Criteria for Judging: Community Press Awards

Best Edited Paper

1. Quality of Writing: grammar, style, in-depth treatment, readability, absence of typos
2. Headline Writing: written in present tense, uses complete sentence, accuracy, written in active voice, specific, line and thought together
3. Photo Editing: choice of photos, cropping

Best Editorial Page

1. Coverage: extensive, wide variety, local
   
2. Quality of Writing: style, readability, feedback [impact]
3. Layout
4. Cartoons and photos

Best in Business/Economic Reporting

1. Coverage: extensive, wide variety, local
   
2. Quality of writing: grammar, style, in-depth treatment, readability

Best in Science and Environmental Reporting

1. Coverage: extensive, wide variety, local
   
2. Quality of Writing: grammar, style, in-depth treatment, readability

Best in Photojournalism

1. Content of photos: newsworthiness, human interest, dynamism
2. Technical qualities of photos: contrast, sharpness, composition
3. Captioning of photos: proper identification of persons, ability to describe what’s happening without being obvious, proper pinpointing of positioning, opinions avoided, identification of when and where pictures were taken, uses present tense to describe action, set in larger type of boldface, set not more than two columns wide