Ohio News

PhotographerJuly/August 1998

President’sMessage

We will all miss George Smallsreed andhis unique enthusiasm for living life. Georgewas a bit intimidating to people who firstmet or saw him. He was always dressed inhis full Western regalia and was always theloudest and most confident voice in a roomfull of photojournalists.

I certainly didn’t knowwhat to make of him when Ifirst came across him at anONPA convention. He wasa bit scary and I never couldfigure out all those harnessracing pictures. But as I gotto know George it becameobvious that he was a verygentle caring man whosepassion for photography was second to none.

That, I think, is what George would wantall of us to remember him for. Taking thebest pictures, no matter what the subjectmatter, is what counts.

I once read that the best job is one thatyou would do for free. I’m convincedGeorge felt the same way about being a pho-tojournalist and that will be a lesson I willalways be thankful he helped me understand.

Goodbye, but also congratulations toDoug Oster, former photo editor at TheMedina Gazette, who is now the night pic-ture editor at The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.Doug is one of Ohio’s hidden gems of a pho-tographer that never seemed to get a breakand land a staff position on a bigger newspa-per that he deserved.

Doug, in my opinion, was the epitome ofbeing the friendly competitor. I looked for-ward to shooting an event with Dougbecause I know I would have to really be onmy toes to get a good shot because I knewhe’d get one. He always had time to look atyour work and had a knack for editing thathelped the pictures tell the story and lookgood on the page. He certainly will bemissed.

Doug’s replacement as still vice presidentis Lisa Dutton from The Blade. Lisa’s isback at work and getting back into the swingof things.

I’ll be the first one to eat crow withoutmustard if the NPPA problems get resolvedquickly and without too much damage. I’venot been happy with the organization for

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ONPA Founder DiesGeorge A. Smallsreed Jr., one of the

founders of ONPA, died of natural causes athis Pickerington, Ohio home on May 16th atthe age of 75.

His feathered adorned cowboy hats andturquoise jewelry made him easy to pick outin a crowd. While hiswardrobe made people takenotice it was his photo-graphs that made peoplepay attention.

Smallsreed’s careerstarted at The ColumbusDispatch where he workedfrom 1946-66. He servedas chief photographer from1948 to 1956 and thenbecame photographer forthe paper’s Sunday magazine.

In 1957, Smallsreed was namedNewspaper Photographer of the Year by theNational Press Photographers Associationand Encyclopedia Britannica.

Smallsreed’s work at The Dispatch twicereceived Pulitzer Prize nominations.

He left the Dispatch to become chief pho-tographer for the U.S. Trotting Associationfrom where he retired in 1985.

In 1983 he won the ProximityAchievement Award given by the HarnessWriters Association and was voted theGolden Camera Award by the NorthAmerican Harness Publicists Association.The Proximity Achievement Award is amongthe most coveted honors in the sport of har-ness racing.

Smallsreed received the Dan Patch Awardfor long and meritorious contributions toharness racing in media in 1996.

In 1951 Smallsreed and nine other pho-tographers met in New Philadelphia withNPPA president Bob Boyd to form the OhioPress Photographers Association (as it wasknown until 1963). It was the third NPPAchapter.

He served as the association’s first vicepresident and was elected as president forthree terms.

In 1968 Smallsreed was the recipient ofONPA’s highest honor, the Robert CarsonMemorial Award.

At the 1998 ONPA convention inCincinnati the still photographer of the yearaward was renamed the “George A.Smallsreed, Jr. Award” by the board.

Ed Suba, Jr.

Smallsreed

George A. Smallsreed, Jr. receives the National Press Photographers Association Photographer ofthe Year award from then vice president Richard M. Nixon during a White House ceremony in 1957.

Ohio NewsPhotographerBob DeMay -- Editor1538 Cullinan Ave.Masury, OH 44438

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some time, feeling that they have losttouch with the everyday photojournalist aswell as some runaway egos. So somehow Iwasn’t surprised when this news broke.

There is a famousline in the movie“All thePresident’s Men”that said “Followthe money. Themoney IS thestory. “ I hope thisisn’t the tip of the

iceberg. Besides, it’s just another reasonwhy joining the ONPA is such a bargain.Only half your dues go towards paying forthe officer’s vacation homes in Florida.

Plans for the Dayton convention aremoving ahead and the board has met onceand will again in the fall to fine tune not

only the convention but the contest as well.If you have any suggestions feel free tosend one of us a note.

Contrary to what they may have heard,Ohio University students ARE allowed tojoin the ONPA. It might be an advantage toa university that is trying to build the pre-miere photojournalism program in thecountry to have more of its students bemembers of the state organization thanhigh school students across Ohio who nowout number OU students as members ofONPA.

Finally, please stop asking me about thehospitality room photos from theCincinnati convention. I’m not at liberty todiscuss them but believe me you’re betteroff forgetting they ever existed. There aresome things that even photojournalist’sweren’t meant to know.

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ONPAOhio News Photographers Association

Chairman of the board Bob DeMayPhone (330) 747-1471E-mail bdemay@pathway.net

President Ed Suba, Jr.Phone (800) 777-9471E-mail not yet

Vice president (Still) Lisa DuttonPhone (419) 245-6140 E-mail not yet

Vice president (TV) Ron StrahPhone (216) 431-8888E-mail mentorimpact@msn.com

Secretary David I. AndersenPhone (216) 999-4500E-mail diandersen@aol.com

Treasurer Kimberly BarthPhone (800) 777-9471E-mail kbarth@ohio.net

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Editor Bob DeMayPhone (330) 448-6274E-mail bdemay@pathway.net

Address correspondence to the editor at:1538 Cullinan Ave.

Masury, Ohio 44438

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The first stop on the NPPA annualFlying Short Course seminar this year isthe Sheraton Airport Hotel in Cleveland,Ohio.

The Flying Short Course is by far themost popular of all the educational pro-grams sponsored by NPPA. The travelingseminar visits 5 cities over seven daysbringing with it a top flite faculty of speak-ers for both still and television photogra-phers and editors.

Kim Fatica with WOIO/WUAB-TV,Cleveland is the chairman for the localevent. He’s still in need of sponsors so ifyour publication or station would be inter-ested in lending financial support don’thesitate to contact Fatica. He can bereached at 1-800-929-4343.

This year the FSC will feature the cur-rent NPPA Television Photographer of theYear, John Malat of KSTP-TV inMinneapolis. He will share his work andthrill you with his ability to combineimages and sound for powerful story-telling.

The award winning husband and wifeteam of Regional POY Tim Griffis andreporter Kim Reimland of KOMO-TV inSeattle will show what teamwork is allabout.

Included in the list of presenters isHeinz Kluetmeir whose work on the staffof Sports Illustrated has virtually definedgreat sports photography. He is the seniorstaff photographer at SI and has servedtwice as director of photography for thepublication.

College Photographer of the Year,Penny Delos Santos, who is a recentMasters graduate of Ohio University’sSchool of Visual Communications will alsobe a presenter.

Mary Ann Golon, Director ofPhotography for U.S. News & WorldReport, is a member of the faculty. She hasalso worked at Time Magazine as a deputypicture editor. She served the on-site photo-graphic efforts of Time and Life Magazineduring the Gulf War, and has coordinated

coverage of the Olympics from 1984 to1996.

Howard Bingham is a Los Angeles free-lancer who spent his career capturing themoments of Muhammad Ali's personal andpublic life. He has contracted work withLife Magazine, Sports Illustrated, Look,Newsweek and other periodicals.

The final faculty member is VicePresident Al Gore’s personal photographer,Callie Shell. Previously, Callie has workedas a staff photographer at USA Today, ThePittsburgh Press and The NashvilleTennessean.

The panel’s wide range of expertiseeach year is what makes this program as ispopular as it is.

Registration forms should be in the mailsoon. Cost for NPPA members is $40, non-members $50 and students $20.

Hotel rooms at the Sheraton are $79 pernight for a single or double. The cutoff datefor the convention rate is September 23.

The program’s popularity over the yearshas turned each stop into a two day affairwith local committees arranging a secondday of educational programs as well. Plansare under way to offer a bonus program forthose registered for the Flying ShortCourse. The bonus program will be heldFriday, October 16th.

ONPA member Al Detrich with theBlock News Alliance has committed tospeak on Friday’s program.

Detrich’s story the Children of theUnderground was a Pulitzer finalist lastyear as well as winning the ONPA OhioUnderstanding Award.

Since the story was published last yearDetrich has continued to follow the storyand recently traveled to Europe to continuehis work documenting the plight of thesechildren on the run.

Other speakers are being finalized forthe bonus program so stayed tuned.

The program won’t be complete unlessyou’re there in a seat so make sure you getregistered.

Remember if you can lend a hand or

NPPA Flying Short CourseTo Take Off In Cleveland

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Douglass Oster, photoeditor at The Gazette hasleft his position in Medinato join the staff of, ThePost-Gazette inPittsburgh, Pa.

It has been a reunionfor Oster and PamPanchak-Cohn. The twoworked together duringOster’s first stint atMedina before he left tojoin the staff of TheVindicator.

The two are nowphoto editors in Pittsburghunder Curt Chandler whoworked previously at ThePlain Dealer.

Oster’s position at TheGazette has been takenover by staff photographerShirley Ware.

Kimberly Barth, hasjoined the staff of TheBeacon Journal in Akron,leaving The Chronicle-Telegram in Elyria.

Barth also worked forAgence France-Pressecovering pro sports inCleveland. That positionhas now been filled byAnthony Onchak.

The staff at CNS ThisWeek in Columbus hasseveral new faces. Amongthem, Chris Parker, for-merly with The Times-Recorder in Zanesville.

Also joining This Weekis Stephen Counsel whohad been freelancing andLorrie Cecil formerintern at The ColumbusDispatch.

Rachel Rice has lefther position at The NewsJournal in Mansfield tojoin the staff at The PortClinton Times Herald.

Richard Sitler is backworking in Ohio at TheMarion Star. Sitler hadbeen working inColumbus, IN at TheRepublic and had previ-ously worked at ThePiqua Daily Call.

David Colabine movesto WKRC-TV inCincinnati from WYTV-TVin Youngstown.

Cara Owsley of TheRepository in Canton hasleft to join the staff at TheSun Herald in Biloxi, MI.

Pulitzer winners meet in TokyoOn the moveThe Pulitzer Prize Photography Exhibition in Tokyo

brought all of the Pulitzer Prize photo winners from thelast 55 years together for the first time. The exhibit,titled, "Eyes of History: 55 Years of PulitzerPhotographs", opened Feb.12th at the BunkamuraMuseum of Art. More than4,000 people viewed theshow each day in the firstweek. After one month theshow then continued totravel through Japan for therest of the year.

Plain Dealer photogra-pher Scott Shaw and eightother past winners attendedthe event, as well asMichael Pulitzer, adminis-trator of the prize.

Shaw's photo won the1988 spot news photogra-phy award. It pictured res-cue workers with BabyJessica McClure after shewas trapped in an aban-doned water well for 58 and a half hours in Midland, TX.He was with The Odessa American at the time andworked 62 hours in a 66 hour period while covering the

rescue.A symposium and forum were held as well as a book

signing for the Japanese only photography book thatshowed the exhibit's 230 photos taken by the 88 Pulitzer

Prize winners. Also onexhibit were cameras,clothing, newspaper clip-pings and other personalarticles from the photoshoots and announcementsof the awards.

A photo of Shaw beingdoused by champagne uponnews of his winning and thefront page of The OdessaAmerican were a part of thedisplay. The front pageshowed his winning photowhich all of the rescueworkers in the photo hadsigned.

Shaw went with his wife,Brynne, a former PlainDealer staffer, who is cur-rently directing her energy

toward their two-year-old daughter, Carson, as well asfreelancing.

Scott Shaw with his Pulitzer Prize winning photo of the res-cue of Jessica McClure, part of the “Eyes of History: 55Years of Pulitzer Photographs” exhibit in Tokyo.

Thomson, Goodson Sell Papers

Dispatch Exhibits Two Views

A four-for-one newspaper swap between OgdenNewspapers Inc. and Thomson Newspapers involvesthree Ohio newspapers.

Ogden, based in Wheeling, West Virginia, is givingownership of The Oskosh Northwestern (circ. 23,000)to Thomson's Winnebago Strategic Marketing Group,which publishes papers in four other Wisconsin townsbetween Milwaukee and Green Bay.

In addition to the 34,500-circulation Altoona (Pa.)Mirror, Ogden will acquire three papers in Ohio: TheWarren Tribune Chronicle, The East LiverpoolReview, and The Salem News.

Ogden Newspapers is a fourth generation familyowned newspaper group founded by H.C. Ogden in1890 in Wheeling and owned by his descendants, theNutting family. After the transaction, the companywill have 35 daily and more than 50 weekly newspa-pers in 10 states.

In Ohio, the Nutting family publishes TheSteubenville Herald Star, purchased from Thomson in1996; The Martins Ferry Times-Leader, The TiffinAdvertiser-Tribune, and The Marietta AM and Sunday

In another sale the Journal Register Co. of Trenton,N.J. has reached and agreement to acquire theGoodson Newspaper Group’s Pennsylvania, Newyork and Ohio newspapers for $300 million in cash.

In Ohio, the deal involves The Independent inMassillon and one free supplement.

It is the Journal Register’s 12th and largest acqui-sition since the company formed in 1990. The JournalRegister now has 24 daily newspapers with a com-bined paid daily circulation of 657,628 and 175 non-daily publications with a combined circulation ofapproximately 3.5 million.

“Two Views”, an exhibit of photographs by thestaff of The Columbus Dispatch opened at the OhioArt League on June 6th during a Gallery Hop event inColumbus.

The show, curated by Dispatch photographer MaryCircelli, featured published and unpublished workfrom the staff of the paper.

News dictates what photographers at a daily met-ropolitan paper point their cameras at, but Circelliwanted to include more. Pictures made by the staff ontheir own, outside the bounds of photo assignments toshow their creativity and relfect their own personal

vision.Hence the name of the exhibit, “Two Views”.

Diversity. Contrast. Published. Unpublished. All sumup the varying styles and characteristics of the 38 pho-tos, which represented the work of 19 award-winningstaff photographers at The Columbus Dispatch.

“The show was on exhibit during the month ofJune with a great response from the community”,according to Circelli. Several other galleries haveshown interest in the exhibit. Circelli plans to persuethat possibility.

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Former ONPA member,Sharon Cekeda, nowworking at The Post-Crescent in Appleton,WI.scored her first nationalclip win in the NPPAmonthly contest.

Her winning clip froma Green Bay Packersfootball game was fea-tured in the June editionof News PhotographerMagazine.

When the staff of thePittsburgh Post-Gazettegathered to celebratestaffer Martha Rial’sPulitzer it turned out to bea bad day for the P-G’sMatt Freed.

After teaching two P-Ginterns how to drink beer,he took on Mandi Wright,of The Medina CountyGazette in an armwrestling match. He lost, three times.

If that wasn’t enoughto get a guy down whenhe left the party he foundthat someone had brokeninto his car and stolen allof his camera equipmentand cell phone.

The Beacon Journal’sMike Cardew was sport-ing new fashions at thestate track meet at OhioState University.

It seems Mike left forColumbus with an emptysuitcase. A trip to Targetsolved the problem.

Seems that DougOster had similar prob-lems when starting hisnew job in Pittsburgh atThe Post Gazette.

When he opened hissuitcase he found his wifeforgot to pack him anypants for the week.

That was just the start.His second night on thepicture desk a tornadotouched down inPittsburgh.

Kent State Universitystudent Lindsay Semplehas won the JosephEhrenreich ScholarshipAward sponsored by theNational PressPhotographersFoundation. The $1,000award is for tuition andother educational expens-es.

Odds ‘n ends Board Plans for 1999 ConventionBY DAVID I. ANDERSEN

ONPA SECRETARYThe summer Board Meeting of the Ohio News

Photographers Association was held in the upstairs ofEd Suba’s Theatre. Members attending were BobDeMay, Suba, Doug Oster, Kimberly Barth and DaveAndersen.

The main topic of discussion was the 1999 AnnualConvention. A conference call was conducted withConvention Co-Chairman Marshall Gorby. The funwill take place at Fairborn/Dayton Holiday Inn onApril 9th & 10th. The weekend will lift-off like arocket with an opening reception at the Air ForceMuseum.

Gorby’s biggest news was that Cox Newspaperswill contribute $2,000 for the weekend and also pro-vide free postage for mailing concerning the conven-tion. Cox also wants to give a tour of their new print-ing plant in Dayton on Saturday morning.

Because it would take well over two hours from themorning education seminar, the board felt that was notgood use of our time. The board is very thankful toCox, but wants instead to invite them to present theirplant with a program at the education seminar.

Skip Peterson will be handling finding an interest-ing slate of speakers. The convention staff was inter-ested in bring a techno type speaker in. The board feltthat there would be more interest in good talentedphotographers and picture editors. The board alsowould like one of the four still speakers to be somefrom Ohio. Not only would this showcase our owntalent, but it would save a bit of money. We hope thisbecomes an annual part of the meeting. The board puta deadline of October 1st for the speakers to be inplace, including TV.

Ron Strah, the TV Vice President had expressed tothe board that he didn’t think having TV speakerswould be enough of a draw in 1999. There are a cou-ple other TV seminars in the final months of this yearand he wasn’t sure how a third seminar would bereceived.

The board decided that there would be two TVspeakers at the convention. We cannot ask them to bemembers and not offer them anything, but the contest.We value their membership.

Other items discussed with Gorby was the needfor the TV seminar and the vendors to have betterlocations than they did last year. Each would be bet-ter in an area with more foot traffic.

The raffle tickets sold each year have been a majorsource of income to cover the cost of a convention.

Gorby was told that one should take place with entic-ing prizes put on display to increase sales, as inCincinnati last year. The board insisted that the annu-al business meeting take place during the lunch breakwith lunch provided. Members need to attend to helpthis be a great organization. The board also felt that acontinuous showing tape of the TV winners would bea great way to highlight their talents for everyone.

Kimberly Barth reported that eight new membersso far qualify for a free registration to the 1999Convention. Only new members or those who havenot been a member for 5 years are eligible.

This years still contest judging will be held inColumbus at least a month before the convention inDayton. Greg Peters of The Columbus Dispatch hasvolunteered to lend a hand if needed and will assistfrom that end with Contest Chairman, Matt Detrich.Retired Ohio State University professor Tom Hubbardhas also offered to be of assistance in acquiring spaceand he and Peters are currently working togetherexploring options.

Discussion took place on the possibility of havingan open portfolio judging on either Friday orSaturday of the judging. The matter was tabled untilthe next board meeting.

The hope of the board is to make the contest andjudging to sustain itself financially. Andersen willcheck into making the cost of plaques less expensive,while remaining attractive. Also, it’s the boards hopeof finding a major sponsor for the contest whose nameor logo would appear on the plaque. The board willask for $2,000 for this great exposure.

In new business, DeMay talked about the GeorgeSmallsreed Estate. He has been in contact with thelawyer handling it. Although George’s family cancontest the will for four months after his unfortunatedeath, once the estate is settled, all proceeds are to gothe ONPA. During the first 21 years, the ONPA willreceive the interest on the principle. After that, theprinciple belongs to the ONPA. George will bemissed by many.

The board voted unanimously to give the NPPATelevision Airborne Stop in Columbus an equalamount as was previously pledged to the Flying ShortCourse coming to Ohio in October.

The last topic on the agenda was to unfortunatelyaccept the resignation of Still Vice President, DougOster, who is now working in Pittsburgh. We wishhim well. Lisa Dutton was nominated to replace himfor the rest of his term which runs until 2000. Thevote was unanimous. Welcome aboard Lisa!

Lt. John W. “Jack” Montag, a charter member ofONPA and retired Columbus Police photo chief diedfrom complications of a stroke in April at age 79.

Montag was was named Police Photographer of theYear in 1956 by Eastman Kodak Co.

He was the first person to use color pictures in anOhio courtroom. In 1966 he predicted that mug shotswould be taken in color, a practice which becamestandard 20 years ago.

Montag produced and directed training films usedby over 20 agencies including the U.S. TreasuryDepartment.

He retired in 1971 ending a 25 year career with theColumbus Division of Police. Montag had been aNavy photographer in World War II.

During the 1930’s and 40’s he was a professionalsaxophone player in several big bands. He foundedthe Columbus Police Dance Orchestra, organized as a

community outreach in 1957.Montag taught police-press courses at police sem-

inars throughout the state and encouraged officers tocooperate with the press.

But he also had a favorite trick.Seems he would befriend cub reporters at a crime

scene and ask for their help to carry equipment.The wide eyed reporters were always willing to

accompany Montag to the threshold of the crime,where uniformed officers were stationed.

Montag would proceed. When the reporter tried to follow the officers would

ask just who do you think you are.At that point the reporters would usually say they

were with Jack.Montag would then turn and say, “never saw em

before in my life, not with me”.

Ex-police photo chief Montag dies

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News Ideas forPhotojournalismToday

Part 1 of 2

Tom Hubbard beganhis career as a televi-sion director in Norfolk,Virginia and worked asa director and tv newscameraman in Atlanta,Georgia before switch-ing to newspaper pho-tography in Atlanta. Hemoved to the CincinnatiEnquirer in 1966. In1978, he left theEnquirer and returnedto college for a mas-ter's degree. He hasbeen teaching photo-journalism at the OhioState University since1983. He retired inJune 1998 and nowplans another career asa newspaper photojour-nalism consultant.Hubbard is a guestcolumnist for TheDigital Journalist ™, aphotojournalism website by Dirck Halstead,where this story firstappeared. The siteaddress is: http://dirck-halstead.org/

By TOM HUBBARD

A small incident a long time ago had a profoundeffect on me. I was working as a local television direc-tor. I came upon the weather man outside, looking upat clouds. I said I thought it was funny that, with all thedata available, he was looking at the clouds. He said,"If I predicted snow every time the data indicatedsnow, I would be a laughing stock. I check the sky tobe sure."

As a journalist, consider the moral. How often doyou make up your mind without actually seeing whatyou are reporting? If a theater critic wrote a reviewbased solely on an interview with the director, notbothering to see the play, you'd fire that critic, becausethe director's opinion is not the whole story. You gottasee it to write about it, yada yada.

Well, it's accepted procedure with reporters.Reporters don't go to places, they call people who willtalk about it. In this shorthand journalism, photojour-nalism is a labor intensive anachronism, even in aworld more attuned to visual information. It's a crazyaberration that, as photojournalism gets better and thepublic is becoming more attuned to visual communica-tion, photojournalism's prominence in the newsroom isdiminishing. Staffers lose status jobs , freelancers aresqueezed.The Internet is Visual

There were only a few people on the Internet untilit became visual. Now it's taking over the communica-tion world, all because pictures and graphics wereadded. Shouldn't this tell us something? Journalism isin a precarious time. The public demands more sensa-tion after more sensation. Well, the big secret is thereis just not enough sensation to go around. What doesany industry do when there is not enough product?They manufacture more. In respectable news circles,it's called "speculation." Speculation is a false attemptto bring order out of the chaos of the deluge of infor-mation.

Human organizations handle chaos by imposingorder? Ancient military organizations invented disci-pline. Governments and the Industrial Revolutionextended this formula. Early industrialists had to trans-form the individual discipline of farmers to the order-ly process of manufacturing. That transformation wasnecessary with new industrial workers, but the infor-mation age demands a return to the individual disci-pline of agriculture, because the knowledge workerhas the whole process within grasp.Find a Humanistic Approach

That's the idea, individual journalists finding theirown, humanistic approach. Changing approach will beeasier for reporters than photojournalist. The photo-journalist is stuck outside a door, waiting for Mr.,Mrs., or Ms. sensation to come out. If the digital cam-era could record speculation visually, it would begreater success. Isn't that a disgusting thought?

Well, if you are a practicing photojournalist, you areliving this nightmare. You are not documenting the lifeand times of your community, you are chasing greaterand greater sensations. What is the contribution to abetter informed electorate if 50 photojournalists standoutside a door waiting for a young woman to comeout?

When news was documentary, photojournalistswere in a strong position. Now that news must satisfyrising expectations for sensation, photojournalismhangs around outside, literally and figuratively.

The life and times of your community is a continuing process. It's false journalism to pick certain points in this process and sensationalize them. It's like

endingevery sentence with an exclamation point!How do we get out of this type of photojournalism?

We've got to find time to change in spite of the nextdeadline. Today's edition of a paper represents a suc-cessful yesterday, not a successful future. Adjust yourtime warp to consider the future, beyond the next edi-tion.Graphic Design is Running Photojournalism

The last great, new ideas in American photojournal-ism grew from the adoption of the 35mm camera in the1960s. Photojournalists could explore a situation with36 exposures rather than arrange something for thetwo sides of a film holder. A graphic design revolutionis the only major idea since the 1960's. We are averag-ing one major (non-technological) idea every 20 years.(Color has hypnotized us with its brilliance, but not itscontent or contribution to visual narrative.) People inother industries laugh at our progress rate.

Let's invent content design. While graphic designarranges word and picture reporting already done, con-tent design arranges content BEFORE it's done."Arrange" in the sense of assessing the full news reportover time. Celebrity coverage is exhausted, so look forcontent in the 99+ percent of the world's people whoare not celebrities. It shouldn't be that hard. I'd like tohave this bumper sticker printed, "IAMITT." Ideas aremore important than things." Although photographsmight seem to depict only things, the ideas in a photomake the great photographs.TILT

Another bumper sticker would be "TILT," for Truth,Intimacy, Light, Timing. It's a better criteria than"news." "Truth" is more than accuracy, it's genuineportrayal. "Intimacy" means the viewer sees enough toempathize with the people and situation. "Light" canbe more than descriptive, it can engage us in universalways. "Timing" ranges from the right expression tobeing there when they are doing it, not when they aretalking about it. If you think timing, photojournalistsshould go to the happenings, not waste all those hoursat news conferences, where people are just talk aboutit.

It's difficult to get TILT in quick-hit photo assign-ments. In practice, editors, photographers and subjectsagree on a convenient distortion of TILT. This mutualagreement is a safety net that homogenizes photo-graphs. Try removing the safety net occasionally.Explain that you will be taking some risks occasional-ly. If failure is OK occasionally, everyone can risk try-ing something new.

Newspapers and the news media are knowledgeindustries. We had this corner long before Bill Gates orthe Internet. We can advance by recognizing that theknowledge we are talking about is in the heads ofworking journalists. In a news operation, the mostimportant ingredient comes in through the employeeentrance.

The great dilemma of modern times is how the indi-vidual relates to the group. This is echoed in the news-room. We've got to examine exactly what can best bedone by the individual, and what can best be accom-plished by the group. For instance, reporters get editedafter the fact. They have the satisfaction of the firstdraft. The copy desk respects this draft and checksbefore making substantive changes. In contrast,photographers are edited DURING the process. Theyshoot under more specific instructions and are oftennot consulted on negative selection. This differencespeaks volumes.

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BY BOB DeMAYTHE VINDICATOR

George Smallsreed, Jr. was a man who was just as col-orful as his pictures. The stories are countless and the mem-ories are fond of a man who dedicated his life to photojour-nalism, and the ONPA. George was NPPA Photographer ofthe Year in 1957 and twice nominated for the Pulitzer Prize.He had a well-justified reputation as a ladies man, but therewas more to him than the legendary "wild"stories told overthe years.

He was a man who loved his work, and cared verydeeply for his profession. "I should have paid them for thatjob, " George was quoted as saying when he spoke aboutbeing a photojournalist to the U.S. Trotting Association justweeks prior to his death.

His love for his work carried on right through retirement."A good photographer gets better every day, George said.“A lot of days, considering the new equipment they havenow, I wish I were 50 and not 73 and was still out thereshooting every day. I’d knock ‘em dead," he added.

Retired Ohio State University professor Tom Hubbardhas fond memories of George. "I do know I will missGeorge at the Ohio State football games. He always sat onhis camera case just out of the endzone. I think George wasa photojournalism giant in a time when it was pretty hard tobe a giant.”"

George’s photographs spoke as loud as he did and hecould have gone on and just keep making pictures, butGeorge wanted more. He wanted to give something back tothe profession he loved.

On November 25, 1951 George and nine other Ohionews photographers along with NPPA president Bob Boyd,met in New Philadelphia, to form the third NPPA chapterknown as the Ohio Press Photographers Association.

The organization truly became one of the loves ofGeorge’s life. He served three terms as president andremained very active as a member even when not holdingoffice. It was a pattern that held even in retirement.

George had a vision for ONPA and he wasn’t shy about

passing it along to the officers of the organization over theyears. He was well known for his "State of the ONPA"speeches at the annual convention.

I had spoke with George at the convention in Cincinnatiand asked him for his help in planning a special celebrationfor ONPA’s upcoming 50th anniversary. He didn’t look likea man of 75 when talking about it, his eyes sparkled and hisvoice was boyish. He said then that he prayed he would beable to make it, but acknowledged that with his health overthe years he was lucky to be standing there talking to mehere and now.

George always told it like it was, and even though doc-tors had just given him a clean bill of health he new theodds were not on his side. Missing the 50th anniversary isprobably the only thing in life that George didn’t get to do,that he really wanted to do.

In Cincinnati the board voted to name the still photogra-pher of the year award in his honor. He left the conventionearly and was not present when the announcement wasmade. I called George to tell him the news, and he wasspeechless. He was very humbled and thankful by the recog-nition.

In a letter several days later he said, "I’m in shock fromyour phone call, it is damn hard to be immortal. I hope itworks for ONPA. As I said on the phone I had a ball inCincinnati, wish I had been able to join the fun at the beertap but the old body just is not allowed to have fun any-more!!! God bless all of you people working so hard to helpkeep us strong.”"

Just days before his death he wrote to me passing alongsome newsletter items. In the letter he once again spokeabout the recent convention. He wrote, "Thanks to all for thegreat meeting in Cincy I had a ball and was not going to runmy mouth I was having too much fun!!! My problem is thatI’m a dinosaur and when I die they will wire up my oldbones and set me next to old Trins Rex."

This organization will truly miss George Smallsreed andits great to know that he will not be forgotten. A man whodid so much for ONPA in his life will continue to do so.For in the end he gave us literally everything he had.

Horseshoeshang in a win-dow of a barnby Vernon inupstate NewYork.Smallsreed’swish was thatsomeone wouldhave walked bywith a horsewhile he wasthere.

Remembering

George Smallsreed Jr.

GEORGE SMALLSREED, JR.ABOVE: Two boys hide snowballsbehind their backs as a suspectingpoliceman casts a glance. Thephoto as one of two Pulitzer Prizenominations Smallsreed receivedwhile a photogrpaher at TheColumbus Dispatch. RIGHT:A dewsoaked spider web hangs from aflower at Ben White Raceway. Thiscolor photograph was a favorite ofSmallsreed.

GEORGE SMALLSREED JR.

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If It's Not Right, You Got It That WayHere are some ways photojournalists per-

petuate their status. All education and training effort is devot-

ed to improving what we are already doing.Photojournalism gets better every year but

it's the same oldthing. Think of itthis way. We replacethe spark plugs,clean the wind-shield, etc., but wedon’t considerwhere we are going.We work to improve

the next assignment, but seldom ask ques-tions about the grand mission of photojour-nalism. Is, "Illustrate written stories," thegrand mission?

Photojournalists go off by themselves toinvent new ways. They had to do this in thebeginning, because no one else was interest-ed. All the education of the last 50 years hasimproved photojournalists, but it's put themin a different camp. They even go to separateconventions to emphasize that difference.This is the opposite of modern organization-al thinking.

Journalists accept an atmosphere wheremost creative energy is devoted to the nextedition. I call this one "catch the deadlinetiger by the tail." Any idea that might inter-fere with the next edition is considered taboo.The digital camera is the biggest innovationsince the acceptance of the 35mm camera.Have its possibilities been exploited in anyway, beyond the deadline tiger?

So much of this education is a controlthing. "This is how it's done, this is how I doit, this is how you should do it." It teachescontrol journalism. Photojournalists don'tsay, "Stand here and point," anymore, butthey must control subjects in a half-hourassignment. The American education system

turned your creativity off the day they tookaway your crayons in the first grade. Sincethen the system has been, "Shut up and lis-ten." New people should be contributing newideas, but recently trained photojournalistsare the most rigid of all journalists. This isterrible preparation for the future of journal-ism."That Won't Work Here."

These ideas restrict possibilities ratherthan expand them. They are holding us inthe wrong era. New ideas suffer the fate of,"That won't work here." "Won't work" does-n't address an idea. It's a non-sequitur. Forceyourself to separate an idea's merits from itspracticality. If the merits are good, thenaddress the possibilities. Be positive, dream,"It would be nice if we could do that," insteadof, "That won't work here." If the problem isthe deadline tiger, figure out a way to beat thetiger. Take turns. "You feed the tiger todaywhile I try something new."

Photojournalism has used new technologyto improve its efficiency, but not to improveits ideas. There are no idea farm clubs in pho-tojournalism. Compare the digital camera tothe computer. Computers began as calcula-tors and then became typewriters. It wasn'tuntil they became visual communicationdevices that they change the world of com-munication.The digital camera started life as a communi-cation device. Will it advance, as the comput-er did, to a convergent, multi-media instru-ment or will it regress to become a pocketcalculator? Silly question but I raise itbecause the digital camera has been a staticinnovation. It just hasn't done anything.Maybe the Platypus, digital still/motion cam-era is the technological step that will promptinnovate the use of digital pictures.Platypus May Be Your Last Chance

Photojournalists, especially newspaperphotographers, have one last chance to con-trol their medium with Platypus. This oppor-

tunity comes from a particular convergenceof technology, experience and economy.Here's how. Newspaper and television photo-journalists' images follow the words, to agreater or lesser degree. Photographers oftengo with reporters; their pictures "illustrate"written stories. If a newspaper photographermust shoot still and motion video, thereporter won't have time to hang around. Thenewspaper reporter knows nothing aboutwriting to accompany video, and doesn't eventry.

In this bare bones experiment, the news-paper story is read voice over the independ-ently shot video. In practice, the photojour-nalist is free to compose a moving visualstory unfettered by compliance with words ora producer or director.

Folks, you have just landed on a new plan-et. If you miss this opportunity to develop anew form of visual narrative, photographymay be forever a directed art. That is, some-one else always directing the person holdingthe camera.Techniques Weren’t Invented Yesterday

Study film history. Disaster movies andtelevision news are not the only forms ofvisual narrative. Watch the twenty secondopening of the "Tonight Show" closely. It'snot a news technique, but they have inventedan opening visual narrative that properlyintroduces the show. You should be inventinga new one for news. I'm sensitive to thisbecause I was a local television director inthe 1950s. We were very aware that we wereinventing a new camera technique. Live tele-vision introduced the idea of multiple cam-eras capturing a single setting. I watch a tel-evision news show and see a dozen tech-niques I helped invent. What are you invent-ing, or, are you just waiting outside that doorfor the next celebrity of the week to comeout?©Tom Hubbard 1998

TomHubbard

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Ohio Associated Press Newspaper Award WinnersWinners in the annual Associated Press

Society of Ohio contest were presentedplaques at the APSO annual meeting inColumbus, June 14.

Twenty-one newspapers submitted entriesin Division I, which was judged by editors ofThe Daily Mountain Eagle in Jasper, Ala.

Seventeen newspapers submitted entries inDivision II, judged by The Daily Times inMaryville, Tenn.

In Division III, 19 papers submitted entriesthat were judged by editors of the TimesDaily in Florence, Ala.

Eight papers submitted entries in Div IV,judged by editors of The Augusta (Ga.)Chronicle.

Editors of The Dallas MorningNewsjudged entries of eight newspapers inDivision V.

DIVISION I

Spot News Photos: 1, Brad Avery,Wapakoneta News, ``No time.’’ 2, ChadWilliamson, Marysville Journal-Tribune,``Battling the blaze.’’ 3, Jason Molyet,Bucyrus Telegraph-Forum, ``Babyescapes serious injury.’’ HonorableMention, Tom Powell, MarysvilleJournal-Tribune, ``Gruesome discovery.’’General News Photos: 1, ChrisHarubin, Delaware Gazette, ``MotherNature leaves a mess.’’ 2, Bob Lauriha,Coshocton Tribune, ``Cattle drive.’’ 3,Bob Lauriha, Coshocton Tribune,``Disaster drill.’’ Honorable Mention,Nancy Radcliff, Bucyrus Telegraph-Forum, ``I’ve found a.friend.’’ SportsPhotos: 1, Bob Lauriha, CoshoctonTribune, ``Bike racers.’’ 2, MatthewEmmons, Delaware Gazette, ``All-outeffort.’’ 3, John Howley, CirclevilleHerald, ``Slippery handoff.’’ HonorableMention, Chris Harubin, DelawareGazette, ``Winners and losers,’’ andMatthew Emmons,Delaware Gazette, ``Topsy-turvy tail-back.’’Features Photos: 1, Nickolas Williams,Coshocton Tribune, ``That’s a long wayup.’’ 2, Matthew Emmons, DelawareGazette, ``The tall and short of it.’’ 3, BobLauriha, Coshocton Tribune, ``A kid atheart.’’Photo Essay: 1, Tim Swick, IrontonTribune, ``Appalachian Sawdust.’’ 2,Daryn Slover, Port Clinton News Herald,``Pepper picker.’’ 3, Bob Lauriha,Coshocton Tribune, ``Sisters.’’Honorable Mention, Bob Lauriha,Coshocton Tribune, ``Splash.’’

DIVISION II

Spot News Photos:1, Paul Vernon,Bellefontaine Examiner, ``Triple-trailercrash.’’ 2, William Bretzger, MariettaTimes, ``Car rams into home.’’ 3, Tom E.

Puskar, Ashland Times-Gazette,``Terrified.’’ Honorable Mention, PaulVernon, Bellefontaine Examiner,``Fighting the flames.’’General News Photos: 1, StephenShaner, Troy Daily News, ``Right to liferally.’’ 2, Peter Fellman, NorwalkReflector, ``Hit-and-run sentence.’’ 3,John Halley, Athens Messenger,``Veterans Day.’’Sports Photos: 1, Wayne Maris, Salem

News, ``A season ends in tears.’’ 2, PaulVernon, Bellefontaine Examiner,``Flattened.’’ 3, Wayne Hardman, PiquaDaily Call, `Triple play.’’Feature Photos: 1, Paul Vernon,Bellefontaine Examiner, ``Runaway calf.’’2, Peter Fellman, Norwalk Reflector,``Summertime fun.’’ 3, Mitch Casey,Marietta Times, ``Fun with fall’s leaves.’’Honorable Mention, Mitch Casey,Marietta Times, ``Children on trampo-line.’’Photo Essay: 1, J. D. Pooley, BowlingGreen Sentinel-Tribune, ``Wood LaneFormal.’’ 2, Mitch Casey, Marietta Times,``Building bridges.’’ 3, Paul Vernon,Bellefontaine Examiner, ``Waiting histurn.’’

DIVISION III

Spot News Photos: 1, David AllanSturman, Marion Star, ``Tendermoment.’’ 2, Andrew Morrison, FremontNews-Messenger, ``River of misfortune.’’3, Mark A. Stahl, Middletown Journal,``Snow plow.’’ Honorable Mention, BillSinden, Marion Star, ``Seeking comfort.’’General News Photos: 1, E.L. Hubbard,Hamilton Journal-News, ``Long silenthug.’’ 2, Andrew Morrison, FremontNews-Messenger, ``Brianna’s story.’’ 3,Bill Lackey, Middletown Journal, ``Sayinggoodbye.’’ Honorable Mention, BillLackey, Middletown Journal, ``Fallen offi-cer.’’Sports Photos: 1, Terry Reimer,Sandusky Register, ``Barebacked.’’ 2,Kenton Trubee, Wooster Record,``Baseball mob.’’ 3, Bob Christy, Dover-New Philadelphia Times-Reporter, ``Upand over.’’ Honorable Mention, MandiWright, Medina Gazette, ``State finalloss.’’Feature Photos: 1, Bill Lackey,Middletown Journal, ``Oil painting.’’ 2,Bill Lackey, Middletown Journal,``Eavesdropping goats.’’ 3, Bob Christy,Dover-New Philadelphia Times-Reporter,``Yard sale kids.’’ Honorable Mention,David Allan Sturman, Marion Star,`Gimmie shelter.’’Photo Essay: 1, Shirley Ware, MedinaGazette, ``Mission of mercy.’’ 2,Jonathan Quilter, Newark Advocate,``Cory’s story.’’ 3, Tim Fleck, SanduskyRegister, ``The Cedar Point line.’’

Honorable Mention, David AllanSturman, Marion Star, ``Crossing thethreshold of pain.’’

DIVISION IV

Spot News Photos: 1, StevenRosenberg, Warren Tribune Chronicle,``Exhausted firefighter.’’ 2, Cara Owsley,Canton Repository, ``Not a good day.’’ 3,R. Michael Semple, Warren TribuneChronicle, ``Busted bank bandit.’’

General News Photos: 1, ChrisDeVitto, Lima News, ``Parking it on HighStreet.’’ 2, Scott Heckel, CantonRepository, ``Courtroom elation.’’ 3, PaulWalsh, Lorain Journal, ``Signs in mayor’syard.’’Sports Photos: 1, Steven Rosenberg,

Warren Tribune Chronicle, ``Indians cel-ebration.’’ 2, Dave Polcyn, MansfieldNews Journal, ``Heals over helmet.’’ 3,Bob Rossiter, Canton Repository, ``Can’twatch.’’Feature Photos: 1, Craig Orosz, Lima

News, ``All hands ondeck.’’ 2, JeffForman, Willoughby News-Herald, ``Geta leg up.’’ 3, Michael Balash, CantonRepository, ``The kiss.’’Photo Essay: 1, Steve Rosenberg,Warren Tribune Chronicle, ``To Russiawith love.’’ 2, Staff, Lima News, ``Ottawaflooding.’’ 3, Michael Blair, LorainJournal, ``K9 cop.’’

DIVISION V

Spot News Photos: 1, Bruce Crippen,Cincinnati Post, ``Flood rescue.’’ 2,Melvin Grier, Cincinnati Post, ``Hamiltonresidents confront police.’’ 3, GlennHartong, Cincinnati Enquirer, ``Floodrescue.’’General News Photos: 1, GlennHartong, Cincinnati Enquirer, ``Grievingfor a fallen officer.’’ 2, Dave Zapotosky,The Blade, ``Courtroom emotion.’’ 3, GusChan, The Plain Dealer, ``Vigil.’’Sports Photos: 1, David I. Andersen,The Plain Dealer, ``Home plate.’’ 2, BobDeMay, Youngstown Vindicator, ``Bowingout.’’ 3, Phil Masturzo, Akron BeaconJournal, ``Yankees go home.’’ HonorableMention, Matt Detrich, Akron BeaconJournal, ``State basketball losers,’’ andErnest Coleman, Cincinnati Enquirer,``Not falling down on the job.’’Feature Photos: 1, Gus Chan, The PlainDealer, ``Tearful goodbyes.’’ 2, StevenM. Herppich, Cincinnati Enquirer, ``Thefinal touch.’’ 3, Saed Hindash, CincinnatiEnquirer, ``Fly away hair.’’Photo Essay: 1, Staff, CincinnatiEnquirer, ``Rivers unleashed.’’ 2, GusChan, The Plain Dealer, ``CampQuality.’’ 3, Jim Witmer, Dayton DailyNews, ``The gift.’’

Page 10 Ohio News Photographer July/August 1998

1. Ken Love, The Beacon Journal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2382. Scott Heckel, The Repository . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 3. Douglass Oster, Medina Gazette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1164. Matt Detrich, The Beacon Journal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1085. Mike Munden, Columbus Dispatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1046. Steven Herppich, Cincinnati Enquirer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 987. David Richard, The Morning Journal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 948. Chris Russell, Columbus Dispatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 889. Eric Albrecht, Columbus Dispatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

10. Steven Rosenberg, Tribune Chronicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8411. Eustacio Humphrey, Dayton Daily News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8212. Joy Parker, CNS This Week . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7813. Marshall Gorby, Springfield News-Sun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

14. R. Michael Semple, Tribune Chronicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6415. E.L. Hubbard, Hamilton Journal-News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

David Allan Sturman, The Marion Star . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5817. David Polcyn, The News Journal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 18. Matthew Hovis, Medina Gazette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Ron Schwane, Medina Gazette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5220. Ken Blaze, The News Herald . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

James Mahan, Springfield News-Sun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4822. Bill Sinden, The Marion Star . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Steven Manheim, Chronicle-Telegram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44Jim Witmer, Dayton Daily News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

25. Karen Schiely, The Beacon Journal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Ross Weitzner, The Morning Journal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

CLIP CONTEST POINT STANDINGS THROUGH APRIL

Photos must be entered in themonth published. A photo can beentered only after its initial publi-cation and can be entered onlyonce.

Sort clips by category - News,Sports, Feature, Feature PictureStory. Clip each category together.Note that there is no category forgeneral news or illustrations.Entries in these categories shouldentered as News or Feature.

Remove your name and affilia-tion from the front of the clip.

Affix a label with your name,publication, address, category anddate of publication on the back.

Include a separate sheet ofpaper with your name, addressand total number of clips entered.

Layouts are judged as a singleentry but single pictures from alayout can be entered also. Youmust submit another clip of thesingle image from the layout inthis case.

Wire service photographersand stringers may enter prints butthey must be signed on the backby a supervisor noting they hadbeen transmitted.

Each entrant is limited to atotal of nine clips per month.

The clip contest is open to allONPA members in good standingwho live or work in Ohio duringthe month entered. The ONPA clipcontest is not affiliated with theNPPA Region 4 clip contest.

Mail clips by the 7th of themonth following publication to:

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Clip Rules

Left: RonSchwane ofThe Gazette inMedina wonfirst place inApril for hisphoto from thestart of abench clearingbrawl involvingthe IndiansKenny Lofton.

Above: Scott Heckel of The Repository in Cantonwon first place for his news photo in April from acourtroom verdict. Right: Eric Albrecht of TheColumbus Dispatch won first in the feature multiplecategory in April for a story titled “Israel at 50”.

Above: Kids playing on atrampoline by Matt Detrich ofThe Beacon Journal won 1stplace in April in the featuresingle category.

July/August 1998 Ohio News Photographer Page 11

MARCH WINNERSNEWSEustacio Humphrey, DaytonDaily News;;Marshall Gorby,Springfield News-Sun; R.Michael Semple, The TribuneChronicle. HM’s; Ken Blaze,The News Herald;; RachelRice, The News Journal; TimRevell, The ColumbusDispatch.

SPORTSDavid Richard, The MorningJournal; Douglass Oster,Medina County Gazette; KenBlaze, The News Herald.HM’s; 2 Douglass Oster,Medina County Gazette; KenLove, The Beacon Journal.

FEATURE SINGLEKen Love, The BeaconJournal; Mike Munden, TheColumbus Dispatch; MarshallGorby, Springfield News Sun.HM’s; Chris Russell, TheColumbus Dispatch; ScottHeckel, The Repository.

FEATURE STORYSteve Herppich, CincinnatiEnquirer; David Richard, TheMorning Journal; EustacioHumphrey, Dayton DailyNews. HM; Aimee Obidzinski,The Vindicator

JUDGESWoody Marshall, Robert Seay,Nick Oza, Bean Cabell of TheMacon (GA) Telegraph.

APRIL WINNERSNEWSScott Heckel, The Repository;David Allan Sturman, TheMarion Star; MorrisWeintraub, The TribuneChronicle.

SPORTSRon Schwane, MedinaCounty Gazette; RossWeitner, The Morning Journal;Joy Parker, CNS This Week.

FEATURE SINGLEMatthew Hovis, MedinaCounty Gazette; Scott Heckel,The Repository; Ken Love,The Beacon Journal.

FEATURE STORYEric Albrecht, The ColumbusDispatch; Steve Herppich,Cincinnati Enquirer; SkipPeterson, Dayton Daily News.

JUDGESJohn Burgess, Kent Porterand Mary Gardella of TheSanta Rosa (CA) Press-Democrat.

Above: Eustacio Humphrey of The Dayton DailyNews, was the first place news winner in March.The resident of a 108 year-old home carries oneof her cats to safety, another died in the blaze.Right: A baseball player in obvious pain for obvi-ous reasons won first place sports in March forDavid Richard of The Morning Journal in Lorain.

Left: Steve Herppichof The CincinnatiEnquirer, won 1stplace feature multiplein March. The storywas the second of aperiodic series exam-ining how religioncelebrate their indi-vidual holidays. Thissegment chronicledthe Baha’i New Year.Below: Ken Love ofThe Beacon Journalwins first place fea-ture in March for hisphoto of a coupleplaying the No SoNewlywed Game.