1st place Sports Feature – Jessica Phelps/Newark Advocate.
Joey Sanchez of St. Paris Graham Local reacts after beating Jason Hubbard of Steubenville in the Division II state wrestling championships.
Meg Vogel from The Cincinnati Enquirer and Jessica Phelps from the Newark Advocate have been chosen Ohio News Photographers of the Year for 2018 by the Ohio News Photographers Association. This is the fifth straight year that Phelps has won the small market POY title. This is the fifth straight year that Phelps has won the small market POY title. To put Phelps’ fifth consecutive title in perspective only three photographers have won consecutive POY titles and all were two-time winners of the award. Vogel won previously for her work in 2016.
Finishing second in large market division was Kyle Robertson from The Columbus Dispatch and finishing second in the small market division was Lorrie Cecil from ThisWeek Newpapers.
Two student members had a very rewarding weekend. Liz Moughon from Ohio University won Best of Show for the second consecutive year for her feature picture story, “Finding Kyle.” Moughon was also named the very first ONPA Multimedia Photographer of the Year and placed second as Student Photographer of the Year.
Nathaniel Bailey from Kent State University won the Chuck Scott Student Photographer of the Year title and was awarded the Larry Fullerton Photojournalism Scholarship.
The James R. Gordon Ohio Understanding Award was awarded Joshua A. Bickel from The Columbus Dispatch
for his entry “Wanted: Ohio’s Overflowing Warrant System.”
Forty-five visual journalists from across the state submitted over 650 entries in the 68th annual news photography contest judged at Ohio University.
Judging the competition were: by Robert Scheer from the Indianapolis Star, Denny Simmons from the Evansville Courier & Press and and Getty Images sports photojournalist Maddie Meyer. Judging multimedia and online entries remotely wereAAron Ontiveroz, a photojournalist at The Denver Post, and Katie Wood, a San Francisco-based freelance video producer and former video producer at SFGate.com and The Denver Post.
2018 ONPA Annual Contest Winners
George A. Smallsreed, Jr. Photographer of the Year (Small Market)
1st – Jessica Phelps, Newark Advocate
2nd – Lorrie Cecil, ThisWeek Newspapers
3rd – Shane Flanigan, ThisWeek Newspapers
Award of Excellence – Scott Heckel, The Repository
George A. Smallsreed, Jr. Photographer of the Year (Large Market)
1st – Meg Vogel, The Cincinnati Enquirer
2nd – Kyle Robertson, The Columbus Dispatch
Multimedia Photographer of the Year
1st – Liz Moughon, Ohio University
2nd – Meg Vogel, The Cincinnati Enquirer
Chuck Scott Student Photographer of the Year Award
1st – Nathaniel Bailey, Kent State University
2nd – Liz Moughon, Ohio University
3rd – Marlena Sloss, Ohio University
Larry Fullerton Scholarship
1st – Nathaniel Bailey, Kent State University
2nd – Madeleine Hordinski, Ohio University
James R. Gordon Ohio Understanding Award
1st – Joshua A. Bickel, The Columbus Dispatch, “Wanted: Ohio’s Overflowing Warrant System”
2nd – Jessica Phelps, Newark Advocate, “First Generation”
Best of Show
Liz Moughon, Ohio University, “Finding Kyle”
Losing Kyle
Monthly Clip Contest Photographer of the Year
1st – Kyle Robertson, Columbus Dispatch
2nd – Adam Cairns, Columbus Dispatch
3rd – Jeremy Wadsworth, The Blade
Staff of the Year (Large Market)
1st – The Columbus Dispatch
2nd – The Cincinnati Enquirer
3rd – The Blade
Staff of the Year (Small Market)
1st – Newark Advocate
2nd – ThisWeek Newspapers
Feature
1st – Eric Albrecht, The Columbus Dispatch, “Festival Wedding”
2nd – Katie Rausch, The Blade, “Pool Fun”
3rd – Jessica Phelps, Newark Advocate, “Trampoline Fun”
Award of Excellence – Lisa DeJong, The Plain Dealer, “Slurpy Kiss”
Award of Excellence – Rebecca Benson, The Blade, “Looking Out”
Feature Picture Story
1st – Liz Moughon, Ohio University, “Finding Kyle”
2nd – Marlena Sloss, Ohio University, “Teen Mother”
3rd – Meg Vogel, Cincintti Enquirer, “Rhinos”
Award of Excellence – Nathaniel Bailey, Kent State University, “Abood: Relief from Conflict”
General News
1st – Meg Vogel, The Cincinnati Enquirer, “Smitherman”
2nd – Emma Howells, Ohio University, “RAD”
3rd – Shane Flanigan, ThisWeek Newspapers, “Student Vigil”
Award of Excellence – Samantha Madar, Central Michigan University, “Reunited “
Award of Excellence – Jeremy Wadsworth, The Blade, “Vigil”
News Picture Story
1st – Kyle Robertson, The Columbus Dispatch, “Westerville”
2nd – Nathaniel Bailey, Kent State University, “Tent City”
3rd – Gus Chan, The Plain Dealer, “Clergy Arrested”
Pictorial
1st – Emma Howells, Ohio University, “Finger Rolls”
2nd – Lisa DeJong, The Plain Dealer, “Lines”
3rd – Kurt Steiss, The Blade, “Sunset”
Award of Excellence – Nate Manley, Kent State University, “VW Leaves”
Award of Excellence – Meg Vogel, The Cincinnati Enquirer, “Modjiaye”
Portrait Personality
1st – Carolyn Rogers, Ohio University, “Scouts”
2nd – Katie Rausch, The Blade, “Grandmother’s Love”
3rd – Liz Moughon, Ohio University, “Young Love”
Award of Excellence – Kyle Robertson, The Columbus Dispatch, “Quentin Smith”
Award of Excellence – Katie Rausch, The Blade, “Family Gown”
Award of Excellence – Madeleine Hordinski, Ohio University, “Quiet”
Award of Excellence – Lisa DeJong, The Plain Dealer, “Bed of Poverty”
Award of Excellence – Madeleine Hordinski, Ohio University, “Sabina
Product Illustration
1st – Kareem Elgazzar, The Cincinnati Enquirer, “3/4-pound burger”
2nd – Barbara J. Perenic, The Columbus Dispatch, “Toast Flight”
3rd – Jeremy Wadsworth, The Blade, “Vodka”
Award of Excellence – Fred Squillante, The Columbus Dispatch, “The Fang”
Ron Kuntz Sports Photographer of the Year
1st – Kyle Robertson, The Columbus Dispatch
2nd – Jessica Phelps, Newark Advocate
3rd – Tyler Schank, Metropolitan Community College
Sports Action
1st – Kareem Elgazzar, The Cincinnati Enquirer, “Punched”
2nd – Kyle Robertson, The Columbus Dispatch, “Outfield Collision”
3rd – Kareem Elgazzar, The Cincinnati Enquirer, “Off the Fngertips”
Award of Excellence – Tyler Schank, Metropolitan Community College , “Whitewater”
Award of Excellence – Kyle Robertson, The Columbus Dispatch, “Facemask”
Sports Feature
1st – Marlena Sloss, Ohio University, “Russel”
2nd – Jessica Phelps, Newark Advocate, “Champion”
3rd – Nate Manley, Kent State University, “Stuck the Landing”
Award of Excellence – Carolyn Rogers, Ohio University, “SPF”
Award of Excellence – Lorrie Cecil, ThisWeek Newspapers, “Champ”
Sports Picture Story
1st – Jessica Phelps, Newark Advocate, “More Than a Game”
2nd – Kyle Robertson, The Columbus Dispatch, “Zach Harrison”
Spot News
1st – Kurt Steiss, The Blade, “Shooting”
2nd – Eric Albrecht, The Columbus Dispatch, “ICE Protestor”
3rd – Samantha Madar, Central Michigan University, “Embrace”
Award of Excellence – Kareem Elgazzar, The Cincinnati Enquirer, “Cincinnati Mass Shooting”
Team Picture Story
1st – The Columbus Dispatch, “Ohio State vs. Michigan”
2nd – The Columbus Dispatch, “The Memorial”
3rd –Dispatch Media Group, “Westerville Strong”
Audio Slideshow
1st – Nickolas Oatley, Ohio University, “Mitchell’s Clothing Store”
2nd – Liz Moughon, Ohio University, “Connectivity Desert”
3rd – Madeleine Hordinski, Ohio University, “A Place to Gather”
Mitchell’s Clothing Store
Feature Video
1st – Liz Moughon, Ohio University, “Losing Kyle”
2nd – Liz Moughon, Ohio University, “The Regulars: The Blind Painter”
3rd – Jonathan Quilter, The Columbus Dispatch, “Marco’s Story”
Award of Excellence – Courtney Hergesheimer, The Columbus Dispatch, “Sister Nadine”
Award of Excellence – Andy Morrison, The Blade, “Finest Felines”
Award of Excellence – Meg Vogel, The Cincinnati Enquirer, “Over-the-Rhine Rhinos Learn to Swim”
Award of Excellence – Meg Vogel, The Cincinnati Enquirer, “A Killer, A Deacon, and the Strange Relationship that Saved them Both”
Award of Excellence – Meg Vogel, The Cincinnati Enquirer, “There’s a Cincinnati Story Hidden Inside ‘Hamilton’ the Musical”
News Video
1st – Kareem Elgazzar, The Cincinnati Enquirer, “Todd Portune’s Morning”
2nd – Kareem Elgazzar, The Cincinnati Enquirer, “Patient No. 1: A Promising Experiment”
Award of Excellence – Molly Corfman, Fremont News-Messenger, “Son Torn from Father During ICE Raid”
Award of Excellence – Andy Morrison, The Blade, “Love Conquers All”
Todd Portune’s Morning
Sports Video
1st – Sam Greene, The Cincinnati Enquirer, “B-Lark University”
2nd – Andy Morrison, The Blade, “Red Cloud”
3rd – Sam Greene, The Cincinnati Enquirer, “What Happened to John Ross?”
Award of Excellence – Nickolas Oatley, Ohio University, “Go Skate Day”
Award of Excellence – Nickolas Oatley, Ohio University, “Rob”
B-Lark University
Documentary Video
1st – Doral Chenoweth III, The Columbus Dispatch, “Where it Goes When You Flush”
2nd – Meg Vogel, The Cincinnati Enquirer, “Where the Gorillas Live: A Journey in the Congo”
3rd – Courtney Hergesheimer, The Columbus Dispatch, “Rural North Carolina Struggles in the Wake of Hurricane Florence”
Award of Excellence – Andy Morrison, The Blade, “Sins of My Father: A New Allegation”
Where It Goes When You Flush
Team Video
1st – Meg Vogel & Kate Murphy, The Cincinnati Enquirer, “The Sex Talk”
1st – Liz Moughon & Michael Swenson, Ohio University, “Crossroads”
The Sex Talk: The conversation that is not happening about campus sexual assault