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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

 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.

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. 

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.

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.cription goes here

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.