Fave 5: Reporter David Wahlberg picks his top stories of 2019

We are sharing Wisconsin State Journal staffers' favorite work from 2019. From health reporter David Wahlberg: I spent much of this year doing reporting projects on two topics involving the state's growing aging population: fatal falls, for which Wisconsin leads the nation; and dementia, a challenge for patients and caregivers. Part of my interest in older adults is my own parents, who are 90. I wrote about my dad in a story about an Honor Flight trip I took with him.

I took a new look at Wisconsin's opioid epidemic by writing about four people in recovery. I looked at stem cell clinics in Madison, where the field of embryonic stem cell research began, which are coming under increasing federal scrutiny.