First Place
Claire Wiseman
Indiana Daily Student, Indiana Univ., Bloomington, Ind.
Butler, Ind., more than Romney ad; Power play also seen in strip club; The story behind the score
Second Place
Caitlin McCabe
The Daily Tar Heel, Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, N.C.
UNC sexual assault victims speak up on imperfect system; 5 submit complaint against UNC over sexual assault; Complaint: UNC pressured dean to underreport sexual assault cases
Third Place
Cory Weinberg
The GW Hatchet, George Washington Univ., Washington, D.C.
The half-billion dollar campus; GW under scrutiny for inflated admissions data; Law faculty plotted to oust dean
First Place
Nickolas Furr
The Sun, Southwestern College, Chula Vista, Calif.
Student works take salary reduction; Campus mourns Phil Lopez; Writer returns a hero
Second Place
C. Harold Pierce
El Don, Santa Ana College, Santa Ana, Calif.
Trustee’s strange speech called out; On the down low; Head Games: Sudden impact concussion
Third Place
Sarah Weatherbee
The Clarion, Madison Area Technical College, Madison, Wis.
Race to the top: student skater shoots for the Olympics; Students get readjusted with help of clinic for veterans; Students struggle to succeed in classroom, lack of health insurance