Awards.
My bride and I attended this year’s Ohio Associated Press Award luncheon today in Columbus, where the Ohio Division of the AP gives out awards for the best in journalism among Ohio newspapers.
The News-Herald took Second Place in the General Excellence category for Ohio Division IV newspapers, those with circulation of 12,999 to 74, 999. Here’s the PDF of the judges’ comments (the selected paper was from the day after Pope John Paul II died):
This paper offered great breadth of coverage, good use of photos and graphics and inviting layouts. The Pope package works well. We especially liked the use of historical photos in the rail to chronicle the Pope’s career visually. Center piece photo was strong, and the inset type of the pope’s last words worked well. The refer package was clear and easy to read. Using an AA section for the “other” news of the day was a good touch, allowing readers to keep the main section as a souvenir. Baseball scouting reports were nicely presented. The package was clean and easy to read. It appears one staff member produced the bulk of this section. Quite an achievement! The “Display has wings” package is very effective. The art elements complement one another, and the graphic element in the headline is handled well. The second-day Katrina coverage is impressive.
To the staff of the News-Herald, I tip my brim. Nice job!
Normally, I wouldn’t write a blog post merely to announce something like this; I have reason to be proud tonight!
The other piece of news (the same PDF file) from today’s luncheon was a whopper: my bride won First Place for Best Editorial Writer (Ohio Division IV) with high praise (the citation refers mainly to her editorial on the hiring of former Cleveland Cavalier’s forward Danny Ferry as General Manager of the Cavs; for those of you who don’t catch it, the reference to “The Rock” is about the Indians’ Rocky Colavito):
Laura Kessel is clear, organized and eventempered. Anyone who invokes the memory of “The Rock” has to have her finger on the readers’ pulse.
Aw, shucks… I coulda’ told you that….
(73.8 — 46.0 — 27.8)
