GREG GROOGAN AND RESHONDA TATET BILLINGSLEY MAKE THE CUT!Local journalists were honored for outstanding medical/health reporting at the Francis C. Moore, MD, Medical Journalism Awards luncheon hosted by the Harris County Medical Society (HCMS) and Houston Academy of Medicine (HAM) on May 21 at Trevisio. HCMS President Dr. Tom Garcia and HAM President Dr. Guru N. Reddy presented the awards.
Since 1982, the Harris County Medical Society and Houston Academy of Medicine have recognized print and broadcast reporters for their dedication in delivering accurate and timely medical information to the public. Entries in this year’s competition were published or broadcasted in 2007 in the categories of medical/health stories, medical/health series, and medical economics for television, radio and periodicals. Former journalists and members of the communications community judged the entries on the basis of accuracy, significance and quality. Winners received a trophy and a $200 check, while awards of merit received a trophy.
The Francis C. Moore, MD, Medical Journalism Award is named for one of the founding members of the Harris County Medical Society. Dr. Moore was a practicing physician and mayor of Houston during the mid-1800s. A man of many talents, he owned, edited and published The Houston Telegraph, the publication that preceded The Houston Post. Today, the Francis C. Moore Award continues his legacy of cooperation
and partnership between medicine and the local media.
Category of Television Medical/Health News Stories
An Award of Merit--Patricia Gras and Connie Hill, Houston KUHT-TV PBS, for Eliza Duncan on Alcohol Addiction. This story gives viewers a thorough understanding of alcohol addition, which affects more than 10.5 million Americans.
An Award of Excellence--Brian Sasser, Amy Davis and John Barone, KPRC-TV channel 2, for The Long Wait. This story documents overcrowding in emergency departments across the city. The story takes a one-of-a-kind snapshot of the massive problem during one night in Houston, showing long waits for walk-in patients with non-life threatening injuries and the many reasons for the overcrowding.
Category of Television Series
An Award of Merit--Christi Myers and Mike Carl, KTRK-TV Channel 13, for Deadly Food. This series examines food born illnesses and imported food from Mexico. The series highlights food born illnesses, what inspections are being conducted on imported food, what can be done to make food safer, and a vaccine to prevent illness. These stories help to increase awareness.
An Award of Excellence--Greg Googan, Mark Muller and Michael Baugh, KRIV-TV Fox 26, for The Intrepid-Texas Lifeline. This series highlights the courage and will of both the caregivers and patients at the rehabilitation center at the Brooke Army Medical Center. Inside the Center, the stories show viewers young men and women who battle horrific wounds with an almost incomprehensible strength of spirit. The stories also show the medics who train for hours with the understanding that their performance on the battlefield will mean difference between life and death for soldiers.
Category Radio Medical/Health News Story
An Award for Excellence--Ed Mayberry, KUHF-88.7 FM NPR Radio, for Medical Licensing.
This story highlights how medical licensing agreements are handled. The story provides information on newcontrast agents for CT scans, which lengthen the time images can be obtained. This story shows how medical innovations are moved to the marketplace.
Category Periodicals, Medical/Health Story
For this category, we had so many great entries—we awarded three Awards of Merit. The Award of Merit Winners are Shari Logan, Houston Defender, for Mental Illness & Blacks, which provides information on the signs of mental illness and exposes the challenges of African Americans; Carolyn Davis and Rod Evans, Health & Fitness Magazine, for Stem Cell Frontier, which provides information on the ongoing research into the uses of stem cells in treating illness and disease; and Tamekia Reece and Rod Evans, Health & Fitness Magazine, for From the Heart, which describes the various types of heart disease, risk factors, symptoms, and provides prevention methods.
An Award of Excellence--Ronda Wendler, Texas Medical Center News, for His & Her Medical Procedures Save Couple from Stroke. This story provides information on a minimally invasive way to clear blockages in carotid arteries, carotid angioplasty. The story has helped to generate new awareness of this technique and was picked up by many of the local media.
Category Periodical Series
An Award of Excellence--R. Billingsley, Houston Defender Newspaper, for her series on Black battle against AIDS. The objective of this series was to raise awareness about AIDS in Houston’s Black community and the need for testing.
Category Medical Economics
An Award of Merit--Brian Sasser, Amy Davis and John Barone, KPRC-TV Channel 2, for Uninsured with Cancer. The story looks at what happens when one of the working insured is diagnosed with cancer.
An Award of Excellence--Ronda Wendler, Texas Medical Center News, for Teen Clinics Offer Kids a Brighter Future. This article helps to raise awareness about clinics that provide free or low-cost care to teens.
The Harris County Medical Society, established in 1903, is the professional organization for physicians in Harris County. It is the largest county medical society in the nation with a membership of approximately 10,000 physicians and medical students. Its mission is be the leading advocate for member physicians, their patients and the community, in promoting the highest standards of ethical medical practice, access to quality medical care, medical education, research and community health. The Houston Academy of Medicine is the charitable and educational arm of the Medical Society.
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