Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: Cedar Rapids - The Gazette Entry Title: Jail Deaths are unpreventable, Linn County sheriff says Entry Credit: Emily Anderson, Erin Jordan Judge Comment: Range of voices presented on this important topic is appreciated. Story is well-researched, organized and powerful.
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: Dubuque - Telegraph Herald Entry Title: City to take 'hard look' at culture in Dubuque Fire Department Entry Credit: Kayli Reese Judge Comment: Reporting holds appropriate parties accountable and doesn't hold back on telling the fire department's most awful secrets.
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: Cedar Rapids - The Gazette Entry Title: As anti-LGBTQ legislation proliferates, some Iowans depart Entry Credit: Elijah Decious Judge Comment: Shows both the human and business costs to Iowa's increasingly ant-LGBTQ political and cultural landscape, which is a difficult thing, but here it is achieved seamlessly.
