Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: WJER-AM Entry Title: Mayor locks himself in City Hall after hours Entry Credit: Bill Hammerstrom Judge Comment: This story is a great example of what can happen when a reporter says, "That's odd, I wonder what is happening." Nice story.
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: WCPN-FM Entry Title: The omicron variant has been found in Cleveland. Cleveland Clinic detected it in recent lab samples Entry Credit: Anna Huntsman Judge Comment: None
Competition Comment: So this is an unusual entry because all the reporting is done on facebook, but it's also really the only true version of breaking news submitted and is so much better than the other three entries.