2021

NYX Awards - 2021 Silver Winner Winner: Blue Chalk Media

Stranded: Rural Hospitals In Crisis

Entrant Company

Blue Chalk Media

Category

Social Video / Nonprofit

Client's Name

The Commonwealth Fund

Country / Region

United States

Experience Level

Agency

When Sumner Regional Medical Center closed in March of 2020, the town of Wellington, Kansas and its citizens were left in an impossible lurch. The hospital had been struggling financially for many years. Unlike many hospitals in rural communities around the country, this hospital, and others like it throughout Kansas, did not have access to the millions of dollars that came when the Affordable Care Act allowed states to expand Medicaid to cover lower-income citizens and infused money into local healthcare systems.
This film explores what’s happened in Wellington during a global pandemic at a moment when citizens and local leaders are scrambling to fill gaps that were left when their hospital went away.

Credits

Executive Producer
Naomi Leibowitz
Creative Director / Blue Chalk
Rob Finch
Director / Producer / Blue Chalk
Matthew Slutsky
Production Management / Blue Chalk
Sebastian Weinberg
Supervising Producer / Blue Chalk
Amy Polansky
Director of Photography / Blue Chalk
Jamie Francis
Additional Photography
Adrian Herrera
Editor / Blue Chalk
Whitney Bradshaw
Additional Editing / Blue Chalk
Eric Schoenbrunn
Creative Director / Blue Chalk
Kenzie Bruce
Additional Creative / Blue Chalk
Jesse Crowell
Contributing Producer / Blue Chalk
Mariko Fujinaka
Graphics / Blue Chalk
Miró Merrill
Music
Rob Burger
Audio mix / Blue Chalk
Emma Decker
Color Grade / Blue Chalk
Jason Greene
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Design & Print
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silver
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Entrant Company

BlueKai Media

Category

Design & Print / Postcard

Country / Region

United States

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Branded Content
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Entrant Company

BKN Creative

Category

Branded Content / Health & Wellness

Country / Region

United States

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Content Marketing & Writing
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winner

Entrant Company

COPE Content Performance Group

Category

Content Marketing & Writing / Content Marketing / Other

Country / Region

Austria

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Web Based Production
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silver
winner
Met Council

Entrant Company

Multipleoutlet Productions & Charity Bids

Category

Web Based Production / Fund Raiser

Country / Region

United States