Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: The Columbus Dispatch Entry Title: Descendants of Hope Entry Credit: Sheridan Hendrix, Ceili Doyle Judge Comment: Beautifully produced package blending history with the present. Nice tight vignettes complemented by the audio comments. And the decision to use a century-old photo process in a modern digital presentation is a brilliant touch that puts it over the top.
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: The (Toledo) Blade Entry Title: Under Fire Entry Credit: Joe Landsberger, Kaitlin Durbin Judge Comment: Fantastic journalism on an important topic. Good use of data and visualization to drive home the relationship between gun violence, poverty and education, and its impact on communities and families. Well done.
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: The Columbus Dispatch Entry Title: Broken Pledge Entry Credit: The Columbus Dispatch Staff Judge Comment: This podcast and story series are each really well done. It's a dramatic hang-on-every word story as we hear about hazing gone wrong. Hug your college kids.
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