Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: Mapleton - Mapleton Press Entry Title: Mapleton Press-Football Graphic Entry Credit: Jenna Comes Judge Comment: On its face, this is a sharp graphic packed with information that is useful to the reader. Your comments mention that this was the solution you reached after you could no longer send a reporter to cover each game. Love the approach of turning a resource problem around into a new, reader-friendly feature.
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: Sheldon - The Sheldon Mail-Sun Entry Title: Mail-Sun Best Use of Graphics Entry Credit: Kirsten Elyea Judge Comment: Lots of really nice touches here! The budget breakdown graphic in particular conveys a ton of information in an engaging way.
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: Orange City - Sioux County Capital Democrat Entry Title: Graphics highlight a variety of news coverage Entry Credit: Devyn Driesen, Kaitlyn Morely, Dale Pluim Judge Comment: Nice work. I appreciate how you've used design elements to strengthen the visuals when the photo itself is not the most exciting.
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