Media Award
The SOAP Media Award acknowledges contributions of the media in furthering public awareness of the important role obstetric anesthesiology plays in the care of the parturient. Journalists, photographers, producers, directors, and other media professionals in print, radio, television and the internet are considered.
Media Award Recipients
2020 |
Brian Scott, FOX TV Orlando “CBD Use During Pregnancy” |
2019 |
Reuben Castaneda, U.S. News and World Report “8 Myths About Managing Labor Pain” |
2018 |
Rene Montagne, NPR “Maternal Mortality and Serious Morbidity Investigative Reporting” |
2017 |
Elizabeth H. Ellinas, M.D. Obstetric Anesthesia Webinars Cesar R. Padilla, M.D., Univision Interview by Salud y Myjer “Lo que debe saber sobre la anestesia epidural” |
2016 |
Isabella Epiu, New Vision “Prioritise Anaesthesia on the Health Agenda,” Nov. 12, 2015 |
2015 |
Linda Ciampa, CNN “The Gentle Cesarean: More Like A Birth Than An Operation,” Jan. 28, 2015 |
2014 |
Dana Kozlov, WBBM-TV, Chicago “Mother dies while delivering baby and lives to tell about it,” Dec. 17, 2013 |
2013 |
Kevin Pho, M.D. and Craig Palmer, M.D., kevinMD.com “Obstetrics Anesthesiologists not only Relieve Pain, They Save Lives,” June 30, 2012 |
2012 |
Melinda Wenner Moyer, Slate Magazine “The Truth about Epidurals,” Jan. 11, 2012 |
2011 |
Roni Caryn Rabin, New York Times “In Labor, a Snack or a Sip?” Jan. 26, 2010 |
2010 |
Larry Hatteberg, Hatteberg’s People "From Goddard to Ghana: A Woman’s Journey,” KAKE ABC Channel 10 |
2008 |
Kathryn J. Alexander Co-Author, “Easy Labor,” and prominent pregnancy and parenting journalist |
2005 |
Cynthia Wong, M.D. and William Camann, M.D. Today Show appearance (with Katie Couric) regarding Dr. Wong’s study on epidurals in early labor |
1999 |
Rachel Ward, Actress For her piece “Maternity Ward,” describing her own childbirth experience |
Nominations:
Journalists, photographers, producers, directors and other media professionals will be considered for the Media Award. All relevant media genres including but not limited to print, radio, television and the internet are eligible. The award is given for merit, and may not be awarded every year. SOAP members wishing to submit a candidate for consideration should send relevant information to Joy Schabel.
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