Neal C. Lauron of The Columbus Dispatch has won his third ONPA Clip Photographer of the Year title. No suspense here, Lauron didn’t have any wins in December, but he didn’t need any with a 350 point lead going into the final month.
The race for second place was won by Lauron’s co-worker Fred Squillante who picked up a first place win in illustration and a HM in feature to put 50 points between himself and Marshall Gorby who finished in third place.
Spot News
1st – Barbara J. Perenic, Springfield News-Sun, “Wreck”
2nd – Tom Dodge, The Columbus Dispatch, “Hilltop Mystery”
3rd – James DeCamp, The Columbus Dispatch, “Fire”
HM – James DeCamp, The Columbus Dispatch, “Firefighters”
HM – Marshall Gorby, Springfield News-Sun, ”Utility Rescue”
General News1st – Tom Dodge, The Columbus Dispatch, ”Not Guilty”
2nd – Marshall Gorby, Springfield News-Sun, “Vigil”
3rd – Wayne Thomas, The Morning Journal, “Goodbyes”
HM – Andrew Dolph, The Medina Gazette, “Troops Home”
HM – Lisa Dejong, The Plain Dealer, “Silent Night”
Feature Single
1st – Jeff Hinckley, The Columbus Dispatch, “Practice Swing”
2nd – Tracy Boulian, The Plain Dealer, “Teacher”
3rd – David Rea, This Week Newspapers, “Deer Kiss”
HM – Fred Squillante, The Columbus Dispatch, “City Sidewalks”
HM – Eric Albrecht, The Columbus Dispatch, “Casting Call of Wild”
Portrait
1st – Chris Russell,The Columbus Dispatch, “Off the Streets”
2nd – Chris Russell, The Columbus Dispatch, “Historic Church”
3rd – Shari Lewis, The Columbus Dispatch, “Living Free”
HM – Phil Masturzo, Akron Beacon Journal, “New School”
HM – Chris Russell, The Columbus Dispatch, “Nutcracker”
Sports
1st – Tracy Boulian, The Plain Dealer, “Lebron’s Puff”
2nd – Kyle Robertson, The Columbus Dispatch, “Goalie Save”
3rd – Phil Masturzo, Akron Beacon Journal, “Braylon Edwards”
HM – Mike Cardew, Akron Beacon Journal, “Ball Scramble”
HM – Kyle Robertson, The Columbus Dispatch, “Blocked Shot”
Feature Picture Story1st – Gus Chan, The Plain Dealer, “ Fixing Mr. Fix-it”
2nd – Shari Lewis, The Columbus Dispatch, “Robert McClendon”
3rd – Mike Cardew, Akron Beacon Journal, “Rev. Winters”
4th qtr Illustration1st – Fred Squillante, The Columbus Dispatch, “Radishes”
2nd – Bob Rossiter, The Repository, “Balanced”
3rd – Scott Shaw, The Plain Dealer, “Living Free”
1st – Neal Lauron, The Columbus Dispatch – 974
2nd – Fred Squillante, The Columbus Dispatch – 684
3rd – Marshall Gorby, Springfield News-Sun – 634
4th – Lisa Dejong, The Plain Dealer – 524
5th – Shari Lewis, The Columbus Dispatch – 494
Chris Russell, The Columbus Dispatch – 494
7th – Eric Albrecht, The Columbus Dispatch – 394
Jeff Hinckley, The Columbus Dispatch – 394
9th – Tom Dodge, The Columbus Dispatch – 374
10th – Bill Lackey, Springfield News Sun – 344
Phil Masturzo, Akron Beacon Journal – 344
12th – Ken Love, Akron Beacon Journal – 328
13th – Joshua Gunter, The Plain Dealer – 318
14th – Gus Chan, The Plain Dealer – 292
Marvin Fong, The Plain Dealer – 292
16th – Tracy Boulian, The Plain Dealer – 282
17th – Kyle Robertson, The Columbus Dispatch – 254
18th – Barbara Perenic, Springfield News-Sub – 232
19th – Andrea Kjerrumgarrd, The Columbus Dispatch – 220
20th – Jim Noelker, Dayton Daily News – 188
21st – James DeCamp, The Columbus Dispatch – 176
22nd – Chuck Crow, The Plain Dealer – 158
Wayne Thomas, The Morning Journal – 158
24th – Bob Rossiter, The Repository – 148
25th – Scott Heckel, The Repository – 134
26th – Lynn Ischay, The Plain Dealer – 118
27th – John Kuntz, The Plain Dealer – 106
28th – Chuck Humel, Elyria Chronicle – 104
29th – Roadell Hickman, The Plain Dealer – 102
30th – Kyle Lanzer, Sun Newspapers – 92
31st – Abigail Bobrow, Sandusky Register – 88
32nd – Tim Revell, Freelance – 80
Peggy Turbett, The Plain Dealer – 80
34th – Adam Cairns, ThisWeek Newspapers – 76
Mark Duncan, Associated Press – 76
Lisa Powell, Dayton Daily News – 76
37th – Bob DeMay, Akron Beacon Journal – 58
Teesha McClam, Dayton Daily News – 58
39th – Ron Alvey, Dayton Daily News – 56
Mike Cardew, Akron Beacon Journal – 56
David Rea, This Week Newspapers – 56
Patricia Schaeffer, The Morning Journal – 56
Chris Stewart, Dayton Daily News – 56
44th – Lew Stamp, Akron Beacon Journal – 52
45th – Jason Werling, Sandusky Register – 48
46th – Karen Schiely, Akron Beacon Journal – 46
47th – Scott Shaw, The Plain Dealer – 44
48th – Dan Trittschuh, Suburban News Publications – 32
49th – Lorrie Cecil, ThisWeek Newspapers – 30
50th – Paul Tople, Akron Beacon Journal – 24
51st – Karen Carter, Freelance – 16
Anna Norris, The Morning Journal – 16
53rd – Kirk Irwin, The The The Columbus Dispatch – 14