Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: Occidental College Entry Title: The Occidental Entry Credit: River Lisius, Meghan Lee, Charlie Finnerty Judge Comment: Substantive, varied, well-balanced report, from sexual misconduct to "sneaker culture." Stories such as that about "tight knit community" help readers know who they are, and who they could be.
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: Pepperdine University Entry Title: The Graphic Entry Credit: Graphic Staff Judge Comment: Great cover on Sept. 9, 2021, edition, with a ghostly nod to all the untold stories lost to the pandemic. Editor promises to get back to "telling stories of our community," and the paper delivers on that.
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: Claremont Colleges Entry Title: Best Newspaper Entry Credit: James Karsten , Selena Lopez, Grace Sauers, Kayla Alcorcha, Jasper Davidoff, Claire DuMont Judge Comment: Vibrant opinion page, good, solid, varied, news content. Fine work on "Testing? Testing?" story, and the in-depth housing story, a COVID tracker graphic, and Ant Anxiety. Unfortunately, only two editions made it into entries (other entrants had multiple extras, so there must have been some uploading issues).
Competition Comment: Fine work under trying circumstances.
