Revenue and staffing continue to fall

Buyouts and layoffs continue in the ever troubled news gathering sector as revenue and circulation continue to fall. At the Beacon Journal in Akron buyouts and early retirement packages were offered to employees with a goal of shrinking the newsroom by 17%. Eighteen...

Dayton videographer saves a life

WDTN-TV photographer Don Hatcher has been given the inaugural Citizen Life Saving Award from the Urbana City Council for the role he played in saving the life of a traffic accident victim in January. Full story

Ohio news photographer killed in head-on crash

Misty Spurgeon, 26, a photographer for the Northwest Signal in Napoleon, was killed Saturday, Nov 8 on her way to an assignment when her car was struck head-on by a pickup truck near Waterville, OH. Ohio State Highway Patrol officers investigating the crash said that...

Tim Hussin Wins 63rd College POY Title

        Tim Hussin of the University of Florida has been named the 63rd College Photographer of the Year after judging at the University of Missouri’s School of Journalism.                 Amanda Lucier of the University of Missouri was the first runner-up with...