2024 Iowa Better Newspaper Contests

Best News Feature Story (Multi-day) ( Class V) Back

  • Place Name: First Place
    Contestant Name: Sioux City - Sioux City Journal
    Entry Title: Behind the headlines - 'Suicide by cop' - Less than 10 seconds
    Entry Credit: Nick Hytrek
    Judge Comment: An extremely well documented case of the tragedy that surrounds mental illness. We have historically not addressed the challenges that families face when trying to help those closest to us in their time of crisis.
  • Place Name: Second Place
    Contestant Name: Des Moines - Des Moines Register
    Entry Title: RAGBRAI riders never forgot the ‘magic’ of this small-town waitress. 36 years later, they reunited
    Entry Credit: Courtney Crowder
    Judge Comment: What a feel good story about people reconnecting after many years. Well written and photos caught the moment!
  • Place Name: Third Place
    Contestant Name: Dubuque - Telegraph Herald
    Entry Title: Friendsgiving
    Entry Credit: Elizabeth Kelsey
    Judge Comment: Fun read. I can identify as we did Friendsgiving for over 20 years. Well done!