Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: The Cap Times Entry Title: Funeral traditions merge with growth of ‘green burials’ in Wisconsin Entry Credit: Miquéla Thornton Judge Comment: This piece shows context and nuances of conventional and green burial practices.
It does a great job informing readers on how realities, perceptions and expectations are changing and residents are impacted.
Readers are welcomed to the topic through the lens of early adopters of green burials, and taken on a journey that shows where nature and humanity are connected through death.
Death and funeral traditions are a delicate topic to tackle, and this reporter does it in an engaging and human way that weaves in anecdotes and statistics of a changing practice.
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: The Cap Times Entry Title: Wisconsin lakes at war with invasive species, and some are losing Entry Credit: Jana Rose Schleis, Andrew Bahl Judge Comment: None
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: The Cap Times Entry Title: Wake boats divide Wisconsin lake lovers. Should the state step in? Entry Credit: Andrew Bahl Judge Comment: None
Place Name: Honorable Mention Contestant Name: The Cap Times Entry Title: Solar energy Entry Credit: Jana Rose Schleis Judge Comment: None
