Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: Fauquier Times Entry Title: Ongoing coverage of Fauquier County schools Entry Credit: Meghan Mangrum Judge Comment: The library check-out story in particular has nice regional context on an issue many reporters are covering. All stories have good scene-setting and interesting ledes that set the tone for the stories.
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: The Breeze Entry Title: Education Writing - Kara Mauser Entry Credit: Kara Mauser Judge Comment: All three stories brought in good context surrounding these education topics, including particularly the author of one of the removed books in the sexually explicit book story.
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: The News-Gazette Entry Title: For Bilingual Literacy and More; Keeping Your Heart Healthy; Shaping Lives, Opening Doors Entry Credit: Anneliese Schneider Judge Comment: A good variety of voices were included, particularly in the bilingual literacy story. The bilingual literacy and library literacy stories both had interesting ledes that prompted me to read further.
