Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: The MATC Times Entry Title: MATC Times Entry Credit: MATC Times Staff Judge Comment: This was the cleanest and best laid out website of the group. The homepage had lots of clear entry points with visuals and headlines. The article presentation is clean and easy to read. Navigation is great.
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: The Advance-Titan Entry Title: The Advance-Titan Entry Credit: Claudia Zeamer, Kelly Hueckman, Jacob Link Judge Comment: This was a very close second place. The difference was not being able to see the headlines on the three featured stories on the homepage. As a reader, I don't want to hover over an image to view the headline. Everything else was reader-friendly.
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: Exponent Entry Title: UW-Platteville Exponent Entry Credit: Nat Poeschel, Isabelle Emerson Judge Comment: We liked the trending stories list on the homepage. The article layout is very reader-friendly. We were not fans of the headline overlay on all the featured stories on the homepage. Visuals should help draw in readers to a story. Try not to cover them up.
