COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — DIVISION IV, Newspapers with daily circulation of 25,000 to 74,999
General Excellence: 1, The (Canton) Repository; 2, The (Youngstown) Vindicator; 3, The Lima News.
Best Headline Writer: 1, Bonnie Hazen, Warren Tribune Chronicle; 2, Tom Harrison, The Lima News; 3, Kiarash Zarezadeh, The Lima News.
Best Business Writer: 1, Heather Rutz, The Lima News; 2, Brenda J. Linert, Warren Tribune Chronicle; 3, Robert Wang, The (Canton) Repository.
Best Columnist: 1, Kiarash Zarezadeh, The Lima News; 2, Greg Hoersten, The Lima News; 3, Charita Goshay, The (Canton) Repository.
Best Editorial Writer: 1, Dennis Mangan, The (Youngstown) Vindicator; 2, Jim Krumel, The Lima News; 3, Gayle Beck, The (Canton) Repository.
Best Feature Writer: 1, Tim Botos, The (Canton) Repository; 2, Tom Harrison, The Lima News; 3, Tracey Read, The (Willoughby) News-Herald.
Best Graphics Artist: 1, Michael Weiss, The (Canton) Repository; 2, Robert McFerren, The (Youngstown) Vindicator; 3, Bob Kast, The (Canton) Repository.
Best Sports Columnist: 1, Todd Porter, The (Canton) Repository; 2, Tom Usher, The Lima News; 3, Mike McLain, Warren Tribune Chronicle.
Best Sports Feature Writer: 1, Todd Porter, The (Canton) Repository; 2, Tom Usher, The Lima News; 3, Josh Weir, The (Canton) Repository.
Best Sports Writer: 1, Josh Weir, The (Canton) Repository; 2, Tom Usher, The Lima News; 3, Joe Scalzo, The (Youngstown) Vindicator.
Best Photographer: 1, Scott Heckel, The (Canton) Repository; 2, Robert Yosay, The (Youngstown) Vindicator; 3, Jay Sowers, The Lima News.
Best News Writer: 1, Kelli Young, The (Canton) Repository; 2, Tim Botos, The (Canton) Repository; 3, Virginia Shank, Warren Tribune Chronicle.
Best Sports Event Coverage: 1, The (Canton) Repository, “Hall of Fame Enshrinement Edition”; 2, Tom Usher and Jim Naveau, The Lima News, “State Baseball Finals”; 3, The (Canton) Repository, “State Champs.”
Best Sports Enterprise: 1, Todd Porter, The (Canton) Repository, “Storm Brewing”; 2, Josh Weir, The (Canton) Repository, “3 Sport Athlete”; 3, Jim Naveau and Jay Sowers, The Lima News, “Ohio Stadium – 90 Years of Traditions and Memories.”
Best Special Sports Section: 1, The (Canton) Repository, “Hall of Fame Class of 2012”; 2, The (Canton) Repository, “High School Football Preview”; 3, Warren Tribune Chronicle, “High School Football.”
Best Daily Sports Section: 1, The (Willoughby) News-Herald; 2, The (Canton) Repository; 3, The Lima News.
Best Informational Graphic: 1, Robert McFerren, The (Youngstown) Vindicator, “Titanic”; 2, Bob Kast, The (Canton) Repository, “Traffic Cameras”; 3, Michael Weiss, The (Canton) Repository, “Canton Marathon Course.”
Best Illustration: 1, Bob Kast, The (Canton) Repository, “In Memoriam”; 2, Joe Landsberger, Warren Tribune Chronicle, “All Eyes on Ohio”; 3, Joe Landsberger, Warren Tribune Chronicle, “Off the Beaten Path.”
Best Spot News Photo: 1, Craig Orosz, The Lima News, “Man Dies in I-75 Crash”; 2, Scott Heckel, The (Canton) Repository, “Dice Game Lead to Homicide”; 3, William Lewis, The (Youngstown) Vindicator, “South Side Sorrow.”
Best General News Photo: 1, R. Michael Semple, Warren Tribune Chronicle, “Guilty”; 2, Jeff Forman, The (Willoughby) News-Herald, “Parmertor Funeral”; 3, Amanda Wilson, The Lima News, “Grandparent and Much More.”
Best Feature Photo: 1, Duncan Scott, The (Willoughby) News-Herald, “Bus Stop”; 2, Jay Sowers, The Lima News, “Mind If I Wash, You Read?”; 3, Lindsay Brown, The Lima News, “FlashBack.”
Best Sports Photo: 1, Scott Heckel, The (Canton) Repository, “Winning Run”; 2, Don Speck, The Lima News, “Ohio State 26 – Michigan 21”; 3, Scott Heckel, The (Canton) Repository, “I Love You.”
Best Photo Essay: 1, The (Willoughby) News-Herald, “Chardon School Shooting”; 2, Jay Sowers, The Lima News, “Betting on Hope”; 3, Jay Sowers, The Lima News, “I’ll Run Again.”
Best Use of Multimedia: 1, The (Youngstown) Vindicator, “Greatest Golfer of the Valley”; 2, Michael Blair, The (Willoughby) News-Herald, “Hospice Treatment Doesn’t Keep Wade Stroup From Volunteering”; 3, Ben Duer, The (Canton) Repository, “Remembering McKayla Hoopes.”
Best Community Service: 1, The (Youngstown) Vindicator, “Gas/Fracking Stories”; 2, Warren Tribune Chronicle, “Veterans Day”; 3, Warren Tribune Chronicle, “Tribune Chronicle Celebrates 200 Years.”
Best Special Section: 1, Warren Tribune Chronicle, “Tribune Chronicle 200”; 2, The (Canton) Repository, “Hall of Fame Unsung Heroes”; 3, The Lima News, “Best of the Region.”
Best Breaking News: 1, The (Willoughby) News-Herald, “Shooting at Chardon High School”; 2, Elise Franco, The (Youngstown) Vindicator, “Manhunt For Killer”; 3, Joe Gorman, Warren Tribune Chronicle, “‘We’re Dying.'”
Best Explanatory Reporting: 1, Kelli Young, The (Canton) Repository, “Treasurer’s Office Scandal”; 2, Robert Wang, The (Canton) Repository, “What the Fiscal Cliff Means to You”; 3, Tom Harrison, The Lima News, “Hidden Homeless.”
Best Enterprise Reporting: 1, The (Canton) Repository, “The Diabetes Crisis”; 2, Ashley Luthern, The (Youngstown) Vindicator, “Juvenile Justice Series”; 3, Bob Blake, The Lima News, “Modern-Day Slavery.”
Best Investigative Reporting: 1, Heather Rutz, The Lima News, “Pay Questioned”; 2, Robert Guttersohn, The (Youngstown) Vindicator, “What Has Liberty ‘LEARN’ed?”; 3, Doug Livingston, Warren Tribune Chronicle, “Mahoning Valley Charities.”
Best Full Page Layout: 1, Nate Warnecke, The Lima News, “Sweet 16 of Style”; 2, Julie Vennitti, The (Canton) Repository, “Marathon Section Cover”; 3, Mark Meszoros, The (Willoughby) News-Herald.
Best Page One Layout: 1, The Lima News; 2, The (Canton) Repository.
Best Online Portfolio: 1, The (Willoughby) News-Herald; 2, The (Canton) Repository; 3, The Lima News.
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