2019 VPA News and Advertising Contest

In-depth or Investigative Reporting ( Specialty )Back

  • Place Name: First Place
    Contestant Name: Style Weekly
    Entry Title: The Oliver Hill Files - Tom Nash
    Entry Credit: Tom Nash
    Judge Comment: Jarring insight of original reporting on how Hoover's FBI affected Oliver Hill.
  • Place Name: Second Place
    Contestant Name: Richmond Magazine
    Entry Title: Tobacco Town
    Entry Credit: Tharon Giddens, Gary Robertson , Sarah King
    Judge Comment: This would have to be of great interest to local people, many who would have been directly affected when medical concerns about tobacco were raised.
  • Place Name: Third Place
    Contestant Name: Richmond Magazine
    Entry Title: Too Much of a Good Thing?
    Entry Credit: Carol A.O. Wolfe
    Judge Comment: The evidence piles up: We are no longer alone in the world Recycling issues are just one indicator.