The WNA Foundation on Tuesday celebrated Wisconsin’s outstanding student journalists, announcing the winners of its 2020 collegiate and high school Better Newspaper Contests during a virtual awards ceremony.
The ceremony highlighted all winning entries and included videos from winners of the contests’ top prizes, General Excellence and Collegiate Journalist of the Year. The program can be watched on-demand here.
The 2020 WNAF Collegiate Better Newspaper Contest featured 300 entries from 12 campus newspapers across 20 categories. The Marquette Tribune took home top honors in General Excellence.
Collegiate Journalist of the Year went to Patricia McKnight of Media Milwaukee at UW-Milwaukee.
A full list of collegiate award winners, with judges’ comments, is available here.
The 2020 High School Better Newspaper Contest featured 86 entries from six student newspapers across 12 categories.
The Lance (La Follette High School), The Viking Voice (Gibraltar High School) and The Pulse (Indian Trail High School and Academy) received the top three honors in General Excellence. The schools’ journalism programs each will receive a $1,000 Branen Scholarship along with the awards.
A full list of high school award winners, with judges’ comments, is available here.
All awards were mailed to the student newspapers in advance. If your newspaper has not received its awards, or if you have any questions or comments about the contests, please contact Jordan Schelling at jordan.schelling@wnanews.com.
- WATCH: 2020 WNAF High School & Collegiate Awards Program
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About the Wisconsin Newspaper Association Foundation
The WNA Foundation is a not-for-profit organization created in 1980. WNAF works to improve the quality and future of Wisconsin’s newspaper enterprises, the industry and the communities they serve.
The foundation solicits, manages and disburses funds and other resources for the benefit of Wisconsin’s newspaper industry and, ultimately, the citizens of our state.
