The standards of excellence used by the panel of 10 judges were depth and originality both of the subject and the research and documentation, creativity in presentation, whether the stories conveyed an important issue that affects children and families, and whether the journalism had an impact. The panel looked for journalism that dug deep to expose roots and connection and explained in fair and understandable ways the complexity of problems. The categories in which awards were presented included three categories of daily newspapers according to circulation size, general interest magazines, photojournalism, radio, television documentary, television features, and television investigative. The subjects of some of the stories are youth violence, a boot camp for juveniles in Florida and how it affected one youth, the lives of homeless teens, an analysis of the San Francisco juvenile justice system, the saga of an immigrant family, and life inside a modern-day orphanage.