Content sharing comes to Columbus

Following Cleveland’s lead three Columbus broadcast outlets have announced plans to pool coverage for planned news events. WCMH-TV, WXYX-TV and WTTE-TV are the stations involved in the sharing agreement.Full story

DeJong wins first in POYi feature picture story

Lisa DeJong of The Plain Dealer was a first place winner in the Feature Picture Story category of the Sixty-Sixth Annual Pictures of the Year International Competition. DeJong’s story, “Survivor’s Journey” won the James R. Gordon Ohio Understanding Award in the ONPA...

Prep sports going to court in Wisconsin

This issue of who owns the rights to visual depictions from high school sporting events has reared its ugly head again. This is round two for the issue in Wisconsin and it pits the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA) against Gannett, publisher of the...

Pro Football Hall of Fame entries due

The deadline for submissions to the 41st Annual Pro Football Hall of Fame Photo Contest sponsored by Canon is April 6th. For complete rules and instructions on how to upload your photos use this link.Even if you’re not interested in entering, the contest page...

Dispatch to layoff 45 from newsroom April 3

The Columbus Dispatch is one of the few Ohio newspapers that haven’t had to resort to layoffs to offset falling revenues, but that is about to change. According to a story on the newspaper’s Web site 45 newsroom staffers are facing layoffs effective April...