Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: The (Fremont) News-Messenger Entry Title: "Woman Critically Injured At Cedar Point" Entry Credit: Craig Shoup Judge Comment: It's difficult to get information when serious, sensitive news happens unexpectedly. This is gruesome, but vivid and thorough. It's the reporter's job to take us to the scene with them.
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: Port Clinton News-Herald Entry Title: "Genoa Man Charged With Murder of Missing Wife" Entry Credit: Craig Shoup Judge Comment: Great hustle to capture the details in real time.
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: The (Fremont) News-Messenger Entry Title: "Ohio Turnpike Plaza Murder" Entry Credit: Daniel Carson, Craig Shoup Judge Comment: Great initiative and thoroughness.
