Blade finishes 2nd in General Excellence

Winners of the 2019 Ohio APME contest

APME  announced its winners on Monday after the May banquet was canceled because of the coronavirus outbreak.

Please note,  The Blade was selected second in the state for general excellence among the largest newspapers in Ohio. Credit goes to everyone on our staff.

The Blade is in Division V, which are newspapers with a daily circulation of more than 60,000. Division V includes the Akron Beacon Journal, The Columbus, The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer,  The Cincinnati Enquirer, The Dayton Daily News and The Blade.

The Division V entries were judged by editors from The Detroit News.

Here is the list of winners:

General Excellence: 1, The Columbus Dispatch; 2, The (Toledo) Blade; 3, The Cincinnati Enquirer.

Best Headline Writer: 1, Heather Denniss, The (Toledo) Blade; 2, William (Skip) Hall, The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer; 3, Jerry Petersen, The (Toledo) Blade.

Best Editorial Writer: 1, Mary Yost, The Columbus Dispatch; 2, Tom Troy, The (Toledo) Blade; 3, Wynne Everett, The (Toledo) Blade.

Best Graphics Artist: 1, Andrea Levy, The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer; 2, Jeff Basting, The (Toledo) Blade; 3, Tom Fisher, The (Toledo) Blade.

Best Sports Columnist: 1, Michael Arace, The Columbus Dispatch; 2, David Briggs, The (Toledo) Blade; 3, Paul Daugherty, The Cincinnati Enquirer.

Best Sports Writer: 1, Nick Piotrowicz, The (Toledo) Blade; 2, Bobby Nightengale, The Cincinnati Enquirer; 3, Bill Rabinowitz, The Columbus Dispatch.

Best Sports Enterprise: 1, Kyle Rowland, The (Toledo) Blade; 2, Nick Piotrowicz, The (Toledo) Blade; 3, Marla Ridenour, Akron Beacon Journal.

Best Special Sports Section: 1, Akron Beacon Journal, “Browns Magazine 2019″; 2, The (Toledo) Blade, “Walleye Season Preview”; 3, The Columbus Dispatch, “Urban Meyer Legacy.”

Best Daily Sports Section: 1, The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer; 2, The Columbus Dispatch; 3, The (Toledo) Blade.

Best Illustration or Informational Graphic: 1, Dayton Daily News, “Path of the Shooter”; 2, Julie Fulton, The Columbus Dispatch, “Easton Timeline”; 3, Joe Landsberger and Jeff Basting, The (Toledo) Blade, “Walleye Quiz.”

Best Feature Photo: 1, Fred Squillante, The Columbus Dispatch, “Girl in Mirror”; 2, Lisa DeJong, The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer, “Through the Mesh Fence”; 3, Jeremy Wadsworth, The (Toledo) Blade, “Racing Past St. George.”

Best Sports Photo: 1, Kyle Robertson, The Columbus Dispatch, “Head in the Game”; 2, Phil Masturzo, Akron Beacon Journal, “Game Winner”; 3, Jeremy Wadsworth, The (Toledo) Blade, “Touchdown Dive.”

Best Photo Story: 1, Kurt Steiss, The (Toledo) Blade; 2, Lisa DeJong, The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer, “Desperation Knows No Boundary”; 3, Joshua Bickel, The Columbus Dispatch, “Garrett Ford Prepares for Special Olympics World Games.”

Best Video: 1, Meg Vogel, The Cincinnati Enquirer, “10 Years After Fort Hood”; 2, Doral Chenoweth, The Columbus Dispatch, “Suffering on Sullivant”; 3, Andy Morrison, The (Toledo) Blade, “As the Season Winds Down, Toledo Christian Reviews 1 Season of 8-Man Football.”