1. Faith Brar, Amanda Horvath
Urban Plains, Drake Univ., Des Moines, Iowa
Addressing nitrates in Des Moines’ drinking water

2. Adriana Heldiz, Gabriel Sandoval, Nicholas Baltz
The Sun, Southwestern College, Chula Vista, Calif.
Dean Mia McClellan assisted secretive publication that accessed student records

4. Courtney Jacquin
DePaulia, DePaul Univ., Chicago, Ill.
The reality of crime: Theft highest among crimes reported at DePaul

5. Staff
The Medill Justice Project, Northwestern Univ., Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communication, Evanston, Ill.
Confession or Coercion?

HM. Madeleine Han, Kevin Hsu, Victor Xu
Stanford Daily, Stanford Univ., Stanford, Calif.
An overlooked minority

HM. Sophia Bollag
The Daily Northwestern, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, Ill.
Title IX lawsuits

HM. Staff
The Medill Justice Project, Northwestern Univ., Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communication, Evanston, Ill.
Years after rapper was convicted for killing, questions raised about his case

HM. Staff
The Temple News, Temple Univ., Philadelphia, Pa.
Crime & Campus

HM. Nate Smith, Mason Lazarcheff
The Pitt News, Univ. of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Candle Light Vigil For UNC Muslim Victims

1. Danielle Semrau, Hannah Kost
The Calgary Journal, Mount Royal Univ., Calgary, Alberta
The Vanishing Point

3. Megan Jula, Glory Sheeley, Mary Shown
Indiana Daily Student, Indiana Univ., Bloomington, Ind.
When students die

5. Staff
The Daily Pennsylvanian, Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.
Introducing the Penn Ten

HM. Carlos Martinez, Dave Martin, Curtis Sabir, Richard Martinez
Collegian Wired, Los Angeles City College, Los Angeles, Calif.
100 years later: The fight for justice continues

HM. Staff
Talisman, Western Kentucky Univ., Bowling Green, Ky.
Sustaining seasons

HM. Andrew M. Duehren, Madeline R. Lear, Emma K. Talkoff
Fifteen Minutes, Harvard Univ., Cambridge, Mass.
Boots on the Ground: ROTC at Harvard

HM. Alana Saad, Carlie Procell, Zach Baker, Ben Kothe, Molly Duffy
The Maneater, Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, Mo.
Accessibility in Greek Town

HM. Staff
Emerald Media, Univ. of Oregon, Eugene, Ore.
Into battle: The bruises and bonds of brotherhood

1. Jeff Collins
Ke Alaka’i, Brigham Young Univ. Hawaii, Laie, Hawaii
Lilikoi Boyz – Cross Country Team Music Group

2. Laura Paolino, Max Antonucci, Tyler Piccotti
The NewsHouse, Syracuse Univ., Syracuse, N.Y.
Chris McCullough’s departure reflects new age of recruiting in college basketball

4. Staff
Emerald Media, Univ. of Oregon, Eugene, Ore.
Mariota: A Heisman Case

5. Matthew W. Deshaw, Mark Kelsey, Caleb Lee, Samuel E. Liu, Ali M. Monfre, Robert F. Worley
The Harvard Crimson, Harvard Univ., Cambridge, Mass.
God of the playing field

HM. Alexa Philippou
Stanford Daily, Stanford Univ., Stanford, Calif.
Behind a star

HM. Perry Kostidakis, Drew MacFarlane
FSView & Florida Flambeau, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, Fla.
Why “Blank Space” by Taylor Swift is the perfect metaphor for FSU football

HM. Elliott Pratt, Kyle Williams, Cameron Love, Taylor Harrison
College Heights Herald, Western Kentucky Univ., Bowling Green, Ky.
Football, family, faith, Feix

HM. David Freed, Robert F. Worley
The Harvard Crimson, Harvard Univ., Cambridge, Mass.
A new era for Harvard recruiting

1. Brandon Choe
The Daily Bruin, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Calif.
Test of Strength: ROTC Ranger Challenge 2014

2. Nikki Boliaux, Jeff Brown, Harrison Hill, Emily Kask
College Heights Herald, Western Kentucky Univ., Bowling Green, Ky.
Lone Star Rodeo 2015