2021 Michigan APME-Newspaper Contest

Best Spot News Coverage ( Division I)Back

  • Place Name: First Place
    Contestant Name: The Holland Sentinel
    Entry Title: Marlena defies COVID regulations
    Entry Credit: Cassandra Lybrink
    Judge Comment: The reporter worked diligently on this story and covered it every step of the way. It's an incredible sequence of events and the reporter did an outstanding job covering it.
  • Place Name: Second Place
    Contestant Name: Petoskey News-Review
    Entry Title: Trump account shares private Northern Michigan number, mistaken for Chatfield's
    Entry Credit: Will Perkins
    Judge Comment: Being able to get in contact with the impacted person was probably a minor miracle given what was happening. Well done.
  • Place Name: Third Place
    Contestant Name: The Holland Sentinel
    Entry Title: Parents threaten to pull out their kids
    Entry Credit: Mitchell Boatman
    Judge Comment: The reporter was able to get incredible quotes from the meeting and did a masterful job pulling the story together.