Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: Cedar Rapids - The Gazette Entry Title: Area Education Agencies System Changes Entry Credit: Grace King, Tom Barton Judge Comment: Great coverage on how funding cuts impact every day lives.
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: Des Moines - Iowa Capital Dispatch Entry Title: Abuse, neglect and politics in Iowa nursing homes Entry Credit: Clark Kauffman Judge Comment: The elder care system in this country is broken. Great job in localizing this story to Iowa.
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: Sioux City - Sioux City Journal Entry Title: Siouxland flooding Entry Credit: Staff Judge Comment: We are more than familiar with natural disasters in Kansas so our hearts are with all of the communities that suffered over this past year. Great local coverage on the impact of the climate crisis.
