Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: Texas Wesleyan University Entry Title: Trump Administration threatens grants that support Hispanic students Texas Wesleyan to be affected Entry Credit: Mica Magday, Kehinde Hopkins Judge Comment: A well-written story that details how policies impact one university, while also giving personal perspectives of the campus-level impact.
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: Texas Wesleyan University Entry Title: How Texas Wesleyan University receives the removal of DEI Entry Credit: Mica Magday Judge Comment: An excellent job of documenting how this policy change affects the university. Good range of sources in the story, too.
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: Trinity University Entry Title: Students and faculty urge Trinity not to sign the Trump administration’s compact Entry Credit: Maya ShahMansoorian Judge Comment: Nice work by the author capturing the importance of this demonstration and why the participants took this action.
Place Name: Honorable Mention Contestant Name: Houston-Clear Lake Entry Title: Hundreds Gather at UH for Hearing on Congressional Redistricting Plans Entry Credit: Sergio Salazar Judge Comment: A great story recapping this meeting and the ramifications of congressional redistricting. Solid work by the author to add multiple voices to their story.
Competition Comment: A strong competition with a lot of great entries. The award winners all wrote in-depth stories and should be proud of their work!
