Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: Detroit Free Press Entry Title: Jamie LaReau Entry Credit: Jamie LaReau Judge Comment: Excellent job of telling business stories through their impact on real people. And the profile of Byron Allen is wonderfully textured, full of rich sources.
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: The Grand Rapids Press Entry Title: Taylor DesOrmeau of The Grand Rapids Press for best business writing category Entry Credit: Taylor DesOrmeau Judge Comment: Very nice job of tackling big stories in a readable way. The pieces on the PPP loans and the extra $300 unemployment payment were great examples of using data to tell innovative stories.
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: The Detroit News Entry Title: Riley Beggin: four samples for Best Business Writing Entry Credit: Riley Beggin Judge Comment: The stories of nickel mining in the Upper Peninsula were outstanding examples of using narrative skills to bring a little-known component of today's economy to life. Wonderfully written (and displayed).
