The winners of the "Best of the Year" titles for 2018 have been named, following the results from the 2018 Spring Journalism Contests. Below, find the first-place entries for Designer of the Year, Hawkeye Photographer of the Year, Videographer of the Year, and Writer of the Year. The entries that received second place, third place, or honorable mention in these categories are listed as well. ...

The 2018 Spring Journalism Contest saw an incredible group of entries from schools across the state. A total of 21 schools competed for News Team of the Year across all three class sizes of schools -- Class A, Class B, Class C. For each class, the top five scores from each class are listed below as News Team of the Year Finalists. Point values were determined by adding up scores from news entries...