2017 Azbee Awards of Excellence
Category
Print > Impact/Investigative > Upper Midwest
Awarded to
Stephanie Ward, Senior Writer; Jeff Kelly Lowenstein, Contributing Investigative Reporter; Kevin Davis, Assistant Managing Editor
Entry details
Human Cost of Doing Business
Issue date (if applicable): 8/1/2016
Publication name: ABA Journal
Publishing company: American Bar Association
Website home page: www.abajournal.com
Please describe the publication's mission and readership:
The ABA Journal is the flagship magazine of the American Bar Association, covering the trends, people and finances of the legal profession and the broader legal services industry.
As a leading voice in legal media, the Journal provides a forum online and in print for the free expression and interchange of ideas. The Journal reports objectively on timely, relevant issues of interest and importance to lawyers and the legal services industry. Readership includes the 400,000 members of the American Bar Association and readers of ABAJournal.com, which is available for free to the public.
Please describe the enterprising work that went into this entry and its significance or impact on readers:
Documenting the abuses and outrages in the nation’s nursing homes takes both statistics and testimony. Columbia College professor Jeff Kelly Loewenstein provided the stats, gathering state of Illinois information through a Freedom of Information Act request. Writer Stephanie Francis Ward fleshed out the numbers, looking at state records of significant nursing home infractions and collecting first-hand accounts from individuals who witnessed the problems, either as residents or family members. Ward found through interviews with defense and regulation lawyers that many nursing home residents are not old enough to be senior citizens, and frequently have disabilities including schizophrenia and addiction, which can make care incredibly difficult. Her reporting drew considerable interest—and praise from a major metropolitan daily that was following up on information Ward’s feature exposed.
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Human Cost of Doing Business
Category
Print > Impact/Investigative > Upper Midwest
Description
Publication name:
ABA Journal
Company:
American Bar Association
Winner Status
- National Silver Award
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