News-Sun work honored as among best in Ohio

Springfield News-Sun Photographer Bill Lackey is a finalist in the 2019 Ohio Associated Press Media Editors Association contest. In this photo, Hayden King, 14, and his dairy cow play games on his cell phone to pass the time Friday, August 3, 2018 in one of the barns at the Champaign County Fair. Bill Lackey/Staff

Springfield News-Sun Photographer Bill Lackey is a finalist in the 2019 Ohio Associated Press Media Editors Association contest. In this photo, Hayden King, 14, and his dairy cow play games on his cell phone to pass the time Friday, August 3, 2018 in one of the barns at the Champaign County Fair. Bill Lackey/Staff
By Staff reports
Feb 27, 2019
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Investigations and reporting by the Springfield News-Sun staff were named finalists Tuesday in the 2019 Ohio Associated Press Media Editors Association contest. The contest honors the best daily journalism work by newspapers, TV and radio stations from across the state.

Photographer Bill Lackey is a finalist for best photographer as well as best news photo, best feature photo, best sports photo and best photo story.

While everyone else was taking pictures of the Tecumseh Land Trust sunflowers Tuesday in Yellow Springs, Leo Hong Mao, an artist from Columbus, was capturing them with paint on canvas. Bill Lackey/Staff

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Reporter Parker Perry is a finalist for best spot-news coverage. Former reporter Michael Cooper is a finalist for best public service for coverage of Springfield’s battle against opioids.

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Work by former reporter Matt Sanctis is a finalist for best enterprise reporting for housing and downtown development coverage, as well as for best investigative reporting for “E.F. Hutton.”

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WHIO-TV Channel 7 staff are finalists in five categories in the TV competition: best producer, Emily Gay; best weathercast, McCall Vrydaghs and Kirstie Zontini; best newscast; and best digital presence.Work by the staff at AM 1290 and News 95.7 WHIO radio was named as finalist in three categories in the radio competition: Best spot news coverage for “School Violence”; best newscast and best digital presence.Winners in each category will be announced at the annual Ohio APME awards banquet May 4 in Columbus.

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