The Academy established the Urban Health Journalism Prize in 2015 to recognize the critical role that journalists can play in building awareness for and attention to the issues and potential solutions for improving health in cities. We define urban health to include attention to the broader determinants of health in addition to medical care—education, jobs, housing, transportation, and the environment, among others, as well as addressing the unique characteristics of cities – their density, diversity, and complexity.
Click here for more information about the Prize, and to read last year's winning article.
Submission Criteria:
The winner will be selected by a prestigious committee of leading experts in urban health, journalism and city government who are passionate about improving cities and health. Eligible stories include local and national print, radio, web and television stories originally published in 2016, in US-based outlets. The Selection Committee will base their selection on excellence in three areas:
- The significance of the idea to the field of urban health
- The depth and breadth of the reporting
- The quality of the writing.
This is both a nomination and application process. In other words, a journalist can submit their own story, or stories can be nominated by a second party. There is no fee to submit an application or nomination.
Deadline for submission: Friday, March 31, 2017.
