In collaboration with the Healthcare Journalists’ Association, Adamed has recognized the best journalists

For 15 years now, the Healthcare Journalists’ Association has been running a contest to select the “Medical Journalist of the Year”. The coveted award is conferred on representatives of the press, radio, television, and the digital media who cover health-related topics. This year, Adamed Pharma was pleased to be a partner of the special prize category Current health status of the Polish population and reporting of nationwide social campaigns and preventive and diagnostic activities aimed at improving health during the New Year’s Conference.

In this part of the contest, the winners were:

• in the Press Journalism category: Klara Klinger and Patrycja Otto, “Dziennik Gazeta Prawna”,
• in the Radio Journalism category: Julita Nobis and Robert Łuchniak, Radio dla Ciebie,
• in the Television Journalism category: Adrianna Otręba, TVN24,
• in the Digital Journalism category: Agnieszka Katrynicz, ISB Zdrowie.

On behalf of Adamed, the prizes were presented by Katarzyna Dubno, Director for External Relations and Health Economics.

As in the previous years, the Healthcare Journalists’ Association chose winners in a number of categories. To recognize vigorous efforts undertaken to communicate current medical knowledge and raise the health awareness among the Polish society, including the medical community, the Association awarded the honorary titles of Master Educator to:

• the Polish Society of Vaccinology and
• the editorial teams at “Świat Lekarza” and “Puls Medycyny”.

Among the representatives of the media, special honorable mentions were awarded to:

• Eliza Dolecka working for zdrowie.gazeta.pl – the title of “Braveheart” for her media activity that sparked positive changes in access to modern diagnostic and therapeutic solutions for cystic fibrosis patients, and drew the attention of public institutions to the difficulties with access to pre-school education faced by children with autism.
• Bożena Stasiak-Klukowska, “Super Express” and “Świat Lekarza” – Special Honorary Mention for a series of health books, in recognition of the active efforts to disseminate the knowledge of disease prevention and treatment also in this format.
• Adrianna Borowicz, Polsat News, and Violetta Długosz-Leończuk, TVP3 Warsaw – the title of Health Educator awarded by the Polish Federation of Asthma, Allergy and COPD Patients’ Associations in recognition of her contribution to the fight for healthy lungs and bronchi in the context of air pollution.

Individual Special Honorable Mentions and the title of “Television Communication Champion” were granted to:

• Maria Zawała, TVS,
• Adam Giza, Telewizja Polska S.A.,
• Jacek Michalak, TVP3 Poznań.

 The title of “Radio Communication Champion” was awarded to:

• Barbara Kozłowska, Polskie Radio Rzeszów,
• Anna Sojka, Polskie Radio Katowice,
• Krzysztof Czerwiecki, Radio Płock FM and Chicago FM,
• Artur Wolski, Polskie Radio Program I.

The Association decided to award the title of “Press Communication Champion” to Katarzyna Pinkosz, working for “Wprost” and “Świat Lekarza” magazines.

Special Honorary Mentions were also awarded to the following authors of medical-themed radio and TV programs that stood out by virtue of their accuracy, topicality, and appealing manner of communication:

• Ewa Podolska, TOK FM, for the series of radio broadcasts “U TOKtora”,
• Piotr Poraj-Poleski and Regina Sawicka, TVP, for the series of programs “Rytmy Zdrowia”,
• Anna Kurzępa, TVP3 Lublin, for the series of programs “Zdrowie w Twoich Rękach”,
• Marianna Dufek, TVP3 Katowice, for the series of programs “Bilans Zdrowia”.

In this part of the contest, the winners were:

– in the Association’s special category for the best publications on the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of endometrial cancer:

• Ewa Podolska, TOK FM,
• Krzysztof Czerwiecki, Radio Płock FM and Chicago FM.

In the main category, the winners were:

Radio Journalism:

• “Medical Journalist of the Year 2002” title – ex-aequo winners: Barbara Góra, Polskie Radio, and Michał Dobrołowicz, RMF FM.
• First Prize – ex-aequo winners: Jolanta Fischer and Wojciech Sobociński, Polskie Radio PiK, and Renata Reda, Polskie Radio Białystok.
• Second Prize – ex-aequo winners: Katarzyna Pelc, Polskie Radio Kraków, Przemysław Iwańczyk and Tomasz Kopka, TOK FM, and Julita Nobis and Robert Łuchniak, Radio dla Ciebie.
• Third Prize: Wojciech Brakowiecki, Polskie Radio Lublin.

Honorable Mentions: Aleksandra Ziemiańczyk, Polskie Radio 24, Marzena Florkowska, Polskie Radio Kraków, Jakub Jamrozek, Czwórka Polskie Radio, and Szymon Taranda, Polskie Radio Rzeszów.

Press Journalism:

• “Medical Journalist of the Year 2002” title – ex-aequo winners: Justyna Grzechocińska, “Służba Zdrowia”, and Martyna Śmigiel, “Gazeta Wyborcza”.
• First Prize – ex-aequo winners: Natalia Miller, “Plus Minus” (“Rzeczpospolita”), and Urszula Wróbel, “Nasz Dziennik”.
• Second Prize – ex-aequo winners: Zuzanna Kuffel, “Wysokie Obcasy” and “Gazeta Wyborcza”, Klara Klinger, “Dziennik Gazeta Prawna”, and Olga Tymanowska, “Puls Medycyny”.
• Third Prize – ex-aequo winners: Olga Kamińska, “Rewia” and “Dobry Tydzień”, Maja Marklowska-Tomar, “Kwartalnik NTM”, and Marzena Brzozowska-Herod, “Smaki i Style Życia”.
• Fourth Prize – ex-aequo winners: Anna Wojtasik, “Gazeta Wyborcza”, and Patrycja Dziadosz, “Gazeta Krakowska” and “Dziennik Polski”.

Honorable Mentions: Katarzyna Matusewicz, Monika Majewska, and Marek Stankiewicz “Puls Medycyny”, and Paweł Buczkowski, “Dziennik Wschodni”.

Digital Journalism:

• “Medical Journalist of the Year 2002” title – ex-aequo winners: Karina Konieczna, Fakt.pl, and Anna Zimny-Zając, Medonet.pl.
• First Prize – ex-aequo winners: Sylwia Stachura, Medonet.pl, Patrycja Pupiec, poradnikzdrowie.pl, and Łukasz Waligórski, MGR.FARM.
• Second Prize – ex-aequo winners: Anna Wilczyńska-Ciupa, TVN24 GO, Beata Igielska and Agnieszka Grzelak-Michałowska, Polish Press Agency, and Dorota Szadkowska, wysokieobcasy.pl.
• Third Prize – ex-aequo winners: Katarzyna Gałązkiewicz, WP abcZdrowie.pl,
• Joanna Rokicka, Medonet.pl, Dominika Wantuch, wyborcza.pl and wysokieobcasy.pl, and Małgorzata Janik, Interia.pl.
• Fourth Prize – ex-aequo winners: Magdalena Bury, HelloZdrowie.pl and HelloMama.pl, Ewa Podsiadły-Natorska, HelloZdrowie.pl, Piotr Kallalas, trojmiasto.pl, Mateusz Kasiak, eska.pl, Adrian Dąbek, Medonet.pl.

Honorable Mentions: Monika Mikołajska, Medonet.pl, Aleksandra Zalewska-Stankiewicz, zdrowie.wprost.pl, Karolina Świdrak, Medonet.pl, Anna Klimczyk, Wirtualna Polska, Maria Krasicka, WP Parenting, Karolina Rozmus, WP abcZdrowie.pl, Tatiana Naklicka, Medonet.pl, Beata Pieniążek-Osińska, Natemat.pl, Katarzyna Prus, Wirtualna Polska.

Television Journalism:

• “Medical Journalist of the Year 2002” title – ex-aequo winners: Adrianna Otręba, TVN 24, and Grażyna Rakowicz, TVP3 Bydgoszcz.
• First Prize – ex-aequo winners: Katarzyna Poluchowicz, TVP3 Olsztyn, and Anna Włodkowska-Kaszuba, TVP3 Gdańsk.
• Second Prize – ex-aequo winners: Małgorzata Lis-Skupińska, TVP3 Opole, and Maria Kaczorowska, TVP3 Poznań.
• Third Prize – ex-aequo winners: Beata Wolańska, TVP3 Rzeszów, Tomasz Boruszczak, TV TOYA, and Izabela Kozdraś, TVP3 Szczecin.

Honorable Mentions: Anna Trzcińska, TVP3 Bydgoszcz, Marta Gołąb-Kocięcka, TVP3 Olsztyn, Anna Łukasik, TVP3 Łódź, Natalia Patyk, TVP3 Poznań, Natalia Słomkowska, TVP3 Bydgoszcz, Marta Janota, TVP3 Katowice, Marcelina Krawczak-Widomska, TVP3 Lublin.

We congratulate all winners and thank them for their commitment to disseminating reliable information and educating the public on a wide range of health-related topics.