El Tímpano

A series on the experiences of undocumented Latino and Mayan people living in the San Francisco Bay Area as they navigate the complicated health insurance system and access California’s Medicaid program for the first time.

Bylines:

Lingering fears over past immigration policies are fueling a reluctance to enroll in Medi-Cal

California’s expanded health coverage for undocumented immigrants collides with Medicaid checks

Kensington Voice

A series examining sexual assault care in Philadelphia hospitals, including the availability of evidentiary exams and solutions for offering more trauma-informed care to sexual assault survivors, particularly those from Kensington who are unhoused, living with drug addiction and/or engaged in sex work.

Bylines:

Pennsylvania law to improve sexual assault aftercare landscape remains unfunded

‘Who falls through the cracks?’: Philly’s sexual assault exam system creates barriers for survivors, skirts state rules

NY & MI Solutions Journalism Collaborative

A solution-based long-form story examining efforts to increase the number of people of color participating in clinical trials for Alzheimer’s drugs.

Bylines:

As Parkinson’s cases rise, clinical trial volunteers hope to help future patients

Amid a dementia crisis, brain researchers try to recruit Black Americans

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

A long-form story examining why people in Wisconsin have difficulties in accessing assistive mobility technology, such as wheelchair lifts and vans, how those difficulties impact their daily lives, and local legislative pushes to address the problem.

Bylines:

These laws seek to simplify the wheelchair repair process in Wisconsin. How do they work?

She waited over a year to get her wheelchair. In Wisconsin and elsewhere, that's typical.

The Texas Tribune

An in-depth story on women’s health in the Texas Panhandle, particularly the impact of ordinances such as the abortion travel prohibition in Amarillo, which would outlaw the use of Amarillo roads to transport a pregnant person for an abortion in another state.

Bylines:

In the Texas Panhandle, nurses make home visits to new moms in need

As a Texas city debates an abortion travel ban, maternal care is scarce in nearby rural counties

Independent journalist

An in-depth story or podcast examining why most cases of domestic violence strangulation, which are felony offenses in Missouri, are charged on the same level as traffic tickets in Kansas City and never make it to state court.

Bylines:

200 survivors of sexual assault, gender-based violence sign letter condemning a second Trump term

How a decades-old domestic violence policy deters Blacks and Latines from seeking medical care

Independent journalist

A series about the lack of access to contraceptives, gynecological care, and other reproductive health care services in upstate New York, as well as state-wide efforts to bring more services to areas that need them.

Bylines:

Birth control has become harder to get. New York has some creative solutions

The History That Explains Today’s Shortage of Black Midwives

Independent journalist

New York Amsterdam News: A series examining the recurring groundwater flooding in Southeast Queens, including how and why Black people bought houses in the area, why the ecology and development of the region make it susceptible to flooding, and the ensuing health consequences of living in this environment, as well as the long-term financial and medical costs to homeowners of color.

Bylines:

Chronic illegal dumping highlights health concerns in the Rockaways

A climate change forecast: rain with a chance of mosquito-borne diseases

The Seattle Times

 Series of stories about insurance issues facing Washingtonians seeking mental health care to explain the scope of the issue, provide readers with resources to seek redress and identify opportunities for improvement within the system, with a specific focus on the lack of coverage by insurance companies for mental health needs, the systemic barriers put up by major insurance carriers that often prevent or delay people from getting care.

Bylines:

WA Mental health providers say insurance reimbursement is not enough

How insurance companies fill their networks with “ghost” therapists

Families fall deep in debt for mental health care. Why is insurance so spotty?

Tips to navigate insurance denials for mental health conditions

 Independent journalist

Series on how states are using 1115 waivers to bring Medicaid coverage to incarcerated people and documenting the ways that these waivers can provide oversight to correctional healthcare systems and improve outcomes.

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Black Iowa News

Series on Black maternal health disparities in Iowa, statewide efforts to address Black maternal health, through the use of efforts such as a community-based Doula Project for African American Families, and policy, legislative and cultural changes needed to reduce maternal inequities in Iowa. 

Bylines:

ENDANGERED: Black doulas fight ‘staggering’ maternal mortality crisis

ENDANGERED: Hospital systems ‘don’t take our pain seriously,’ say Black Iowans

ENDANGERED: Racism in Maternity Care

Independent journalist

Series on the intersections of racism and sexism in COVID long haulers of color, and the federal government and health system responses; series will include experiences of several advocacy leaders of different backgrounds with long COVID, the high rate of Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) application denials, community support of long haulers, and women with long COVID struggling to raise children while severely ill, and the potential effect both maternal and child mental health.

Bylines:

What recovery?

Independent journalist

Series on maternity deserts across the U.S., especially in light of the Dobbs decision, and how the closures of rural hospitals result in the growing distance many Americans must now travel to give birth – or seek prenatal or postpartum care, through the lens of three facilities in the West, Southwest, and Midwest.

Bylines:

Doctors created a primary care clinic as their former hospital struggled

Doctors created a primary care clinic as their former hospital struggled

IL Latino News

A series on period poverty and the Chicago public school system, how they are or are not implementing local law that mandates free menstrual products in all public school bathrooms, how menstruation is taught in the Illinois school systems, how higher education is helping the cause, and a push for accountability in implementing these programs.

Bylines:

University Students Across Chicago Influence Schools To Stock Period Products

What Access To Period Products Looks Like In Some Schools