APME nominees announced, luncheon planned

Congrats again to our nominees for the Ohio APME contest. Exact placement will be announced during a luncheon scheduled for 11:30 a.m. Sunday, April 3 at the Villa Milano Banquet and Conference Center in Columbus.

If you would like to attend, please let Kim Bates know and we’ll purchase a ticket for you.

Here are The Blade’s nominees:

Best Headline Writer: Skip Hall, The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer; Sean McClelland, Dayton Daily News; Bill Piotrowski, The (Toledo) Blade.

Best Graphics Artist: Joe Landsberger, The (Toledo) Blade; Mike Nyerges, The Cincinnati Enquirer.

Best Photographer: Rebecca Benson, The (Toledo) Blade; Albert Cesare, The Cincinnati Enquirer; Kareem Elgazzar, The Cincinnati Enquirer.

Best Special Sports Section: Ray Stein, The Columbus Dispatch, “Dispatch High School Scholar Athlete Awards 2021”; The (Toledo) Blade, “All Eyes on Toledo, Solheim Cup”; The Cincinnati Enquirer, “Welcome Home, FC Cincinnati: A Fan’s Guide to the Stadium.”

Best Daily Sports Section: The (Toledo) Blade; The Cincinnati Enquirer; The Columbus Dispatch.

Best Illustration or Informational Graphic: Joe Landsberger, The (Toledo) Blade, “Under Fire Shooting Map”; Mike Nyerges, The Cincinnati Enquirer, “How Cincinnati Government Works”; Mike Nyerges, The Cincinnati Enquirer, “How Trauma Can Affect Brain Development.”

Best Sports Photo: Rebecca Benson, The (Toledo) Blade, “Walleye Fans Mocked”; Adam Cairns, The Columbus Dispatch, “OSU Storms the Field”; Joshua Gunter, The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer.
Best Full Page Design: Rob Backus, Akron Beacon Journal; Sarah Baird, The (Toledo) Blade; Sydney Clark, Akron Beacon Journal.

Best Digital Project: Sheridan Hendrix and Ceili Doyle, The Columbus Dispatch, “Descendants of Hope”; Joe Landsberger and Kaitlin Durbin, The (Toledo) Blade, “Under Fire”; The Columbus Dispatch, “Broken Pledge.”

Best Digital Presence: Dayton Daily News; The (Toledo) Blade; The Columbus Dispatch.