Me and My Doctor: Announcing the Best in 2014 Texas Health Reporting: TMA’s Anson Jones, MD Awards

Monday, August 24, 2015

Announcing the Best in 2014 Texas Health Reporting: TMA’s Anson Jones, MD Awards

Ebola, West Nile virus, mental health care, experimental treatments, workers’ safety, cancer, child sexual abuse, and the West, Texas explosion ― these are just some of the topics covered by Texas’ leading health and medical journalists in 2014. Whether shocking, bittersweet, upsetting, or uplifting, each story drew in readers and left them more informed, aware, or motivated: They stood out. That is part of the reason the judges in TMA’s annual media competition chose to recognize them as this year’s TMA’s Anson Jones, MD, Award winners.

Since 1957, the Texas Medical Association has been recognizing excellence in health journalism annually through its Anson Jones, MD, Awards. Print, broadcast, and online journalists are recognized in 10 categories, including the Texas Health Journalist of the Year. A physician journalist also is recognized. The award is named after pioneer physician, statesman, and prolific writer Anson Jones, MD, perhaps best known as the last president of the Republic of Texas.

Members of TMA’s Council on Health Promotion judge the competition, along with respected journalists who hail from the news publishing and broadcast fields. Stories are judged on accuracy, significance, quality, public interest, and impact. This year’s awards were presented by TMA physicians at local ceremonies during the spring and summer months.

2014 Winners of TMA’s Anson Jones, MD, Awards

(Judges awarded honorable mentions in several categories. See the entire list of honorees.):

Small-Market TV

Karin McCay, Azian Bermea, and Kasie Davis

KCBD-TV, Lubbock

Slaton Woman Relearns Her Life

In-Depth TV

Janet St. James

WFAA-TV, Dallas

Dallas Doctor at Center of Ebola Treatment Speaks Exclusively to Janet St. James

Large-Circulation Print

Anna Kuchment