Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: The Detroit News Entry Title: Rampage shatters Oxford Entry Credit: Detroit News staff Judge Comment: On what was no doubt a devastating day for the community, this cover gave both an environmental and emotional overview to the scourge of yet another school shooting. The page is very informative with content and clean and well-organized so readers can navigate the page and absorb the photography.
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: The Detroit News Entry Title: 'We are able to breathe again' Entry Credit: Antone Amye Judge Comment: Another huge story presented cleanly and with a nice mix of photography and graphics to supplement the news stories and commentary. Powerful lede photo.
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: The Detroit News Entry Title: Cabrera's 500 homers by the numbers Entry Credit: James Hollar Judge Comment: A Detroit News sweep, I guess. Kudos to the the Free Press' "Conference Calls," a very well-done recap of Michigan football's 43 Big Ten titles, but I give Cabrera the nod because of the mix of design work and interesting research done to highlight the numbers behind his 500 HRs. A stat geek's dream.
