2020 ONPA Television year-end contest results

Ali Ghanbari Television Photographer of the Year Award
1st – Dennis Spronck, WSYX/WTTE-TV, Columbus – 40 points
2nd – Eric Rerucha,  WTOL-TV, Toledo – 21 points
3rd – Chris Reece,  WJW-TV, Cleveland –  9 points 

1st – Personality Profile, “Blind Clockmaker” – Dennis Spronck, WSYX/WTTE-TV

48-hour News Feature
1st – Kris Sproles, WSU-TV, Dayton, “Eggcellent Delivery”
2nd – Eric Rerucha, WTOL-TV, Toledo, “Carr Cold Case”
3rd – Dennis Spronck,  WSYX/WTTE-TV, Columbus,  “A Window to the Pandemic”   *
Award of Excellence – Eric Rerucha, WTOL-TV, Toledo,  “Murder on Brown Road”   *

General News
1st – Dennis Spronck, WSYX/WTTE-TV, Columbus, “Field of Heroes” 
2nd – Dennis Spronck, WSYX/WTTE-TV, Columbus, “We’ll Play Ball”   *
3rd –  Kris Sproles, WSU-TV, Dayton, “F is for Flag”
Award of Excellence –  Dennis Spronck, WSYX/WTTE-TV, Columbus, “1st Lt. Dennis Caldwell McKnew” 

In-Depth
1st – Nicki Thacker,  WBNS-TV, Columbus, “Chillicothe Dentist”
2nd –  Eric Rerucha, WTOL-TV, Toledo, “Cook Brothers Reign of Terror”    *
3rd – Kris Sproles, WSU-TV, Dayton, “Behind the Curtain” 
Award of Excellence – Chris Reece, WJW-TV, Cleveland, “The Voting Class of 2020”    *

Spot News
1st – Dennis Spronck, WSYX/WTTE-TV, Columbus, “Muddy and Tired”   *
2nd – William Wolkoff, WJW-TV, Cleveland, “Black Lives Matter”  

Sports Feature
1st – Eric Rerucha, WTOL-TV, Toledo, “Back in the Huddle”  *
2nd – Dennis Spronck, WSYX/WTTE-TV, Columbus, “Paige”    *
3rd – Chris Reece, WJW-TV, Cleveland, “Training for Life”   *

Personality Profile
1st – Dennis Spronck, WSYX/WTTE-TV, Columbus, “The Blind Clockmaker”   *
2nd – Kris Sproles, WSU-TV, Dayton, “In the Bag”
3rd – Dennis Spronck, WSYX/WTTE-TV, Columbus, “Jim Morgan”
Award of Excellence – Chris Reece, WJW-TV, Cleveland, “Carol’s Last Words”    *

The asterisks that appear next to the entries are for stories that were eligible for the Ali Ghanbari Photographer of the Year award. The point totals are from those entries only.

Contest entries were judged by the staff of KCPQ, Q13-News in Seattle, Washington.