Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: The Washington Times Entry Title: Oh, the Humanities Entry Credit: Sean Salai Judge Comment: Coverage of education in this paper is comprehensive. Deep dive into the challenges liberal arts programs face. Informative, well well-written. This series took research and gave the reader plenty of data to support the topic.
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: The Virginian-Pilot Entry Title: Education reporting portfolio Entry Credit: Nour Habib Judge Comment: This reporter's writing is proof that stories don't have to be long to be good. Hands-on learning story showed importance of getting into a classroom to tell the story. Good variety of important topics and the writing is engaging. Well done.
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: Richmond Times-Dispatch Entry Title: Anna Bryson education reporting Entry Credit: Anna Bryson Judge Comment: Not just stories about issues, but reporter shared how the issues actually affected students and their families. Timely issues covered from local angles. Good writing. Solid coverage. Not just presenting numbers and what school officials say.
Competition Comment: These entries are proof that coverage of education remains important in Virginia! Some great reporting made it difficult to choose winners. Such a variety of topics on timely issues.
