‘Prescription for Disaster’ reporter wins Livingston
John Dickerson, a 26-year-old reporter for the Phoenix New Times, won the Livingston Award for Young Journalists in the local reporting category for stories about the Arizona Medical Board’s lax rules regarding physicians’ drug abuse.
Dickerson’s investigation revealed the state’s five-year monitoring period for physicians who had entered rehab for substance abuse to be inadequate, as a high percentage of those allowed to practice medicine (75 percent of a 20-physician total) relapsed after the monitoring window had expired.
Other stories in the award-winning series include:
- Arizona’s homeopathic board is the second chance for doctors who may not deserve one
- Blind trust: Don’t assume you’re seeing a doctor — even at the Mayo Clinic
- A New Times “Prescription for Disaster” story leads to an investigation of a homeopathic doctor while another doc relapses
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