2016 Toledo Air Show
Check out Andy Morrison's video from the 2016 Toledo Air Show. The air show, which took place July 16-17 at Toledo Express, featured the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds and several aerial acts.
Blade’s political convention coverage
Tom Troy, Jim Provance and Kyle Rowland were The Blade's lead reporters in Cleveland the week of July 17 for the Republican National Convention. For the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Jim Provance will be inside the convention hall and Gabby Deutch volunteered to handle any protests.
Henry, McCray, Basting win June Eddy Awards
Tom Henry won the News Eddy for his handling of the Cincinnati Zoo gorilla issue and for a local reaction piece to the death of boxing great Muhammad Ali. Vanessa McCray won the Desk Eddy for serving as the Night City Editor for a week, but was still able to produce two breaking news stories. Jeff Basting won the Visual Eddy for tackling 17 graphics for the Ohio Media Project.
Blade captures 6 key Ohio SPJ awards
The Blade wins Best Columnist ( Keith Burris) and Best Website and finishes second for Best Newspaper in the large newspaper category. Vanessa McCray, Lauren Lindstrom and Tom Henry also were given first-place awards. Check out the entire list of winners.
Meet Janet Stengle
Janet is our final newsroom intern for 2016. She will be an incoming junior at the University of Notre Dame, where she is a history major and journalism minor. Janet is a Toledo native and a graduate of St. Ursula Academy. Last summer, she was an intern at Toledo City Paper.
Lessons learned from Orlando massacre
The Associated Press Media Editors recently conducted a lunchtime conversation, via Google Hangout, with Associated Press news vice president Brian Carovillano to learn how the AP covered the Orlando nightclub shootings. It's worth watching.
July 2016 birthdays
Six newsroom employees have birthdays in July. Happy birthday to all.