Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: Des Moines - Des Moines Register Entry Title: Courtney Crowder selection of work Entry Credit: Courtney Crowder Judge Comment: Remarkable, in-depth reporting and powerful storytelling. This columnist chronicles with great detail the tragedy of a hospital overwhelmed with COVID patients and the whimsy (and greater meaning) of a high school Mariachi band.
Very special work.
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: Des Moines - Des Moines Register Entry Title: Rekha Basu columns Entry Credit: Rekha Basu Judge Comment: None
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: Des Moines - Des Moines Register Entry Title: Watchdog columns Entry Credit: Lee Rood Judge Comment: None
