Business and Financial Writing ( Non-Daily Group 4)Back
Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: Chesterfield Observer Entry Title: "Point of No Returns," Jan. 29; "Service Interruption," March 25; "A New Normal?" May 27 Entry Credit: Rich Griset Judge Comment: A very diverse range of stories. The amount of research that must have gone into the Sears story is astounding, and the story did a great job of localizing the company's downfall. The other stories did an excellent job of telling the narrative of the pandemic.
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: Alexandria Times Entry Title: Business body of work, Mello-Klein Entry Credit: Cody Mello-Klein Judge Comment: Great job telling the story of the pandemic through different points of view. The first story left no stone unturned, diving into every single industry. The interview with the live venue owner in the second story was extremely captivating.
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: Suffolk News-Herald Entry Title: FedEx Ground-ed?; Road paved way for Amazon; Amazon coming to Suffolk Entry Credit: Jimmy LaRoue Judge Comment: Great job getting a comment from a FedEx driver. I also liked how the story offered different perspectives about the impact of the shipping problems. The Amazon stories are examples of great nuts-and-bolts business reporting.