Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: Ames - Ames Tribune Entry Title: Coverage of Education in Ames Entry Credit: Phillip Sitter Judge Comment: Good photos and video, along with a well-written cross section of educational topics. Especially good job of printing all sides to controversial topics.
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: Iowa City - Press-Citizen Entry Title: Iowa City Press-Citizen education coverage Entry Credit: Cleo Krejci Judge Comment: Good job of presenting all views on flag issue, with accompanying graphics. A good job of finding students who attended a closing school. An overall top job of giving information the community needs to know and wants to know.
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: Webster City - The Daily Freeman-Journal Entry Title: Board approves, school board pays tribute Entry Credit: Anne Blankenship Judge Comment: Education is obviously a priority for this newspaper, with consistent front page articles about local school issues and happenings.
