January and February Eddy winners

January

Ahmed Elbenni is recognized with the News Eddy for a series of fine storytelling, but especially for his piece on Jan. 31 that kicked off our Black History Month coverage. Ahmed focused on Black migration to Toledo. The story started out with this first sentence: It was 1943, and Washington Clark wasn’t going to let Hitler kill him — not after he made it this far.

Taylor Freyer wins the Digital Eddy for putting together a photo gallery early on the morning of Officer Brandon Stalker’s funeral. That package received great attention on our platforms, with nearly 3,000 likes on Facebook and more than 400 comments, including one from U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown.

David Briggs is recognized with the Desk Eddy for his column writing — there are so many notable ones — and for also working to get those columns in even sooner for better showcasing of his work.

Mark Monroe receives a News Eddy for being the first to report that the Walleye season was called off in January, and for jumping in to help with other sports areas as well.

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February

Lori King receives the Visual Eddy for shooting photos and a video at the South Toledo housing complex where three brothers were shot, two fatally, allegedly by their mother’s boyfriend. Lori spoke with a neighbor for the video, and that material also was used in the story as well.

Corey Crisan is recognized with the Desk Eddy for his work on the Charles Woodson Hall of Fame recognition, which included multiple stories and interviews with Woodson’s former coaches from our area.

Rick Youngs also wins in the Desk Eddy category for pitching a story about two volunteer scorekeepers at Scott High School. Rick was familiar with the duo from his years of expertise of taking sports scores.

Tom Troy receives the News Eddy for an in-depth piece looking at the future of the Democratic party, which was prompted in part by comments from U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur.

Each winner receives a $50 gift card of his or her choice.