Ohio APME 2023 newspaper finalists

Congratulations to the finalists for the 2023 APME awards. Tickets are now available for the Ohio APME Awards Banquet, which will be held on Sunday, July 21. Please see your manager if you would like to attend.

Best Sports Columnist (DV): The Columbus Dispatch, Rob Oller, The Columbus Dispatch; Dayton Daily News, Tom Archdeacon; The (Toledo) Blade, Best Sports Columnist David Briggs

Best Sports Photo (DV): Akron Beacon Journal, Safe at Second; The Cincinnati Enquirer, Introduction; The (Toledo) Blade, Best Sports Photo Rebecca Benson

Best Full Page Design (DV): The (Toledo) Blade, Best Full Page Design Joe Landsberger; The Columbus Dispatch, Under Fire; The Cincinnati Enquirer, Enquirer Bengals front

Best News Photo (DV): The (Toledo) Blade, Best News Photo Stephen Zenner; The Columbus Dispatch, Columbus guns; Akron Beacon Journal, Walker Copley Road

Best Graphics Artist (DV): Dayton Daily News, Alexis Larsen; The Columbus Dispatch, Victor Black, The Columbus Dispatch; The (Toledo) Blade, Best Graphics Artist Joe Landsberger

Best Feature Photo (DV): Dayton Daily News, Bill Lackey; The Columbus Dispatch, Pickleball grand opening; The (Toledo) Blade, Best Feature Photo Stephen Zenner

Best Headline Writer (DV): The Columbus Dispatch, Lori Schmidt, The Columbus Dispatch; The Columbus Dispatch, Colin Gay, The Columbus Dispatch; The (Toledo) Blade, Best Headline Writing Heather Denniss

Best Photo Story (DV): The (Toledo) Blade, Best Photo Story Stephen Zenner; The Columbus Dispatch, Jack Hanna; The Cincinnati Enquirer, Damar Hamlin

Best Photographer (DV): The Columbus Dispatch, Brooke LaValley, The Columbus Dispatch; The Cincinnati Enquirer, Cara Owsley Body of Work; The (Toledo) Blade, Best Photographer Jeremy Wadsworth

Best Illustration or Informational Graphic (DV): The Cincinnati Enquirer, Why is there so much lifespan disparity in Greater Cincinnati?; Dayton Daily News, Dayton’s own ‘Routes and Ladders’; The (Toledo) Blade, Best Illustration or Informational Graphic Joe Landsberger

Best Sports Enterprise (DV): Akron Beacon Journal, Nate Ulrich; The (Toledo) Blade, Best Sports Enterprise Steve Junga; The Cincinnati Enquirer, ‘A son never forgets.’ How Bengals star DJ Reader lost his dad but found himself

Best Feature Writer (DV): The (Toledo) Blade, Best Feature Writer Sarah Readdean; The Columbus Dispatch, Jordan Laird, The Columbus Dispatch; The Cincinnati Enquirer, Dan Horn body of work

Best Enterprise Reporting (DV): The (Toledo) Blade, Best Enterprise Reporting Luke Ramseth and David Barkholz; Akron Beacon Journal, Stephanie Warsmith; Dayton Daily News, PFAs project