Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: Ozaukee Press Entry Title: Ozaukee Press_Staff Entry Credit: Ozaukee Press Staff Judge Comment: Community newspapering at its finest! Quality reporting, great photography, excellent page layout and enticing ads. Good mix of hard news and features and overall a well-crafted product. You serve your readership with an outstanding local newspaper.
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: The Business News - Northeast Entry Title: The Business News Entry Credit: Heather Graves, The Business News Staff Judge Comment: Readers and citizens generally respond to local business journals with a resounding ho-hum, but you bring business reporting to a whole new level. Besides shining the spotlight on local businesses, you ably tie-in business news with issues of importance to the community at large. Great writing skills and photography, engaging page layout and a strong focus on your business community.
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: Vilas County News-Review Entry Title: General Excellence Entry Credit: News-Review Staff Judge Comment: Your newspaper brings a strong focus to the communities you serve. Solid writing skills and photography, appealing page lay-out and ads, and overall a great example of local journalism!
Place Name: Honorable Mention Contestant Name: The Press Times Entry Title: Press Times Entry Credit: Kris Leonhardt, Janelle Fisher, Tori Wittenbrock, Patrick Wood Judge Comment: A proud reflection of the communities you serve! Excellent reporting, good photography, nice page layout and enticing ads. A solid community newspaper!
