ADELE Ferguson and Chris Gillett from the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and ABC 7.30 were named Health Journalists of the Year in the National Press Club's 2023 Health Journalism Awards, this week.
There were four categories in this year's awards - Health Policy, Cancer, COVID-19, and Health Innovation, with the Health Journalist of the Year selected from the winners of each category.
The awards are supported by Rare Cancers Australia and health data analytics company, Prospection, in partnership with the National Press Club of Australia, with the overall winner receiving $20,000, and each category winner $1,000.
The category winners include Health Policy winning entry by Adele Ferguson and Chris Gillett, for their series on Medicare.
The judges were unanimous in selecting Ferguson's and Gillett's joint investigation into "suspected fraud, overservicing and other misconduct which has drained billions of dollars from Medicare and helped prompt an independent review of the healthcare scheme".
The Health Policy commendation went to Natasha Robinson from The Australian for her story Shake-up for 'unfit' Medicare and Sick System can be saved.
The Cancer entry winners were Monique Pablos and Alex Tarney from SBS Insight for Outliving Your Cancer Prognosis.
The Cancer commendation went to Robyn Riley from Herald Sun for Victoria Leading the world in cure for childhood cancer and Kids cancer heart links.
The COVID-19 category winner was Liam Mannix from The Age and Sydney Morning Herald for a selection of stories looking at those still at risk from Covid and the impact of long Covid, particularly on children.
The COVID-19 commendation went to Sahil Makkar and Yumi Oba, SBS, for the Coronavirus Portal assisting non-English speakers with the latest information on Covid.
The Health Innovation winner was Stephen Schubert, ABC News, for How artificial intelligence is helping to detect heart disease in remote Australia.
The Health Innovation commendation went to Andrew Probyn, ABC, for The most Famous Australian you've never heard of - Bendigo born Dr John Gorman.
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