2020 VPA News and Advertising Contest

Feature Story Writing (excluding Obituaries) ( Non-Daily Group 3)Back

  • Place Name: First Place
    Contestant Name: Rappahannock Record
    Entry Title: Century Farms
    Entry Credit: Jackie Nunnery
    Judge Comment: Good story. Well read.
  • Place Name: Second Place
    Contestant Name: The Breeze
    Entry Title: Music Professor Reflects on Childhood in Venezuela
    Entry Credit: ColbY Johnson
    Judge Comment: Interesting feature. Think it would have done better if start of story would have shown subject's experiences.
  • Place Name: Third Place
    Contestant Name: Fauquier Times
    Entry Title: feature story -- Dana Priest
    Entry Credit: Dana Priest
    Judge Comment: Important subject, but wish the paper's experiences would have been hire up in the story rather than the reporter coving COVID-19.