2025 WNA Foundation Better Newspaper Contest

Breaking News Reporting ( Division C) Back

  • Place Name: First Place
    Contestant Name: Peninsula Pulse
    Entry Title: Storm Spares Lives, Injuries – and a Wedding
    Entry Credit: Myles Dannhausen Jr., Debra Fitzgerald
    Judge Comment: Good example of how to take storm coverage to the next level.
  • Place Name: Second Place
    Contestant Name: The Lakeland Times
    Entry Title: FIRE DESTROYS PENINSULA POINT HOME IN MINOCQUA
    Entry Credit: Brian Jopek
    Judge Comment: Good coverage. I would have added another paragraph or two about damage and impacts before going right into a water balloon fight.
  • Place Name: Third Place
    Contestant Name: Ozaukee Press
    Entry Title: Ozaukee Press_Bill Schanen IV
    Judge Comment: Good in-depth coverage spanning several editions.
  • Place Name: Honorable Mention
    Contestant Name: The Lakeland Times
    Entry Title: Storage units and contents destroyed in fire
    Entry Credit: Brian Jopek
    Judge Comment: Good coverage.