2024 ONPA Television year-end contest results
Ali Ghanbari Television Photographer of the Year
1st - Dan Pasciak, WBNS-TV, Columbus - 38 points
2nd - Chris Reece, WJW-TV, Cleveland - 19 points
3rd - Joe Cromer, WTOL-TV, Toledo and Megan Heady, WBNS-TV Columbus - 16 points
5th - Scott Doelling, WBNS-TV, Columbus - 11points
6th - Evan Jones, WBNS-TV, Columbus - 8 points
2024 ONPA Station of the Year
WBNS-TV, Columbus
Spot News - “Indian Lake Tornado” - Brandon Genes
General News - “Cold Doesn't Bother Mailman” - Dan Pasciak
Sports Feature - “Emmy Sheldon” - Evan Jones
News Feature - “Amtrak to Columbus” - Tyler Hoffman
Personality Profile - “Zamarelli's Closes” - Megan Heady
In Depth - "Evictions on the Rise" - Chris Kettler
Spot News
1st - Scott Doelling, WBNS-TV, Columbus, “Bucyrus Tornado”
2nd – Megan Heady, WBNS-TV, Columbus, “Bucyrus Tornado”
General News
1st - Dan Pasciak, WBNS-TV, Columbus, “Tornado Clean-up”
2nd - Megan Heady, WBNS-TV, Columbus, “Pizza Pizza”
3rd - Chris Reece, WJW-TV, Cleveland, “Brain Boat Race”
Personality Profile
1st - Joe Cromer, WTOL-TV, Toledo, “Singing Barber”
2nd - Evan Jones, WBNS-TV, Columbus, “Stocked Shelves & Stuffed Animals”
3rd - Dan Pasciak, WBNS-TV, Columbus, “Mail Carriers in the Cold”
Sports Feature
1st - Dan Pasciak, WBNS-TV, Columbus, “Golf Club Repair”
2nd - Chris Reece, WJW-TV, Cleveland, “Flag Football”
In-Depth Series
1st - Chris Reece, WJW-TV, Cleveland, “First Responder PTSD”
2nd - Dan Pasciak, WBNS-TV, Columbus, “Suicide Awareness”
3rd - Joe Cromer, WTOL-TV, Toledo, “Positive Messages of Hope”
48-Hour News Feature
1st - Dan Pasciak, WBNS-TV, Columbus, “Grandfather Clocks”
2nd - Chris Reece, WJW-TV, Cleveland, “Argonauts”
This year’s contest was judged by the videography staff at WAVE 3 in Louisville, Kentucky.
This year’s contest was judged by the videography staff at WAVE 3 in Louisville, Kentucky.