Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: Wando High School - Tribal Tribune Online Entry Title: HoCo Throwdown Entry Credit: Paige Danish Judge Comment: A number of elements make this a successful news photo - strong leading lines with rope, action that signifies the event, setting, facial expressions of key subject and secondary subjects. This tells a story and evokes emotion
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: Wando High School - Tribal Tribune Online Entry Title: Dancing it Home Entry Credit: Sophia Dolloff Judge Comment: Captures the action that tells the story of this event with subject in focus and other participants in soft focus.
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: McCallum High School - The Shield Online Entry Title: Voters approve Austin ISD's Prop A Entry Credit: Sofia Celio Judge Comment: Behind the scenes view of a local election, strong portrait framed with signs that tells us what the news story is about. Black and white mode emphasizes the documentary feel of the photo.