Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: The Daily Cardinal Entry Title: UW-Madison's female students brace for a Trump presidency as IUD appointments surge nationally Entry Credit: Annika Bereny Judge Comment: Nice job finding local sources for a topic that can be sensitive.
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: The Daily Cardinal Entry Title: Wisconsin communities are fed up with government inaction on water contamination Entry Credit: John Ernst Judge Comment: An important topic that is rising to the surface of being more important each day. Did a nice job of laying out the issue to the reader and finding local sources for comment.
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: The MATC Times Entry Title: 100,000 people die from diabetes in the U.S. every year, but progress has been made Entry Credit: Warren Murphy Judge Comment: The "silent killer" is often associated with an older population. Important to remove that myth and provide how to take action.
