OEMME Awards

The Occupational and Environmental Medicine Media Excellence (OEMME) Awards were established in 2021 to recognize and honor efforts by journalists who promote understanding of occupational and environmental medicine and/or increase public awareness of workplace health, prevention, and/or wellbeing.
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2021 OEMME Award Recipients

Broadcast Journalism (TV, internet livestream)

• Colton Shone: Mine Workers in New Mexico Eligible for Compensation

Multimedia Journalism (digital storytelling, other)

• Ed Kashi: The mystery epidemic striking Nicaragua’s sugar cane workers

Written Journalism (Newspaper / Online Journalism)

• Tista Ghosh: An epidemiologist on what steps to take if you are preparing to reopen your business
• Amy Goldstein: First, the coronavirus pandemic took their jobs. Then, it wiped out their health insurance.
• Elizabeth Kolbert: Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future