Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: The Virginian-Pilot Entry Title: Minute by minute: The Virginia Beach mass shooting Entry Credit: Peter Coutu , Tim Eberly , Gary Harki , Alissa Skelton Judge Comment: Extensive interviews conducted over months, along with Freedom of Information Act requests for more information, led to a series of gut-wrenching stories about a terrible tragedy and its aftermath. The design of the news pages and decision to use as much space as necessary to tell the story with pictures and graphics is commendable. Online, the slideshow that tells the timeline of events on that terrible day is stunning. The use of a clock ticking away as a building map highlights the path of destruction is chilling. Along with the text and photos of the victims and survivors, this important work by many individuals tells the story in a way that couldn’t be done in another medium.
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: Richmond Times-Dispatch Entry Title: Richmond Tacky Lights Tour Entry Credit: Colleen Curran, John Ramsey, Paul Whelan Judge Comment: None
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: Daily Press Entry Title: Apollo 11: The moon landing mission turns 50 Entry Credit: Tamara Dietrich, Randy Greenwell, Mike Holtzclaw Judge Comment: None
