The Riveter Magazine included The Cost of Life on a list of the top long-form journalism by women in 2014.
I’m honored to be in such great company.
Check out the list here.
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The Cost of Life 2014 EPPY Finalist
The Cost of Life was a finalist for the 2014 EPPY for the “Best Innovation Project for a Website” category among several other national and international contestants. This new category recognizes creative thinkers and their quest to drive progress forward with innovation and originality. Judges will focus on projects that were successful communicating information, using new ideas and technology – and quality of execution. Projects could include videos, motion graphics, use of social media, augmented reality – anything that promotes the advancement of online.
Knight Science Journalism Review
Knight Science Journalism at MIT operates the KSJ Tracker, which featured a blurb about The Cost of Life on June 24, 2014.
The review was written by Paul Raeborn, a media critic.
The Cost of Life is well worth your time. If it had run in the New York Times, it would be news across the country now, and we would be seeing Griffin interviewed by Charlie Rose. In the media capital here in New York City, where we’re accustomed to thinking that we know everything, it’s important to be reminded that good journalism can be done anywhere.”
Read the full review here.
The Cost of Life: Excerpts for additional publications
The Cost of Life ran excerpts in the following publications:
The Cost of Life: My experience as a first-time egg donor ran an as an excerpt on the Huffington Post Women page on June 5, 2014.
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An original excerpt published in The Riverter Magazine on April 18, 2014.
Editor and founder of The Riveter, Kaylen Ralph, published a Q&A with Justine Griffin the week prior to the excerpt.
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We Are Egg Donors, an egg donor activist and resources group, published a Q&A with Justine Griffin on May 21, 2014.
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The Gainesville Sun and the Ocala Star-Banner, both Halifax Media Group-owned newspapers, published 900-word excerpts of The Cost of Life on Sunday, May 25.
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Longreads featured The Cost of Life on its website in June.
Slate.com’s Double X Podcast mentioned The Cost of Life and linked to the story in a July 10 episode.
The Washington Post pulled quotes and reporting from The Cost of Life in a July 21 Storyline piece.
Medium featured The Cost of Life in this June 5 piece about the fertility industry and again in this Jan. 17 piece about the pursuit of pregnancy.
Wired Magazine mentioned The Cost of Life in this Oct. 24 piece about egg freezing.
Paste Magazine included The Cost of Life on a list of the best short read pieces in January.
The Crow’s Nest (USF student publication) wrote about The Cost of Life on Nov. 15, 2015.
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The Cost of Life: On-air appearances
Kelly Mcbride from the Poynter Institute of Media Studies interviewed Justine Griffin about her project, The Cost of Life. The interview focused on the ethical issues that surrounded the project. “As her approach morphed from a personal essay to an investigative package, Griffin had to deal with her own conflict of interest. She was part of the story.“
Huff Post Live interviewed Justine Griffin about The cost of Life on Friday, June 5, 2014, as apart of the “What’s Trending” segment.
On June 10, Huff Post Live held a follow up discussion with Raquel Cool, from We Are Egg Donors, to discuss regulatory issues in egg donation.
The Sarasota News Network interviewed Justine Griffin about The Cost of Life on Friday, May 23, prior to the story publishing that Sunday.
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Justine Griffin was interviewed by Steve Newborn of WUSF, the Tampa NPR radio affiliate, on June 5, 2014.
Justine Griffin was featured on Maternally Yours, a radio show about fertility, during a segment on egg donation.