by Bob DeMay | Jun 29, 2020 | Industry News, ONPA News
Ali Ghanbari, the most decorated Ohio news photographer, is retiring from WJW-TV in Cleveland where he has worked since 1994. The list of awards won by Ghanbari over the years is mind boggling. He is a seven-time Ohio SPJ Best Photographer, seven-time Ohio AP Best...
by Bob DeMay | Apr 4, 2020 | ONPA News, Photographers of the Year, TV Contest
Kris Sproles from WSU-TV at Wright State University in Dayton is the 2019 ONPA Television Photographer of the Year. This is Sproles’ second POY title, winning previously for his work in 2016 while working at WDTN-TV in Dayton. Eric Rerucha from WTOL-TV in Toledo...
by Bob DeMay | Mar 28, 2020 | ONPA News, Photographers of the Year, Year-end Still Contest
Columbus, OH – Meg Vogel from The Cincinnati Enquirer and Jessica Phelps from the Newark Advocate have been chosen Ohio News Photographers of the Year for 2019 by the Ohio News Photographers Association. This is the sixth straight year that Phelps has won the small...
by Bob DeMay | Mar 27, 2020 | ONPA News, Year-end Still Contest
Judging for the Still Image division of ONPA’s annual contest will take place remotely beginning at 10 a.m. EDT on Saturday, March 28, 2020 and will conclude that day. Judges will be conducting the contest via Zoom, and will be joined by ONPA president Joshua Bickel,...
by Bob DeMay | Mar 25, 2020 | Monthly Clip Contest, ONPA News, Photographers of the Year, Uncategorized
Albert Cesare from The Cincinnati Enquirer, Scott Heckel of The Canton Repository, Nick Graham from the Journal-News, Noelle Bye from the Ashland Times-Gazette and Mike Ullery from Miami Valley Today were named Best Photographers in their respective divisions of the...
by Bob DeMay | Mar 12, 2020 | ONPA News, Year-end Still Contest
Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the ONPA Board of Directors have decided to postpone this year’s annual seminar, which was scheduled to take place at the end of March at Ohio University in Athens. Judging for the Multimedia and Television divisions of our...