Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: Dallas College - Richland Entry Title: Journalistic freedom Entry Credit: Staff Judge Comment: The toughest job in an editorial is to propose a solution. This editorial's solution is new legislation to protect student journalists. In doing so the piece educates the reader about the legal history of prereview of student journalists' work and the unfortunate effects.
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: Tarrant County College Entry Title: Limiting expression threatens our First Amendment rights Entry Credit: Nanda Acharya Judge Comment: Senate Bill 2972's overreach triggered editorials from across the state's student press and this one did a good job of underscoring the free speech restrictions. It pointed out that the law repealed free speech legislation that was far superior, a point left out of many editorials.
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: Del Mar College Entry Title: American students’ freedoms threatened Entry Credit: Anja Thomas Judge Comment: A social media post by President Trump is a slim reed on which to build an editorial given that there are so many such posts. But this editorial did a good job of pointing out the ramifications to students if such a post was fully fleshed out into federal action.
Place Name: Honorable Mention Contestant Name: Midwestern Entry Title: The truth about transgender identities Entry Credit: The Wichita Staff Judge Comment: This piece deserves mention if only for the boldness of its subject.
