Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: Willmar - West Central Tribune Entry Title: Thur., April 25, 2019; Sat., June 1, 2019 and Fri., July 26, 2019 Entry Credit: Staff Judge Comment: West Central displayed the strongest overall understanding of good storytelling photojournalism with consistent play throughout the newspaper.
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: Austin Daily Herald Entry Title: Use of Photography as a Whole Entry Credit: Eric Johnson, Michael Stoll, Hannah Yang, Rocky Hulne Judge Comment: Appreciated the Austin Daily Spotlight spring photo spread. Nice work!
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: Bemidji - The Bemidji Pioneer Entry Title: Use of Photography as a Whole Entry Credit: Bemidji Pioneer, Matt Cory Judge Comment: Bemidji had nice usage of photos but the quality of storytelling was better in first and second place newspapers' photos.
