OAKLAND,
Calif., June 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- MindSite
News, the only national news outlet in the U.S. dedicated to
reporting on mental health, received four new awards for
journalism excellence this month, bringing its total awards to
21.
The most recent editorial award was the Stillwater
Award for the best collaboration between an incarcerated writer
and an outside reporter. This award is shared by Josh McGhee of MindSite News and prison
journalist Kory McClary. Their
stories exposed the neglect and death of a 49-year-old man in the
"crazy unit" of New Jersey State
Prison. One judge commented that the stories were "full of details
never seen by the average reader."
Also this year, the Digital Health Awards honored McGhee
with a gold award for reporting on Florida's Baker Act, which has forced tens of
thousands of kids and adults into psychiatric hospitals, gave
MindSite News writer Celeste Hamilton
Dennis a gold award for her coverage of
undocumented therapists and honored Yesenia
Barrios for her reporting on immigrants and mental
health.
McGhee, a 2023-24 Rosalynn Carter Mental Health fellow and
Maynard Institute Fellow, also received a Studs Terkel
Award for his work in Chicago
creating "fresh, important work that taps into and spotlights
underserved communities," said Britt
Julious of award sponsor Public Narrative. Hamilton
Dennis was honored earlier this year with a Beat Reporting Award
from the Association of Health Care Journalists for stories
on solutions in mental health care that looked at Black
doulas, a Chinatown dental clinic that screens for depression
and a California program to train
undocumented therapists.
"From the very beginning, our goal has been to offer readers
original investigative and solutions reporting about a topic that
historically has been ignored – and quality writing that compels
them to read on," said MindSite News Founding Editor
Rob Waters. "These awards tell us
we're succeeding."
The MindSite News Daily was also recently honored with the
Silver DANDA award for excellence in design and the 2024
Gold National Health Information Award for the
Monday newsletter written by Don
Sapatkin and edited by Rob
Waters.
Previous MindSite News awards include a Peter Lisagor Award to Josh MCGhee, two
San Francisco Press Club Awards to Sarah Henry and Julia
Landau, and a gold Digital Health Award to
Astrid Landon's investigation of
dubious grief counseling certification agencies.
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