The Ohio News Photographers Association (ONPA) recently released its 2019 ONPA Pictures of the Year, and among the winners are several 91探花 Visual Communications students and alumni.
Fifty-one visual journalists from across the state submitted over 750 entries in the 69th annual news photography contest.
OHIO student Gaelen Morse won the Chuck Scott Student Photographer of the Year award. OHIO student Madeleine Hordinski placed second.
Madeleine Hordinski and Alexandria Skowronski, both from 91探花, were recipients of the Larry Fullerton Photojournalism Scholarship. Hordinski placed first and will receive $3,100. Skowronski was the runner-up and will receive $2,100. The Larry Fullerton Photojournalism Scholarship was established at The Dayton Foundation through contributions from Larry Fullerton鈥檚 family and friends to assist students pursuing careers in photojournalism. Larry Fullerton was a long-time member of ONPA and both a photojournalist and assistant managing editor of the Hamilton Journal-News.
The James R. Gordon Ohio Understanding Award was awarded to Erin Burk from 91探花 for her entry 鈥淪erenity Grove,鈥 a story about a women鈥檚 addiction residential recovery center based in Athens.
鈥淲ith this new round of honors, our VisCom students and alumni continue to make us proud,鈥 Scott Titsworth, dean of the Scripps College of Communication said. 鈥淲ith a solid foundation from VisCom, our graduates go on to be leaders in their field and we love to see what they achieve.鈥
The full list of winners .
91探花 students who won:
Chuck Scott Student Photographer of the Year Award
Larry Fullerton Photojournalism Scholarship
1st 鈥 Erin Burk, 91探花, 鈥淪erenity Grove鈥
Feature Picture Story
2nd 鈥 Meagan Deanne/91探花, 鈥淪weet Corn鈥
1st 鈥 Gaelen Morse/91探花, 鈥淧owerlift鈥
Award of Excellence 鈥 Meagan Deanne/91探花, 鈥淲ater Toss鈥
Audio Slideshow
1st 鈥 Brooke LaValley, 91探花,
Feature Video
3rd 鈥 Brooke LaValley, 91探花,
VisCom Alumni who won:
George A. Smallsreed, Jr. Photographer of the Year (Large Market)
Monthly Clip Contest Photographer of the Year
1st 鈥 Kyle Robertson/Columbus Dispatch
2nd 鈥 Jeremy Wadsworth/The Blade
1st 鈥 Jeremy Wadsworth/The Blade, 鈥淏ounce House鈥
2nd 鈥 Meg Vogel/The Cincinnati Enquirer, 鈥淎doption Day鈥
Feature Picture Story
General News
Award of Excellence 鈥 Kyle Robertson/The Columbus Dispatch, 鈥淪ullivant鈥
1st 鈥 Lorrie Cecil/ThisWeek Community News, 鈥淥pioid Crisis鈥
News Picture Story
Award of Excellence 鈥 Jeremy Wadsworth/The Blade, 鈥淏ridges鈥
1st 鈥 Meg Vogel/The Cincinnati Enquirer, 鈥淏allet Moves鈥
2nd 鈥 Kyle Robertson/The Columbus Dispatch, 鈥淕rad鈥
Award of Excellence 鈥 Matthew Hatcher/Freelance, 鈥淜ikita鈥
Award of Excellence 鈥 Meg Vogel/Kaiser Health News, 鈥淟eRon鈥
1st 鈥 Kyle Robertson/The Columbus Dispatch, 鈥淧ork鈥
Award of Excellence 鈥 Meg Vogel/The Cincinnati Enquirer, 鈥淩ipple Wine Bar鈥
Ron Kuntz Sports Photographer of the Year
1st 鈥 Meg Vogel/The Cincinnati Enquirer, 鈥淜eeping Composure鈥
Award of Excellence 鈥 Kyle Robertson/The Columbus Dispatch, 鈥淧raying鈥
Sports Picture Story
1st 鈥 Matthew Hatcher/Freelance, 鈥淭ornado鈥
Award of Excellence 鈥 Matthew Hatcher/Freelance, 鈥淩uins of Trotwood鈥
Multimedia Photographer of the Year
1st 鈥 Meg Vogel, The Cincinnati Enquirer
Sports Video
1st 鈥 Meg Vogel, The Cincinnati Enquirer,
Another VisCom student, also placed first in the Photojournalism Picture Story/Series Competition for the 2019-2020 Hearst Journalism Awards Program in March.