2024 ONPA Television year-end contest results
Ali Ghanbari Television Photographer of the Year
1st – Dan Pasciak, WBNS-TV, Columbus – 38 points
2nd – Chris Reece, WJW-TV, Cleveland – 19 points
3rd – Joe Cromer, WTOL-TV, Toledo and Megan Heady, WBNS-TV Columbus – 16 points
5th – Scott Doelling, WBNS-TV, Columbus – 11points
6th – Evan Jones, WBNS-TV, Columbus – 8 points
2024 ONPA Station of the Year
WBNS-TV, Columbus
Spot News – “Indian Lake Tornado” – Brandon Genes
General News – “Cold Doesn’t Bother Mailman” – Dan Pasciak
Sports Feature – “Emmy Sheldon” – Evan Jones
News Feature – “Amtrak to Columbus” – Tyler Hoffman
Personality Profile – “Zamarelli’s Closes” – Megan Heady
In Depth – “Evictions on the Rise” – Chris Kettler
Spot News
1st – Scott Doelling, WBNS-TV, Columbus, “Bucyrus Tornado”
2nd – Megan Heady, WBNS-TV, Columbus, “Bucyrus Tornado”
General News
1st – Dan Pasciak, WBNS-TV, Columbus, “Tornado Clean-up”
2nd – Megan Heady, WBNS-TV, Columbus, “Pizza Pizza”
3rd – Chris Reece, WJW-TV, Cleveland, “Brain Boat Race”
Personality Profile
1st – Joe Cromer, WTOL-TV, Toledo, “Singing Barber”
2nd – Evan Jones, WBNS-TV, Columbus, “Stocked Shelves & Stuffed Animals”
3rd – Dan Pasciak, WBNS-TV, Columbus, “Mail Carriers in the Cold”
Sports Feature
1st – Dan Pasciak, WBNS-TV, Columbus, “Golf Club Repair”
2nd – Chris Reece, WJW-TV, Cleveland, “Flag Football”
In-Depth Series
1st – Chris Reece, WJW-TV, Cleveland, “First Responder PTSD”
2nd – Dan Pasciak, WBNS-TV, Columbus, “Suicide Awareness”
3rd – Joe Cromer, WTOL-TV, Toledo, “Positive Messages of Hope”
48-Hour News Feature
1st – Dan Pasciak, WBNS-TV, Columbus, “Grandfather Clocks”
2nd – Chris Reece, WJW-TV, Cleveland, “Argonauts”
This year’s contest was judged by the videography staff at WAVE 3 in Louisville, Kentucky.
This year’s contest was judged by the videography staff at WAVE 3 in Louisville, Kentucky.