Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: The Advance-Titan Entry Title: 'Keep our jobs here, keep our people near' Entry Credit: Katie Pulvermacher Judge Comment: Very local and timely. Reporter cited a number of interviews and what it would cost those jobs
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: The Daily Cardinal Entry Title: Matt Walsh campus visit, transgender rights protest Entry Credit: Ellie Bourdo, Julia Wiessing, Irena Clarkowski, Drake White-Bergey, Nick Duda, Maddie Armstrong, Skylar Schultz, Hope Karnopp, Ian Wilder, Noe Goldhaber, Anthony Trombi, Madeleine Afonso, Tyler Katzenberger Judge Comment: Very good coverage of a divisive event. The reporter did a good job reporting and not leaning one way or the other
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: Marquette Tribune Entry Title: Racist poster found outside Cudahy Hall Entry Credit: TJ Dysart Judge Comment: A tough and horrible topic to coverage, but reporter did a good job of reporting the facts as they occurred.
Competition Comment: A strong group. In college newspapers you are usually following up on a story, so breaking news is hard to find.