{"id":2624,"date":"2018-07-25T12:38:37","date_gmt":"2018-07-25T16:38:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centralohiospj.org\/?p=2624"},"modified":"2018-07-25T13:56:21","modified_gmt":"2018-07-25T17:56:21","slug":"2018-ohio-spj-awards-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centralohiospj.org\/index.php\/2018-ohio-spj-awards-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 Ohio SPJ Awards Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"

COLUMBUS \u2013 Ohio\u2019s Best Journalism Contest<\/a>, sponsored by the Cincinnati, Cleveland and Columbus Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) chapters statewide, announced its 2018 awards. There were 308 awards announced out of 645 entries submitted<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The categories include large circulation print (75,000 or greater), small circulation print (fewer than 75,000), radio, television, digital media, trade organizations, freelance and college. Click here<\/a> for a full list of categories.<\/p>\n

Best of Show<\/em> distinctions are awarded in all categories except college. Entries were for work done in 2017. Journalists from The Top of the Rockies awards contest (Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and Wyoming) served as judges.<\/p>\n

Save the date for a luncheon celebration to honor the winners, which will be held Saturday, Aug. 25, 2018, at noon in Cincinnati with a riverboat cruise luncheon on the Ohio River. Registration is available on Eventbrite<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Journalists, who work for newspaper, magazines, radio, television, trade, online and college media in Ohio and adjacent states that have significant reach into Ohio were eligible to submit entries, as well as freelance journalists, who are Ohio residents, regardless of where their work is published, broadcast or webcast. Entrants did not need to be members of the Society of Professional Journalists.<\/p>\n

Ohio\u2019s Best Journalism<\/em> is the only Ohio competition that honors journalists who fulfill the SPJ mission: defense of the First Amendment, support of literacy, resistance to censorship, advocacy for openness of public records and meetings, media self-criticism and community service.<\/p>\n

Top print winners were The Columbus Dispatch<\/em> with 33 awards; The Cincinnati Enquirer<\/em> with 20 awards; The Akron Beacon Journa<\/em>l with 17 awards; The Plain Dealer\/Cleveland.com<\/em> with 10 awards; Crain\u2019s Cleveland Business<\/em> with 10 awards; and Columbus Alive<\/em> with 10 awards. Top broadcast winners were WKSU Radio<\/em> with 13 awards; WVXU 91.7 Radio<\/em> with 12 awards; WCPN Radio<\/em> with eight awards; WBNS-TV<\/em> with eight awards; WOSU<\/em> with seven awards; and WVIZ\/PBS ideastream<\/em> with seven awards.<\/p>\n

In the Large Circulation Print (75,000 or greater), Best of Show category, top winners included:<\/p>\n