Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: The Gazette Entry Title: Southside Janesville tornado Entry Credit: Katie Garcia , Ryan Spoehr , Karyn Saemann , Anthony Wahl Judge Comment: "I grabbed the kids and ran." Yeah, that's breaking news.
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: The Post-Crescent Entry Title: Appleton, Manawa flood on same day, Fox Valley hit again 8 days later Entry Credit: Staff Judge Comment: Coverage from all perspectives. Profiled an anguished, elderly female flood victim without belaboring nor dramatizing her loss.
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: Wisconsin State Journal Entry Title: Shooting at Mount Horeb High School Entry Credit: Staff Judge Comment: Third only because the scene of the action was centralized and therefore easier to cover logisitically, unlike the first and second-place coverage of natural disasters.