Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: San Francisco Chronicle Entry Title: San Francisco Chronicle: The Jessica Simulation Entry Credit: Jason Fagone Judge Comment: None
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: The San Diego Union-Tribune Entry Title: Life at a funeral home as COVID surges Entry Credit: John Wilkens, Sam Hodgson Judge Comment: None
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: Los Angeles Times Entry Title: A Bomb, a Death, a War’s Painful Legacy: Remembering the First Californian Killed in Afghanistan Entry Credit: Thomas Curwen Judge Comment: None
Place Name: Fourth Place Contestant Name: Los Angeles Times Entry Title: It Wasn’t Just Anyone Who Collected the Bodies of the Hospital’s COVID Victims. It Was Karl Entry Credit: Maria L. La Ganga Judge Comment: None
Place Name: Fifth Place Contestant Name: The Orange County Register Entry Title: Motel Kid to Motel Mom? An Orange County survivor refuses to let it happen Entry Credit: Theresa Walker Judge Comment: None
