Glenn Cunningham Story of the Year - 2024

Remembers Glenn Cunningham, farm editor of The Des Moines Register, the first NAAJ Ag Journalist of the Year winner, and NAAJ executive secretary-treasurer for many years.

Honors the NAAJ member judged to have written the best overall story of the year, selected from the first-place winners in the News, Spot News, Feature, Column or Blog, Editorial, Profile, Technical, and Ongoing Coverage/Series contest categories.

Dominik Dausch, Argus Leader
Farmers say Summit Carbon Solutions using ‘intimidation’ while targeting McPherson County land South Dakota

Judge’s comments: Dausch crafted this story through the eyes of the people on both sides of the issue.  He interviewed numerous sources and provided comments and facts about every question that came to me. His vivid descriptions and explanations of this complex issue also wove in personal tales of his sources, and I could easily grasp what it felt like to be there and sense the emotions of all the players. Excellent piece