Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: Midwestern Entry Title: The Wichitan Entry Credit: The Wichitan Staff Judge Comment: cannot get over this sleek and to the point website. content, fonts and entry points balance very well, with right variety of content.
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: Del Mar College Entry Title: Foghornnews.com Entry Credit: Staff Judge Comment: Excellent editorial packaging with an eye on keeping viewer scrolling. Hard to understand if package (ie, public transit series) is ongoing one publication. Overlapping text and image bungles photojournalism's contributions. Some problems with text and color when clicking for more content.
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: Tarrant County College Entry Title: The Collegian Online Entry Credit: The Collegian Staff Judge Comment: Right balance of excellent campus and community coverage with student opinions. The dates at the top left are confusing and unnecessary given they are typical for an event calendar. Visually bold, and too institutional. You are the campus newspaper but need distinct visual identity.
Place Name: Honorable Mention Contestant Name: Lamar University Entry Title: Lamar University Press Entry Credit: UP Staff Judge Comment: excellent content on a drab website. spacing is too much and images are dated, much like website. get cleaner and your content will deservedly shine.
Competition Comment: Of all the categories this one was the most difficult to judge. We clearly have many quality future journalists coming from these institutions. They are working with what they get in terms of infrastructure, but the writing and awareness of their audiences was unmatched
