Blade photographers win 25 ONPA awards

Blade photographers had a great showing, winning 25 awards, in the 2022 Ohio News Photographers Association Annual Contest, which was judged on Sunday.

Isaac Ritchey won Best of Show, Jeremy Wadsworth was the Monthly Clip Contest Photographer of the year, and Phillip Kaplan was the Multimedia Photographer of the Year. The staff won a total of seven first place awards.

Complete results at https://onpa.org/poy-2022/

Blade awards by photographer:

Jeremy Wadsworth

1st place Monthly Clip Contest photographer of the year
2nd place Large Market Photographer of the Year
1st place Illustration
1st place Pictorial
2nd place spot news
3rd place Feature Picture Story

Phillip Kaplan

1st place Multimedia Photographer of the Year
1st place Documentary Video
3rd place Feature Video
3rd place Illustration

Isaac Ritchey

Best of Show
2nd place Monthly Clip Contest Photographer of the Year
2nd place Sports Photographer of the Year
1st place Sports Feature
2 Awards of Excellence in Sports Feature category

Dave Zapotosky

1st Place General News
Award of Excellence Feature

Rebecca Benson

2nd place General News
3rd place Feature
3rd place Monthly Clip Contest Photographer of the Year

Stephen Zenner

2nd place Portrait Personality
3rd place Portrait Personality
Award of Excellence News Picture Story

Kurt Steiss

Award of Excellence Pictorial