2020 ONPA Annual Contest Winners
George A. Smallsreed, Jr. Photographer of the Year (Small Market)
1st – Jessica Phelps, Newark Advocate
George A. Smallsreed, Jr. Photographer of the Year (Large Market)
1st – Meg Vogel, The Cincinnati Enquirer
2nd – Joshua A. Bickel, The Columbus Dispatch
Chuck Scott Student Photographer of the Year Award
1st – Carlin Stiehl, Ohio University
2nd – Michael Blackshire, Ohio University
3rd – Lauren Santucci, Ohio University
Larry Fullerton Photojournalism Scholarship
1st – Tanner Pearson, Ohio University
2nd – Grace Wilson, Ohio University
James R. Gordon Ohio Understanding Award
1st – The Columbus Dispatch, “Political Climate of Southeast Ohio”
Best of Show
Jessica Phelps, Newark Advocate, “Life Locked Up in the County Jail”
Monthly Clip Contest Photographer of the Year
1st – Kyle Robertson, Columbus Dispatch
2nd – Jeremy Wadsworth, The Blade
3rd – Jeff Lange, Akron Beacon Journal
Staff of the Year (Large Market)
1st – The Cincinnati Enquirer
2nd – The Columbus Dispatch
3rd – The Blade
Staff of the Year (Small Market)
1st – Newark Advocate
Election 2020
1st – Kareem Elgazzar, The Cincinnati Enquirer, “Election Day 2020”
2nd – Laura Bilson, Ohio University, “Election Anxiety”
3rd – Gaelen Morse, Ohio University, “Bloomberg Campaign”
Award of Excellence – Rebecca Benson, The Blade, “Dancing”
Feature
1st – Meg Vogel, The Cincinnati Enquirer, “Ultraviolet”
2nd – Jessica Phelps, Newark Advocate, “Hair Cut”
3rd – Albert Cesare, The Cincinnati Enquirer, “Faith Coronavirus Pandemic”
Award of Excellence – Amy E. Voigt, The Blade, “Tapwater”
Award of Excellence – Katie R Forbes, Freelance, “Julius Tate”
Award of Excellence – Jessica Phelps, Newark Advocate, “Learning From Home”
Award of Excellence – Jeremy Wadsworth, The Blade, “Quinterpino”
Feature Picture Story
1st – Jessica Phelps, Newark Advocate, “Living on Love”
2nd – Carlin Stiehl, Ohio University, “Maryland’s Watermen”
3rd – Joshua A. Bickel, The Columbus Dispatch, “Lifting Their Voices”
Award of Excellence – Meg Vogel, The Cincinnati Enquirer, “Renters”
General News
1st – Joshua A. Bickel, The Columbus Dispatch, “Pandemic Revolt”
2nd – Jessica Phelps, Jessica Phelps, “A Mother’s Embrace”
3rd – Rebecca Benson, The Blade, “Road Rage”
Award of Excellence – Rebecca Benson, The Blade, “Dia Funeral”
Award of Excellence – Kareem Elgazzar, The Cincinnati Enquirer, “Day of Distance Learning”
Award of Excellence – Jeremy Wadsworth, The Blade, “Todd’s Guns”
Issue Illustration
1st – Joe Timmerman, Ohio University, “Dan and the Cedar”
2nd – Daniel Melograna, The Daily Standard, “Hazmat Football”
3rd – Abigail Dean, Ohio University, “Women in Sports”
News Picture Story
1st – Jessica Phelps, Newark Advocate, “Life Locked Up“
2nd – Joshua A. Bickel, The Columbus Dispatch, “George Floyd Protests”
3rd – Jessica Phelps, Newark Advocate, “Lockdown With Residents”
Award of Excellence – Meg Vogel, The Cincinnati Enquirer, “BLM Protest”
Pictorial
1st – Meg Vogel, The Cincinnati Enquirer, “Masked Judges”
2nd – Adam Cairns, The Columbus Dispatch, “Fans in Blue”
3rd – Fred Squillante, The Columbus Dispatch, “Colorful”
Award of Excellence – Lori King, The Blade, “Cultivation”
Portrait Personality
1st – Madeleine Hordinski, Ohio University, “Sabina”
2nd – Jeff Lange, Akron Beacon Journal, “I Can’t Breathe”
3rd – Jeremy Wadsworth, The Blade, “Rev. Prentiss”
Award of Excellence – Amy E. Voigt, The Blade, “Scared Mother”
Award of Excellence – Madeleine Hordinski, Ohio University, “PJ Bolden”
Award of Excellence – Gaelen Morse, Ohio University, “Eyes on Justice”
Product Illustration
1st – Meg Vogel, The Cincinnati Enquirer, “Baker’s Table”
2nd – Jeremy Wadsworth, The Blade, “Jam Cake”
3rd – Kyle Robertson, The Columbus Dispatch, “Salad”
Award of Excellence – Jeremy Wadsworth, The Blade, “Bread”
Ron Kuntz Sports Photographer of the Year
1st – Jessica Phelps, Newark Adovcate
2nd – Kyle Robertson, The Columbus Dispatch
3rd – Adam Cairns, The Columbus Dispatch
Sports Action
1st – Kareem Elgazzar, The Cincinnati Enquirer, “Crunch”
2nd – Kareem Elgazzar, The Cincinnati Enquirer, “Near Interception”
3rd – Albert Cesare, The Cincinnati Enquirer, “Head On”
Award of Excellence – Alex Conrath, Freelance, “Upper Arlington Touchdown”
Award of Excellence – Kareem Elgazzar, The Cincinnati Enquirer, “Tate Catch”
Sports Feature
1st – Kyle Robertson, The Columbus Dispatch, “Jump”
2nd – Kyle Robertson, The Columbus Dispatch, “Champs”
3rd – Jeremy Wadsworth, The Blade, “Steam”
Award of Excellence – Shane Flanigan, ThisWeek Community News, “Double OT Loss”
Award of Excellence – Adam Cairns, The Columbus Dispatch, “Memorial Without Fans”
Sports Picture Story
1st – Jessica Phelps, Newark Advocate, “The Season That Almost Was”
2nd – Kyle Robertson, The Columbus Dispatch, “Trevell Adams”
3rd – Jessica Phelps, Newark Advocate, “Coaching Creates Deep Roots For Croom Family”
Spot News
1st – Kareem Elgazzar, The Cincinnati Enquirer, “Standoff”
2nd – Amy E. Voigt, The Blade, “Grief”
3rd – Jeremy Wadsworth, The Blade, “Officer Killed”
Award of Excellence – Bill Lackey, Springfield News-Sun, “Rocking Chair Rescue”
Award of Excellence – Kyle Robertson, The Columbus Dispatch, “Pepper Spray”
Team Picture Story
1st – The Columbus Dispatch. “Social Distancing”
2nd – The Blade, “Protests Erupt”
3rd – The Blade, “Officer Killed”
Multimedia Photographer of the Year
1st – Meg Vogel, The Cincinnati Enquirer
2nd – Courtney Hergesheimer, The Columbus Dispatch
Audio Slideshow
No entries
News Video
1st – Meg Vogel, The Cincinnati Enquirer “Elder community mourns Bob Jamesl”
2nd – Meg Vogel, The Cincinnati Enquirer “Love in the Time of Coronavirus”
Feature Video
1st – Meg Vogel, The Cincinnati Enquirer, “Covid-19 Mom”
2nd (tie) – Courtney Hergesheimer, The Columbus Dispatch, “Election Bond”
Courtney Hergesheimer, The Columbus Dispatch, “Spring Freeze”
3rd (tie) – Courtney Hergesheimer, The Columbus Dispatch, “Outdoor School”
Courtney Hergesheimer, The Columbus Dispatch, “Summer of Violence”
Award of Excellence – Doral Chenoweth, The Columbus Dispatch, “Church Windows Restored”
Sports Video
No entries
Documentary Video
1st – Meg Vogel, The Cincinnati Enquirer, “Surviving a School Shooting”
2nd – Doral Chenoweth, The Columbus Dispatch, “I Took a Life”
Team Video
1st- The Cincinnati Enquirer, “2020: The Year That Revealed Us”
2nd – Ohio University, “Just Wanted to Remind You”
3rd – The Cincinnati Enquirer, “Religion and Coronavirus”
Still contest judges
Erin Hooley
Erin Hooley is a photojournalist at the Chicago Tribune where she has been working since 2015. She covers a wide range of news, crime, sports, features and documentary projects, including video.
Previously, she spent five years at the Standard-Examiner in Ogden. After moving to Alaska, she worked as a photographer for the University of Alaska Anchorage. Erin was also a photo assistant during the Iditarod 1000+ mile sled dog race. One summer, she traveled to every brewery in Alaska and photographed hundreds of beers for The Beer Up Here iPhone app.
She studied at the University of Colorado in her hometown of Boulder and found a love for photojournalism in Dan Eldon’s “The Journey is the Destination.”
Lisa Krantz is a staff photographer at the San Antonio Express-News and an adjunct professor at Texas A&M University-San Antonio. She recently completed a year-long fellowship with the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, studying the intersection of journalism and trauma.
In 2018, Lisa was named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Feature Photography for the story of Rowan Windham, a 10-year-old who inspired others with his positive outlook on life despite battling a rare, incurable disorder.
Krantz has a psychology degree from Florida State University and a MA in photography from Syracuse University. Previously she worked at the Naples (FL) Daily News.
Lisa Krantz
Nate Smallwood
Nate Smallwood is a photojournalist based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Born in Columbus, Ohio, Nate earned a degree from Ohio University’s School of Visual Communication.
Following internships with the Columbus Crew (MLS), and the Detroit Free Press, Nate became a staff photographer at the Tribune-Review in 2016.
Nate is a member of Diversity.Photo, National Association of Press Photographers (NPPA), and Video Consortium.
Multimedia judges
Carrie Cochran is a Pulitzer Prize-winning filmmaker and journalist for the Scripps Washington Bureau’s investigative team, where she has worked since April 2018. Before coming to D.C., she worked for her hometown paper, The Cincinnati Enquirer, for 13 years, where she was a photographer, reporter and videojournalist.
In June 2020, she was awarded the grand prize in the Robert F. Kennedy Human RIghts’ Journalism Awards for her role in the documentary, “A Broken Trust.” She was the one of the lead reporters and producers, as well as the director of photography and editor, in the 48-minute film.
Cochran was ONPA Photographer for the year (large market), in 2016.
Jarrad Henderson
Carrie Cochran
Jarrad Henderson is a four-time Emmy award-winning senior video producer for USA Today’s Investigative and Enterprise video unit. Recognized for being a forward-thinking, digital savvy, media and video production expert, Henderson helps others pursue their dreams of becoming visual storytellers through his roles as an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University’s School of Continuing Studies, Multimedia Judge for the Hearst Journalism Awards Program and as Academic Representative for the National Association of Black Journalists, Board of Directors.
When he’s not working, you can find him at the nearest roller rink, singing along to your favorite R&B artist. His work can be found at www.jarradhenderson.com
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