Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: Los Angeles Times Entry Title: Cleanup on aisle everywhere: A day in the life of supermarket workers during coronavirus Entry Credit: Brittny Mejia Judge Comment: An article that captures the moments of the time and is very well written. A well constructed story that can keep readers attention.
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: The Orange County Register Entry Title: Daughter’s connection to her late father grows like his roses Entry Credit: Keith Sharon Judge Comment: Great introduction to capture readers' attention. Beautifully written throughout. A good approach with short sentences and a human interest element that is very strong. Fine work.
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: The Mercury News/East Bay Times Entry Title: Waking Up Entry Credit: Julia Prodis Sulek Judge Comment: A very nice job of approaching the issue and providing real-life examples of people's related stories. Those stories greatly enhance the story and can make a reader want to read on. A good overall job of maintaining this reviewer's interest. Very well written.
Place Name: Fourth Place Contestant Name: The Orange County Register Entry Title: Jimmy Angel’s an 85-year-old teen idol with tales to tell of Pat Boone, a lucky teddy bear and the mob Entry Credit: Peter Larsen Judge Comment: A great adventure of the journey of Mr. Angel has been told beautifully. Very well written and entertaining. Fine work.
Place Name: Fifth Place Contestant Name: The San Diego Union-Tribune Entry Title: Even With New Vocabulary, 2020 Hard To Put Into Words Entry Credit: John Wilkens Judge Comment: A fine job pulling in a lot of details into one excellently flowing story. Good story and nice photos.
