Combination Picture and Story ( Non-Daily Group 1)Back
Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: Amherst New Era-Progress Entry Title: Duo works to unlock horses’ ‘greatest potential’ on farm Entry Credit: Justin Faulconer, Paige Dingler Judge Comment: Thoroughly enjoyed this feature story. Always impressive when new entrepreneurs survive Covid. Lead photo was generic, and I'd rather see someone's face who is associated with the story. Even though it's a portrait, I probably would have used the inside photo of the two owners. Excellent detail shot of the tac room. Impressed to see the video tease w/ QR code. Super reader-friendly and terrific use of multi-platform options. I see the website link is at the bottom of the story; a fact box with some idea of costs would have been a good additional element. Clean design and presentation.
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: Amherst New Era-Progress Entry Title: ‘A significant improvement’ Entry Credit: Justin Faulconer, Paige Dingler Judge Comment: No first name on first reference to Liggon or Tucker ... maybe I missed them, but I went back a few times trying to find their first names. I thought Tucker had one of the better quotes, and it was buried at the end of the story I know there's a video component, but i would have liked to see an exterior view of the addition in context to the rest of the school. ... Took a long time to get to a quote in this story; lots of recitation of facts. But there were good quotes, and one was used as a headline.
Competition Comment: Good-looking, clean, crisp design in both entries.
