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“Before a Breath: America’s Stillbirth Crisis”

Excellence in Visual Human-Interest Storytelling

ProPublica and The WNET Group/THIRTEEN, 2026

Author(s): Nadia Sussman, Duaa Eldeib, Liz Moughon, Margaret Cheatham Williams

Intimate, infuriating and ultimately hopeful, “Before a Breath: America’s stillbirth crisis,” from ProPublica and The WNET Group/THIRTEEN, tells the stories of three mothers working to make pregnancy safer after losing children to stillbirth, shining a light on a devastating maternal and infant health crisis.