Health, Science and Environmental Writing ( Non-Daily Group 2)Back
Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: The Smithfield Times Entry Title: Water, pipeline, recycling Entry Credit: Stephen Faleski Judge Comment: Put a name and face to the issue very well. Story could have stumbled with a lot of technical/scientific language but explained everything for the non-science reader.
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: Rappahannock News Entry Title: Coverage of health and mental wellness issues affecting Rappahannock Entry Credit: Randy Rieland Judge Comment: Personalized the story well.
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: The Star-Tribune Entry Title: Climax community turned solar: It's like living on a 'panel planet'; PittCo terrain, location attractive to solar developers; Adding sheep to solar farming Entry Credit: Diana McFarland Judge Comment: Very thorough explaining a topic that many readers not likely to be familiar.