Infographic on Florida’s Trauma Center Fees
One of the recent projects I got to work on at the Tampa Bay Times was “Insult to Injury”, an investigative report by Letitia Stein and Alexandra Zayas, with photo and video by John Pendygraft. The report examines some of the cover charges compounded to patient costs by most of Florida’s trauma centers. These fees are not reflective of the actual care given or in some cases needed, but are an added flat fee of sometimes up to $33,000 charged simply for being attended in a trauma center.
This is the shareable infographic that we prepared to highlight some of the salient numbers and to let different social media audiences know about the report. Full report at: www.tampabay.com/trauma
Report on The Atomic Sailors
Design and packaging for an enlightening story by the Tampa Bay Times. The crew of the USS Calhoun County was assigned to dump tons of radioactive waste into the Atlantic Ocean from 1946 to 1960. The conditions on the ship and of the materials being disposed of posed great threat to crew members who remember barely being informed of the true hazards of this duty. The story by Bill Levesque looks into records and disputed health claims on the 50th anniversary of the eventual sinking of the Calhoun. Amazing photos, video testimonies and documentation help portray the grim picture.