KFF’s Kaiser Well being Information (KHN) and the radio program “This American Life” collectively have gained a Loeb Award within the audio class for a deeply reported account of the threats and hate focused at native public well being officers through the covid-19 pandemic.
KHN’s protection of public well being points will stay a precedence beat within the newsroom lengthy after the specter of covid fades. KFF will announce new partnerships and public well being reporting plans within the coming months.
In ‘We’re Coming for You’: For Public Well being Officers, a 12 months of Threats and Menace”, the 2 information organizations chronicled how well being officers turned the face of native authorities authority, illustrating by the lens of California’s Santa Cruz county how they turned the targets of rage and resentment from loose-knit militia and white nationalist teams. The county, although broadly seen as liberal and progressive, noticed an escalating succession of threats, capped by the cold-blooded killing of a sheriff’s deputy, that upended the lives of well being leaders making an attempt to navigate the covid response.
KHN senior correspondent Anna Maria Barry-Jester instructed the story of Dr. Gail Newel, Santa Cruz County’s well being officer, and her boss, Mimi Corridor, the county’s well being companies director, who soldiered on as debate over reputable covid-related public well being orders devolved into vitriol and intimidation. Their every day routines modified to include safety patrols, surveillance cameras and, in some instances, private firearms.
This was KHN’s first collaboration with “This American Life.” Take heed to the “This American Life” audio story, entitled “The Herd,” right here. And browse KHN’s companion digital story right here.
The Loeb Awards, established in 1957 and thought of probably the most prestigious honor in enterprise and monetary journalism, are administered by The G. and R. Loeb Basis Inc. and the College of California at Los Angeles’s Anderson Faculty of Administration. That is KHN’s third Loeb Award.
About KFF and KHN
KHN (Kaiser Well being Information) is a nationwide newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about well being points. Along with Coverage Evaluation, Polling and Survey Analysis and Social Influence Media, KHN is without doubt one of the 4 main working applications at KFF (Kaiser Household Basis). KFF is an endowed nonprofit group offering info on well being points to the nation.
About This American Life
This American Life is an award-winning weekly public radio program and podcast hosted by Ira Glass. It’s heard by 2 million listeners every week on over 500 public radio stations within the U.S., with one other 2.8 million folks downloading every episode as a podcast. The present is produced in collaboration with WBEZ Chicago and delivered to stations by PRX, Public Radio Alternate.