2025 WNA Foundation Better Newspaper Contest

Best Headlines ( Division B,Division A ) Back

  • Place Name: First Place
    Contestant Name: The Post-Crescent
    Entry Title: 'Lamb-scaping' crews arrive in Neenah // 'Where everyone smiles in the same language' // YOU DO YOU, BOO!
    Entry Credit: Staff
    Judge Comment: What edged this entry to first place was the "You do you, Boo!" headline. Its use was clever of a common saying without seeming cheesy.
  • Place Name: Second Place
    Contestant Name: Wisconsin State Journal
    Entry Title: Shrimp scamp faces burglary charge, This soda is more than Jolly Good, Fewer feathers ruffled
    Entry Credit: Jacob Brown, Stuart Aase, Marc Wehrs
    Judge Comment: The headline, "Shrimp scamp faces burglary charge," has a clever draw to an usual crime story.
  • Place Name: Third Place
    Contestant Name: The Cap Times
    Entry Title: Cap Times headlines
    Entry Credit: Lindsay Christians
    Judge Comment: None