Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: West Now Entry Title: The Waukesha teacher who criticized the school district’s ‘Rainbowland’ ban has been fired; What led up to firing of Waukesha elementary school teacher Melissa Tempel and how did 'Rainbowland' controversy begin? Entry Credit: Alec Johnson Judge Comment: Thorough coverage, broken down in to digestible pieces for the readers. The writer kept the voice interesting, showed all sides and made it easy to to get invested in what was happening in that school district. Top notch.
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: Monroe County Herald Entry Title: Attacked at school Family pushes for new law Entry Credit: Benny Mailman, Jennifer Moran Judge Comment: This story is every parent's nightmare, which I'm sure hit this community hard, but you did a great job covering what had happened and what the family is hoping to accomplish by coming forward. There were some minor typos/grammatical errors and I would have liked to hear from a higher up authority, such as the local legislators, the governing entity over public schools in the state, etc., and maybe even from a PTA-like group in the community.
