Herald Courier City Editor Susan Cameron writes that she became interested in Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome four years ago because of comments by Tennessee's Sullivan County District Attorney General Barry Staubus in an article she edited. She was "startled" when Staubus said that northeastern Tennessee and southwestern Virginia have some of the highest rates in the nation for infants born addicted to opioids. Since then, the Herald Courier has done dozens of stories about NAS, often interviewing Staubus, and in February he spoke to the paper's staff as they began researching the Addicted at Birth series.
Every employee in the newsroom had a hand in the package, Cameron wrote: "Over the last seven months, the news team delved into every angle of the heartbreaking plight of these babies. Dozens of people were interviewed and much time was spent compiling and analyzing the numbers. The writers, photographers and editors spent hundreds of hours on the nearly 30 stories, compelling photographs, graphics, video and searchable databases."
Check out the package here.
Scripps Howard winners will be announced on March 6 at 2 p.m.
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