Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: Los Angeles Times Entry Title: L.A.'s Botched Rush to Reopen Entry Credit: L.A. Times Staff Judge Comment: None
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: Los Angeles Times Entry Title: The Final Moments of Kobe Bryant's Fatal Trip Entry Credit: Matt Stiles, Swetha Kannan, Lorena Iñiguez Elebee Judge Comment: None
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: The Sacramento Bee Entry Title: 10,000 deaths Entry Credit: Nathaniel Levine Judge Comment: None
Place Name: Fourth Place Contestant Name: San Francisco Chronicle Entry Title: San Francisco Chronicle: How Coronavirus Vaccines Work Entry Credit: Todd Trumbull, Catherine Ho, Mike Massa Judge Comment: None
Place Name: Fifth Place Contestant Name: The Orange County Register Entry Title: Coronavirus daily tracker Entry Credit: Jeff Goertzen, Kurt Snibbe, Paiching Wei, Harriet Blair Rowan Judge Comment: None
