Blade get 13 nods in Ohio AP contest

Congrats to all for your fine showing in the APME awards, which were announced on April 17. The Blade was nominated 13 times, with some individuals nominated more than once. The exact placement will be announced at a luncheon in Columbus on Sunday, May 7.

If you would like to attend in person and pick up your award, please let Kim Bates know and we’ll purchase your ticket. We are very proud of our statewide showing.

Below are the nominees and categories:

Best Daily Sports Section

The Columbus Dispatch, Brian White; Dayton Daily News, Staff; The (Toledo) Blade, Blade Sports Staff.

Best Enterprise Reporting

The Cincinnati Enquirer, Randy Tucker and Dan Horn, “How real estate investors are changing Cincinnati”; Akron Beacon Journal, Seyma Bayram and Doug Livingston, “How Catholic Democrats in Akron helped write the conservative playbook to overturn Roe”; The (Toledo) Blade, David Patch and David Jacobs, “End of daily service at Eugene F. Kranz Toledo Express Airport caused by multiple factors”

Best Explanatory Writing

The (Toledo) Blade, Stephen Zenner, “Exodus: Escape from Ukraine”; Akron Beacon Journal, Seyma Bayram, “The failed Akron Innerbelt drove decades of racial inequity. Can the damage be repaired?”; The Cincinnati Enquirer, Sharon Coolidge and Kevin Grasha; “P.G. Sittenfeld trial”

Best Feature Photo

The Cincinnati Enquirer, Albert Cesare; Dayton Daily News, Jim Noelker; The (Toledo) Blade, Dave Zapotosky

Best Graphics Artist

The (Toledo) Blade, Joe Landsberger; The (Toledo) Blade, Noah Ripley; The Cincinnati Enquirer, Mike Nyerges

Best Headline Writer

Dayton Daily News, Bob Underwood; The (Toledo) Blade, Heather Denniss; Dayton Daily News, Sean McClelland

Best News Photo

The (Toledo) Blade, Rebecca Benson; Dayton Daily News, Jim Noelker; The (Toledo) Blade, Dave Zapotosky

Best News Writer

The Columbus Dispatch, Bethany Bruner; The (Toledo) Blade, David Jacobs; Akron Beacon Journal, Amanda Garrett

Best Photo Story

The Columbus Dispatch, Barbara Perenic, “Body Painter”; The Columbus Dispatch, Fred Squillante, “The Homeless of Heer Park”; The (Toledo) Blade, Stephen Zenner, “Nation at War”

Best Sports Enterprise

The Cincinnati Enquirer, Charlie Goldsmith, “’Hi, my name is Joe Burrow’”; The Columbus Dispatch, Bill Rabinowitz, “C.J. Stroud profile”; The (Toledo) Blade, Blade Sports Staff, “Title IX at 50 series”

Best Sports Photo

The Cincinnati Enquirer, Albert Cesare, “Super Bowl 56 loss”; Akron Beacon Journal, Jeff Lange, “Eye Gouge”; The (Toledo) Blade, Rebecca Benson