2019 ONPA Television year-end contest results

Television Photographer of the Year
1st – Kris Sproles, WSU-TV, Dayton – 35 points
2nd – Eric Rerucha, WTOL-TV, Toledo – 29 points
3rd – Chris Reece, WJW-TV, Cleveland – 27 points
4th – Bill Muhammed – WJW-TV, Cleveland – 25 points

Station of the Year
1st – WJW-TV, Cleveland
2nd – WTOL-TV, Toledo

Best of Show
Kris Sproles, WSU-TV, Dayton, “Ring Leader”  

48-hour News Feature
1st – Eric Rerucha, WTOL-TV, Toledo, “Tin Goose” 
2nd – Kris Sproles, WSU-TV, Dayton,  “Market Force” 
3rd – Billy Muhammed, WJW-TV, Cleveland, “Box House” 
Award of Excellence – Joe Cromer, WTOL-TV, Toledo, “Haunted Hydro- A Real Life Horror Love Story”  

General News
1st – Kris Sproles, WSU-TV, Dayton,  “Fresh Food”
2nd – Billy Muhammed, WJW-TV, Cleveland, “GradyStrong”
3rd – Scott Doelling, WBNS-TV, Columbus, “Bike Camp”
Award of Excellence – Eric Rerucha, WTOL-TV, Toledo, “Community Help” 

Spot News
1st – Chris Reece WJW-TV, Cleveland, “Heart of Grafton”
2nd – Billy Muhammed, WJW-TV, Cleveland,  “I-90 ICE”
3rd – William Wolkoff, WJW-TV, Cleveland, “Chippewa Lake Flooding”
Award of Excellence – Joe Cromer, WTOL-TV, Toledo, “Dayton Mass Shooting”

Sport Feature
1st – Eric Rerucha, WTOL-TV, Toledo, “Born Addicted: Jonah’s Story”
2nd – Chris Reece WJW-TV, Cleveland, “Underground Wrestling”
3rd – Kris Sproles, WSU-TV, Dayton, “Base Bandit”
Award of Excellence – Billy Muhammed, WJW-TV, Cleveland, “Junior PGA”

Personality Profile
1st – Kris Sproles, WSU-TV, Dayton,  “Ring Leader”
2nd – Nicki Thacker, WBNS-TV, Columbus, “Podium Prankster”
3rd – Eric Rerucha, WTOL-TV, Toledo, “Final Cleaning”
Award of Excellence – Billy Muhammed, WJW-TV, Cleveland, “And It’s Good” 

In–Depth
1st – Kris Sproles, WSU-TV, Dayton, “Smashing Pumpkins”
2nd – Chris Reece WJW-TV, Cleveland, “Separated”
3rd – Joe Cromer, WTOL-TV, Toledo, “Detroit Homeless Musician Pocket Full of Hope”
Award of Excellence – Nicki Thacker, WBNS-TV, Columbus, “The House Ohio Built” 

Contest entries were judged by KCPQ-TV in Seattle, WA