astir 20 publications.

Staff besides won 5 second-place and 3 third-place awards. 

NC Health News laminitis and editor Rose Hoban won first spot successful business reporting for penning astir an audit that recovered millions successful payments to executives and a rule patient made astatine nan past infinitesimal aft nan state-supported intelligence wellness agency Eastpointe Health Services was ordered to merge pinch Trillium Health Services.

Jennifer Fernandez won first spot successful wide news reporting for an article astir parents and families of overdose victims calling for a alteration successful authorities laws that they said would promote group to telephone for help, moreover if they had utilized narcotics themselves aliases had supplied nan perchance fatal dose.

“I’m truthful fortunate to activity pinch specified a talented and dedicated squad of reporters,” Hoban said. “They ne'er neglect to impressment maine pinch their skill, thrust and knowledge.

“I’m proud to activity pinch them each time and pleased that their beardown activity has gained nan nickname it deserves.” 

NC Health News reporters were besides recognized successful nationalist contests recently. 

Michelle Crouch took first spot for stories connected Atrium Health successful nan wellness policy, mini news statement class successful nan yearly Association of Health Care Journalists contest. Taylor Knopf took 3rd spot successful that contest’s investigative reporting class for mini news organizations for her continuing coverage of Brynn Marr Hospital. She was besides named a finalist for a section reporting grant from The National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation and received an honorable mention from nan National Press Foundation’s Carolyn C. Mattingly Award for Mental Health Reporting. 

Below are links to nan activity recognized by nan North Carolina Press Association.

First place

Rose Hoban, business reporting: DHHS audit of intelligence wellness agency finds millions successful payments to executives, rule patient up of merger

Jennifer Fernandez, wide news reporting: Good Samaritan rule changes sought

Second place

Jaymie Baxley, floor plan characteristic connected Roy Cooper’s wellness attraction legacy

Rachel Crumpler, hit news reporting, for her continuing sum connected nan effects of abortion restrictions successful North Carolina. Read nan stories:

• NC abortion providers brace for influx of patients from nan South
• One twelvemonth into caller abortion limits, N.C. patients and providers struggle to enarthrosis nan load restrictions bring
• Increased abortion restrictions complicate training, stoke worries astir adjacent procreation of OB-GYNs
• Storm harm increases barriers to abortion entree successful WNC

Grace Vitaglione, hit feature: ‘A slap connected nan wrist’: families and advocates telephone for accrued accountability from assisted surviving facilities

Will Atwater, arts and intermezo story connected a caller documentary connected really Warren County gave commencement to nan biology justness movement

Rose Hoban, superior columns connected federal backing cuts to research, the loss of nationalist wellness data owed to purges of prime accusation by nan Trump management and nan effect of cuts to U.S. assistance abroad.

Third place

Rose Hoban, business writing: Why Kaiser stake connected Cone Health for its N.C. description , covering why Kaiser’s nonprofit spinoff company, Risant, chose to get Greensboro-based Cone Health. 

Jennifer Fernandez, wide news photograph of a small girl taking halfway shape astatine a kid attraction rally successful Raleigh

Organizers gathered everyone to return a video arsenic they chanted “Care can’t wait” during nan “Day without kid care” rally successful Raleigh connected May 16, 2024. Credit: Jennifer Fernandez / NC Health News

Jennifer Fernandez, ledes (the communicative introductions that tie a scholar successful and support them engaged). Read them:

• Parents of overdose victims property lawmakers for amended Good Samaritan laws
• At 8 years old, Miles Campbell saved 4 lives
• ‘Care can’t wait’: Child attraction advocates rally for funding, support

Hoban, a registered caregiver and journalist successful North Carolina for astir 2 decades, founded NC Health News successful 2011 to capable successful nan captious reporting spread connected wellness attraction arsenic newsrooms crossed nan authorities reduced aliases eliminated coverage. Today, NC Health News remains nan only outlet successful nan authorities exclusively focused connected wellness care, wellness argumentation and subtopics specified arsenic aging, biology health, Medicaid and agrarian health.

The unit of full-time reporters, freelancers, interns and support squad are scattered crossed nan state. Add successful nan board, which is besides geographically dispersed, and NC Health News’ footprint extends from Waynesville to Ahoskie.

NC Health News is an independent 501(c)(3) not-for-profit, nonpartisan news organization dedicated to covering wellness attraction successful nan state, employing nan highest journalistic standards of fairness, accuracy and extended research.

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