General Circulation Journalism Award

The NIHCM Foundation Health Care General Circulation Journalism Awards recognize excellence in health care reporting and writing on the financing and delivery of health care and the impact of health care policy.


Application Information

The application window for the 29th Annual General Circulation Award has now closed! Finalist will be announced and notified this spring!

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29th Annual General Circulation Journalism Award Process

Prizes

A $20,000 prize will be presented to the General Circulation Award winner.

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Eligibility

  • Articles must originally have been published during the calendar year 2022.
  • 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 Digital Media Award.
  • Articles should be timely and produce new insights into health care financing and delivery or health care policy.

Entry

  • Deadline: January 31, 2023.
  • 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

Ceci Connolly

President and CEO, Alliance of Community Health Plans, formerly The Washington Post

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 (recused)

Senior Correspondent, KFF Health News

William Wan

Enterprise Reporter, The Washington Post