Typography and Design ( 5,001 - 10,000 Multi-Day)Back
Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: Brainerd Dispatch Entry Title: Nov. 18, 2021; Jan. 16, 2022; Aug. 1, 2022. Entry Credit: Staff Judge Comment: This was a difficult category because the papers were similar. The standout design was the Dispatch and its huge front page photo. The photo really jumped out at the reader and the content was unusual in two of the three examples. The third photo carried an important message. I didn't care for some of the headline fonts and on the brief headlines, they should be standardized to so many lines One had 7 lines and that is just ugly.
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: St. Cloud Times Entry Title: Typography and Design Entry Credit: St. Cloud Times Judge Comment: The pages are crisp and clean in appearance and I like the space between elements. The one suggestion - I wasn't sure about the copy arrangement on the Page 1 governor story. It might have been easier for readers if the bdots had individual paragraphs.
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: Willmar - West Central Tribune Entry Title: Jan. 16, March 11, Aug. 10 Entry Credit: Staff Judge Comment: The photos were good and well played throughout the paper. Didn't care for the headline fonts. And cemetery was spelled incorrectly in Page 1 headline. Haven't we all been there?
Competition Comment: Difficult category. Papers were equal for the most part.
