ONPA
Ohio News Photographers Association
Former ONPA Treasurer Tom Brunk dies at 86
Longtime ONPA Treasurer Thomas "Tom" Brunk passed away March 1, at Stewart F. Meyer Hospice House in Palm Coast, Florida at age 86. Brunk was ONPA treasurer from 1969 to 1991. Brunk was director of photography for Nationwide Insurance in Columbus for 34 years. Prior...
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Jessica Phelps named 76th POYi Newspaper Photographer of the Year
Once again Jessica Phelps of the Newark Advocate is atop the photojournalism world after being selected as Pictures of the Year Newspaper Photographer of the Year in the 76th annual POYi competition. Lisa Krantyz from the SanAntonio...
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Kyle Robertson wins 5th clip contest POY title
Kyle Robertson from The Columbus Dispatch has won his fifth ONPA Clip Photographer of the Year title joining Jim Witmer as the only photographers to do so. Robertson’s title is his fourth consecutive and he is the first to accomplish that distinction. Robertson's...
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ONPA.org rebuilt and now mobile friendly
ONPA.org has been showing its age for quite some time, but now has new life with much more flexibility. Wish I could say the same. The old html site received a facelift about ten years ago and time and technology made it not so user friendly anymore. If you have the...
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Ali Ghanbari claims 11th ONPA Television POY title
Ali Ghanbari from WJW-TV in Cleveland has won his 11th ONPA Television Photographer of the Year title for his work in 2017. Ghanbari won first place in five of the six contest categories and also won Best of Show for his first place In-Depth story, “Calling for...
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Joshua Bickel and Jessica Phelps win ONPA POY titles
Athens, Ohio – Joshua A. Bickel from The Columbus Dispatch and Jessica Phelps from the Newark Advocate have been chosen Ohio News Photographers of the Year for 2017 by the Ohio News Photographers Association. This is the fourth straight year that Phelps has won the...
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Cincinnati Enquirer wins Pulitzer Prize for local reporting.
The Cincinnati Enquirer won the Pulitzer Prize for its story "Seven Days of Heroin." Sixty journalist blanketed the Cincinnati area to tell the story of heroins deadly toll in the community. Previously the title video for the series was recognized in NPPA's Best of...
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Marcy Nighswander presented Carson Award by ONPA
Ohio University professor Marcy Nighswander was presented the Robert S. Carson Memorial Award by ONPA for outstanding contribution to photojournalism during the annual seminar at Ohio University. The award is considered ONPA’s highest honor. A graduate of Bowling...
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Still coming down from that annual ONPA high…
It’s a thrill every year to finally get to that first moment of the judging of our annual contest. When it gets quiet and the images made by our ONPA members take over the screen. The 3 judges settle in and start the tall task of choosing our best images. Every year,...
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