2025 WNA Foundation Better Newspaper Contest

Best Front Page ( Division E) Back

  • Place Name: First Place
    Contestant Name: Cashton Record
    Entry Title: Oct. 3, 2024; Nov. 7, 2024; Jan. 9, 2025
    Entry Credit: Logan Everson
    Judge Comment: Really love the layout of the decades of devotion centerpiece. Really makes the story pop and draws the reader's eye. Also like the choice to not go with a solid color down the rail.
  • Place Name: Second Place
    Contestant Name: The Northwoods River News
    Entry Title: Northwoods River News Front Page
    Entry Credit: Staff
    Judge Comment: The handling of mugs and percentages on the election page look professionally done. I would not think twice if I saw this in my local daily paper.
  • Place Name: Third Place
    Contestant Name: The Stoughton Courier Hub
    Entry Title: The Stoughton Courier Hub Best Front Page
    Entry Credit: Brad Allen, Scott De Laruelle
    Judge Comment: I think the centerpiece for the 'to valhalla and back' is well done. I like the use of white space with the cutout and the text wrap around the figure is well done. It's very clear what the primary element on page is supposed to be.