2007 BIB Student Division Winners

Stories Written for Student Publications

Jessica Nunez, University of Missouri-Columbia. “Funding Farming.” Columbia Missourian.

Judges' comments:
Explained to readers how a small number of regional farmers received an outsized federal subsidy, using a database compiled by the Environmental Working Group to find the names. Nunez used this story as an opportunity to instruct her readers about why the subsidy program exist, to challenge the program's structure and continued relevance, and to give them a glimpse of what it could look like. She took on an ambitious topic and drove hard on the reporting.
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Stories Written for Professional Publications

Daniel Johnson, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. "Grape-growing Town Not on Wine Lovers’ Map." Seattle Times.

Judges' comments:
A terrific piece of expository journalism. A complicated situation with many confusing angles, it is well laid out by Johnson in a way that is easily understood by most readers. The first paragraph sucks you right in, with descriptive detail that hammers home the point. When I finished, I was surprised and delighted to realize how much I had just learned.
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Judges for Student Publications

Gail DeGeorge - SABEW Board
Rob Reuteman - SABEW Board
Cathie Anderson - SABEW Board

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