Sara Israelsen-Hartley
Policy Journalist
awards
2020
National Press Foundation - Thomas L. Stokes award Honorable Mention - "The Radioactive Killer"
Association of Health Care Journalists - Awards for Excellence in Health Care Journalism, Public Health small
1st place - "The Radioactive Killer"
Colorado SPJ - Top of the Rockies - Health feature 1st place - "The Radioactive Killer";
Mental health feature 1st place - "Patience during a pandemic"
Best solutions journalism 2nd place - "Will long term care be the same after COVID?"
2019
USC Center for Health Journalism - 2019 National Fellow - "The Radioactive Killer"
UISAPA - William H. Cowles III Memorial Award for Public Service - "Generation Vexed"
Mental Health America - 2019 Media Award - "Generation Vexed"
2018
UISAPA - 1st place series - "Wage Gap"
Utah SPJ - 3rd place series - "Wage Gap"
2017
Utah SPJ - 1st place general feature for this story
2015
Amy Writing Awards Program - outstanding merit for this story
Top of the Rockies - first place series, team reporting on the "Ten Today"
2013
Top of the Rockies - first place, political reporting for this story, second place, legal general reporting for this story
2012
Best of the West - 2nd place in explanatory reporting for this story
UISAPA - First place for beat reporting for this story
Utah SPJ - Third place, Best newspaper reporter
Top of the Rockies - two second place finishes for legal and political reporting
DMC Award of Excellence
2011
Utah SPJ - Best newspaper reporter; second place in education, third place in general feature for this story
2010
Top of the Rockies - First place general news division for this story
UISAPA - third place, medical science reporting