Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: UT-Tyler Entry Title: Talon Website Entry Credit: Nathan Witt Judge Comment: Incredibly impressive website. Clean, easy to navigate and partitioned very smartly. Story link provided showed great layout. No distractions in read and smart use of pull quote feature to highlight tweets, statements, etc.
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: Dallas College - Brookhaven Entry Title: The Brookhaven Courier website Entry Credit: The Brookhaven Courier Staff Judge Comment: Solid layout of homepage. Great call on making sure rotator and trending stories do not match.
On individual page layout: Great use of photos, especially in spacing them out through story and timeline.
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: Dallas College - Eastfield Entry Title: The Et Cetera website Entry Credit: Et Cetera Staff Judge Comment: Solid layout - Ticker is good when it is working. Visited page on PC and Mac using different browsers, would get different results - make sure every user gets same experience.
Place Name: Honorable Mention Contestant Name: St. Edward's University Entry Title: Hilltop Views Entry Credit: Claire Lawrence, Chloe Almendarez, Anna Pratts, Emilio Casanova Judge Comment: Clean, easily navigable site. Is there a reason locked feature story is from November? Eyes go to date next to byline immediately and one assumes site hasn't been updated in recent weeks. Same with social media sidebar.
Competition Comment: Students across the state are continuing to produce high quality hyperlocalized content for their respective colleges during what is undoubtedly a difficult time in journalism. Don't give up! There will always be a need for stories to be told, and you are all inspiring us by looking for and sharing those stories.
