Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: Superior Telegram Entry Title: Making the connection: UWS professor launches tutoring platform for Ukrainian students Entry Credit: Maria Lockwood Judge Comment: What a great story about helping Ukrainian schoolkids using online learning with local professors. Haven't see a story like this happening anywhere else. Great reporting.
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: The Boscobel Dial Entry Title: Worker and housing shortages Entry Credit: Joe Hart Judge Comment: Well written explanation of a national problem as it impacts the readers of this paper.
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: The Valders Journal Entry Title: 9/11: Teddy Bears and Silver Linings; Actors bring words of 9/11 survivors to Manitowoc stage; Timeline ticks through a terrible morning Entry Credit: Todd Bergmann Judge Comment: Great collection of stories noting the 20th anniversay of the great national tragedy.
Place Name: Honorable Mention Contestant Name: The Herald-Independent and The McFarland Thistle Entry Title: 'Qualify to the dollar' Entry Credit: Lauren Henning Judge Comment: Great conclusion reminding us of the stigma of being poor, and a good suggestion about eliminating that stigma as it comes to school lunch.
Competition Comment: Heartening to see the coverage of the Ukrainian war from a local perspective.
