Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: Wisconsin State Journal Entry Title: Bearing arms Entry Credit: Owen Ziliak Judge Comment: This is an interesting profile. Takes on a tough topic. Creative and engaging. Great coverage and nice use of images and narrative to tell the story.
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: The Cap Times Entry Title: Former Nirvana producer, Garbage drummer revisits old Madison studio Entry Credit: Ruthie Hauge, Erin McGroarty, Kristin Hauge Judge Comment: This is very interesting and engaging. The raw footage and photos/captions tell the story well. The entire story comes together well.
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: The Post-Crescent Entry Title: Video profile of the 2025 Courage Award recipient Entry Credit: Bill Glasheen Judge Comment: Nice video work! Engaging and interesting.
Place Name: Honorable Mention Contestant Name: The Post-Crescent Entry Title: Meet the Elite 11 senior football team Entry Credit: Jim Rosandick, Ricardo Arguello, Mike Sherry, Dan Powers Judge Comment: This is different. This is fun. Love the use of music. The cut out videos are a little distracting from the the profiles but leaves enough time to work.
