Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: The (Celina) Daily Standard Entry Title: Plane Crash Entry Credit: Dan Melograna Judge Comment: Breaking news accident scenes can be hard to access, chaotic -- and can be surprisingly hard to find a clean and engaging photo. In this case, the photographer found action, human interaction with the scene, and managed to make an image that is graphic, clean and pulls the reader in.
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: Ashland Times-Gazette Entry Title: Masks mandated on School Buses Entry Credit: Tom E. Puskar Judge Comment: Nice "seeing" of a news story journalists everywhere covered this year. Good framing, a "found" moment.
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: The Sidney Daily News Entry Title: Suspect surrenders Entry Credit: Luke Gronneberg Judge Comment: Being in the right place at the right time takes patience and skill! . Good breaking news moment.
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