Top 10
Austin American-Statesman
Baton Rouge Advocate
Buffalo News
Columbus Dispatch
Des Moines Register
Indianapolis Star
Omaha World-Herald
The Oklahoman
Salt Lake Tribune
Syracuse Media Group/Post-Standard

 

Honorable mention
The Courier-Journal
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, Ill.)
Detroit News
Hartford Courant
The News & Observer
Palm Beach Post
Richmond Times-Dispatch
The Tennessean
Tulsa World
Wisconsin State-Journal