Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: Shakopee Valley News Entry Title: Amazon workers picked a Prime Day for a protest Entry Credit: Maddie DeBilzan Judge Comment: The attention to detail, and the and commitment to longterm storytelling helped make a dense and complex issue easily accessible to readers. Well done.
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: Winona Post Entry Title: Surviving the inferno Entry Credit: Nathaniel Nelson Judge Comment: Quotes from those directly involved in the fire provided powerful first-person narrative to this story.
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: Minnetonka/Hopkins/Excelsior Sun Sailor Entry Title: "Carver County Attorney announces no charges in fatal shooting of Archer Amorosi" Entry Credit: Paige Kieffer Judge Comment: A good synopsis of a difficult situation.
