2021 MNA Better Newspaper Contest

Investigative Reporting ( 10,001 and Over Multi-Day,5,001 - 10,000 Multi-Day,Under 5,000 Multi-Day)Back

  • Place Name: First Place
    Contestant Name: Owatonna People's Press
    Entry Title: Medford's wastewater treatment plant
    Entry Credit: Annie Granlund
    Judge Comment: Critical and complex community news that doesn't exist without this reporter's efforts
  • Place Name: Second Place
    Contestant Name: Duluth News Tribune
    Entry Title: Mines and Mercury
    Entry Credit: Jimmy Lovrien
    Judge Comment: Top-notch environmental investigation.
  • Place Name: Third Place
    Contestant Name: Grand Forks Herald
    Entry Title: 'F' grades on rise in Grand Forks schools
    Entry Credit: Hannah Shirley, Pamela Knudson
    Judge Comment: Excellent use of data and real people to tell a compelling, under-reported story from the pandemic.
  • Competition Comment: None