2020 MNA Better Newspaper Contest

Photography Photo Story ( 1,001 - 1,500)Back

  • Place Name: First Place
    Contestant Name: Montgomery Messenger
    Entry Title: Monarch tagging
    Entry Credit: Wade Young
    Judge Comment: The layout avoids making the page too busy by sticking with the three most important stages of the tagging process, and all three photos are captivating in their separate ways.
  • Place Name: Second Place
    Contestant Name: Hinckley News
    Entry Title: Hinckley-Finlayson Construction project nearly complete
    Entry Credit: Terry Bullock, Jennifer Yocum-Stans
    Judge Comment: What makes this work is the foresight to know that the photographer wants to re-create each shot month by month, so readers can actually follow along instead of being inundated by a bunch of different photos.
  • Place Name: Third Place
    Contestant Name: Kimball - Tri-County News
    Entry Title: Gingerbread house time
    Entry Credit: Jean Doran Matua
    Judge Comment: Cute kids doing cute things with funny facial expressions. In particular, the top picture on the second page made this spread stick out because of its perfect composition.
  • Competition Comment: None