Applications are open for the Carolyn C. Mattingly Award for Mental Health Reporting, which carries a $10,000 prize. Deadline for entries is March 15, 2023
The National Press Foundation and the Luv u Project established this award in 2015 to honor excellence in mental health reporting. It is named in memory of the Potomac, Maryland philanthropist and activist. Mattingly’s family decided to establish the award in the aftermath of her tragic death in 2014.
The award is open to U.S.-based journalists, in any media. It recognizes exemplary journalism that illuminates and advances the understanding of mental health issues and treatments for the illness.
Past winners include: Colorado Public Radio’s Dan Boyce (2020), who produced “The Long Lonely Lake,” an autobiographical portrait of severe depression and recovery, aired as a special episode of CPR’s “Back from Broken” series about mental illness and addiction; and Susan Greene and Niki Turner (2019), whose work appeared in the Colorado Independent and the Rio Blanco Herald Times.