GREATER CINCINNATI SPJ PRO CHAPTER
EXCELLENCE IN JOURNALISM CONTEST
2026 FINALISTS
The Greater Cincinnati Professional Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists is pleased to announce the finalists in the 2026 Excellence In Journalism Contest. We thank the members from chapters across the South for their work in judging the entries.
The Excellence In Journalism Awards will be presented on Thursday, June 25, 2026, at WVXU-FM, 2117 Dana Avenue in Evanston.
The awards ceremony will be held in conjunction with the induction of four new members of the Greater Cincinnati Journalism Hall of Fame:
Kathy Doane began her career as a journalist in Cincinnati in 1978 and has worked as a full-time reporter and features editor for the Cincinnati Enquirer (and its now defunct Enquirer Magazine) and as a longtime editor and feature writer for Cincinnati Magazine. She also taught journalism as an adjunct professor at The University of Cincinnati for 15 years and was inducted into the UC Journalism Hall of Fame in 2014.
John London spent a decade in radio news before joining the WLWT-TV news staff. It was a match that lasted over 40-years. As a general assignment reporter, he was known for his fairness and honest approach to those he covered is all sorts of stories, especially political issues.
The late Jon Esther & Jack Helsel were seasoned broadcasters and the first anchors on WCPO-TV’s original “7 O’Clock Report” in the 1970’s and 1980’s.
A social hour is from 6 - 7 p.m. followed by the
Excellence In Journalism (EIJ) Awards and Hall of Fame Induction at 7 p.m. Tickets for the event are $35. Eventbrite registration is open now at the following link:
GOLD MEDAL AWARDS
EMIL DANSKER AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN JOURNALISM
THERE ARE THREE HONOREES THIS YEAR:
Amanda Boyd Walters - Cincinnati Magazine
Hagit Limor - Society of Professional Journalists, University of Cincinnati
Duane Pohlman - WKRC-TV
FIRST AMENDMENT AWARD
FINALIST: “Court Battles to Keep Records Public”
ENTRANT: Jack Greiner
MEDIA OUTLET: The Cincinnati Enquirer
GERALD WHITE MEMORIAL AWARD
FINALIST: “Fallout: Contamination, Cancer and Death”
ENTRANT: Duane Pohlman
MEDIA OUTLET: WKRC-TV
FINALIST: “Second Avenue Housing Stories”
ENTRANT: Becca Costello, Nick Swartsell
MEDIA OUTLET: WVXU
FINALIST: “CEO Told Surgeons to Use Implants From Company That Paid Him $1.8M”
ENTRANT: Elizabeth B. Kim
MEDIA OUTLET: The Cincinnati Enquirer
CAMILLA WARRICK AWARD
FINALIST: “Health Justice in Action”
ENTRANT: David Holthaus
MEDIA OUTLET: Soapbox Media
FINALIST: Tiana A. Henry
ENTRANT: Tiana A. Henry
MEDIA OUTLET: WCPO 9
OUTSTANDING NEW JOURNALIST
FINALIST: David Ferrara
ENTRANT: David Ferrara
MEDIA OUTLET: The Cincinnati Enquirer
FINALIST: Tyler Madden
ENTRANT: Tyler Madden
MEDIA OUTLET: WKRC-TV
OUTSTANDING COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY JOURNALIST
FINALIST: Evelyn Megery
ENTRANT: Evelyn Megery
MEDIA OUTLET: Northern Review
JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
FINALIST: Duane Pohlman
ENTRANT: Duane Pohlman
MEDIA OUTLET: WKRC-TV
FINALIST: Madeline Fening
ENTRANT: Madeline Fening
MEDIA OUTLET: Cincinnati CityBeat
PRINT/ONLINE COMMUNICATION
GENERAL ASSIGNMENT NEWS STORY
FINALIST: “How Findlay Market is Handling the November SNAP Gap”
ENTRANT: Madeline Fening
MEDIA OUTLET: Cincinnati CityBeat
FINALIST: “How a Stolen Sheep and an Impeached Mayor's Arrest Divided a Northern Kentucky Town”
ENTRANT: David Ferrara
MEDIA OUTLET: Cincinnati Enquirer
BREAKING NEWS/DEADLINE COVERAGE
FINALIST: “Roebling Bridge Protest”
ENTRANT: Gillian Stawiszynski, Cameron Knight, Patricia Gallagher Newberry
MEDIA OUTLET: The Cincinnati Enquirer
FINALIST: “The Deportation of Emerson Colindres”
ENTRANT: Madeline Fening
MEDIA OUTLET: Cincinnati CityBeat
FINALIST: "Covington Police Arrest More Than a Dozen People at Anti-ice March Across Roebling Bridge"
ENTRANT: Nick Swartsell
MEDIA OUTLET: WVXU
CONTINUING COVERAGE OR SERIES
FINALIST: “Northern Kentucky Has More People Than Homes. Now What? Let's Talk About It”
ENTRANTS: Meghan Goth, Maggy McDonel, Nathan Granger, Kenton Hornbeck, Haley Parnell, Annie Hammock
MEDIA OUTLET: LINK nky
FINALIST: “Taking Community Feedback to Inform Ongoing Coverage of a Growing Community”
ENTRANTS: Meghan Goth, Maggy McDonel, Nathan Granger, Haley Parnell, Kenton Hornbeck, Evan Dennison, Robin Gee
MEDIA OUTLET: LINK nky
FINALIST: “Vision and Beyond Coverage”
ENTRANT: Nick Swartsell
MEDIA OUTLET: WVXU
FEATURE STORY
FINALIST: “Shedding a Little Light”
ENTRANT: J. Besl
MEDIA OUTLET: Cincinnati Magazine
FINALIST: “He Came to Ohio as a Refugee. Trump's Immigration Crackdown Left His Family Behind”
ENTRANT: The Cincinnati Enquirer
MEDIA OUTLET: Dan Horn
FINALIST: “Impossible to Forget”
ENTRANT: John Stowell
MEDIA OUTLET: Cincinnati Magazine
BEAT REPORTING
FINALIST: “Downtown Development Coverage”
ENTRANT: Chris Wetterich
MEDIA OUTLET: Cincinnati Business Courier
FINALIST: “Federal Policy Impact in Greater Cincinnati”
ENTRANT: Patricia Gallagher Newberry
MEDIA OUTLET: The Cincinnati Enquirer
FINALIST: “Welcome to the ICE Age”
ENTRANT: Madeline Fening
MEDIA OUTLET: Cincinnati CityBeat
HUMAN RIGHTS/MINORITY ISSUES REPORTING
FINALIST: “Brightening Our Blind Spots”
ENTRANT: Laurie Pike
MEDIA OUTLET: Cincinnati Magazine
CRIMINAL/SOCIAL JUSTICE REPORTING
FINALIST: “Welcome to the ICE Age: Inside Butler County's Jail for ICE Detainees”
ENTRANT: Madeline Fening
MEDIA OUTLET: Cincinnati CityBeat
FINALIST: “A Mass Shooting Claimed 4 Lives. It Arose from Dating Violence”
ENTRANT: Quinlan Bentley
MEDIA OUTLET: Cincinnati Enquirer
FINALIST: “In a Place Built for Youth Confinement, This Space Offers Calm Release”
ENTRANT: Lorie Baker
MEDIA OUTLET: Soapbox Media
GOVERNMENT/COMMUNITY ISSUES REPORTING
FINALIST: “Solid Ground”
ENTRANT: Carrie Blackmore
MEDIA OUTLET: Cincinnati Magazine
FINALIST: “When Can Police Arrest Nazis for Being Nazis?”
ENTRANT: Madeline Fening
MEDIA OUTLET: Cincinnati CityBeat
FINALIST: “A Second Chance for Cincinnati's Third Party”
ENTRANT: John Stowell
MEDIA OUTLET: Cincinnati Magazine
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
FINALIST: “Teacher, Student Relationships: Link Investigation Reveals Gray Area Between Law, Ethics”
ENTRANT: Meghan Goth
MEDIA OUTLET: LINK nky
FINALIST: “'Cult' or Community? Cincinnati Church Growing in Size, Controversy”
ENTRANT: Victoria Moorwood
MEDIA OUTLET: The Cincinnati Enquirer
BUSINESS/CONSUMER NEWS STORY
FINALIST: “A Chilling Effect”
ENTRANT: Steve Watkins
MEDIA OUTLET: Cincinnati Business Courier
FINALIST: “The Allure of Publix”
ENTRANTS: Jolene Almendarez, Alexander Coolidge
MEDIA OUTLET: The Cincinnati Enquirer
EDUCATION REPORTING
FINALIST: “Shauna Murphy Is Here for Kids”
ENTRANT: Carrie Blackmore
MEDIA OUTLET: Cincinnati Magazine
FINALIST: “UC Sees 40% Drop in New International Grad Students”
ENTRANTS: David Ferrara, Grace Tucker
MEDIA OUTLET: The Cincinnati Enquirer
HEALTH/MEDICAL/SCIENCE/ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING
FINALIST: “Creative Solutions to NKY's Mental Health Challenges”
ENTRANTS: Meghan Goth, Maggy McDonnel, Nathan Granger, Haley Parnell, Kenton Hornbeck
MEDIA OUTLET: LINK nky
FINALIST: “Arc of Appalachia Has Acquired 14,000 Acres to Protect the Region's Temperate Forest Biome Forever”
ENTRANT: Steve Aust
MEDIA OUTLET: Soapbox Media
EDITORIAL
FINALIST: “Polly Campbell: Finding Contradictions In the Adult World”
ENTRANTS: Polly Campbell, Elizabeth Mariner
MEDIA OUTLET: Movers & Makers Magazine
FINALIST: “Bernie Moreno's Partisan Grandstanding Does Nothing to Make Cincinnati Safer”
ENTRANT: Kevin Aldridge
MEDIA OUTLET: The Cincinnati Enquirer
ARTS/ENTERTAINMENT REPORTING
FINALIST: “Drama Queen”
ENTRANT: Laurie Pike
MEDIA OUTLET: Cincinnati Magazine
FINALIST: “Out of the Box”
ENTRANT: Michele Day
MEDIA OUTLET: Cincinnati Magazine
FINALIST: “Cincinnati Rapper Talks Rising Fame, Chris Brown Collab”
ENTRANT: Haadiza Ogwude
MEDIA OUTLET: The Cincinnati Enquirer
ARTS REVIEW/CRITIQUE
FINALIST: “Stevie Nicks Wrote 'landslide' When She Was My Age. Hearing It Live Changed Me”
ENTRANT: Kaycee Sloan
MEDIA OUTLET: Cincinnati Magazine
SPORTS/SPORTS FEATURE REPORTING
FINALIST: “Why Cincinnati Reds Need Tito Francona and He Might Need Them Even More”
ENTRANT: Gordon Wittenmyer
MEDIA OUTLET: The Cincinnati Enquirer
FINALIST: “'The 100 Greatest Cincinnati Athletes Ever”
ENTRANTS: Amanda Boyd Walters, Brianna Connock, John Fox
MEDIA OUTLET: Cincinnati Magazine
FINALIST: “Paid to Play”
ENTRANT: Steve Watkins
MEDIA OUTLET: Cincinnati Business Courier
MAGAZINE REPORTING
FINALIST: “Listen to the Music”
ENTRANT: Val Hunt Beerbower
MEDIA OUTLET: Dayton Magazine
FINALIST: “Cameraman Obscura”
ENTRANT: Cedric Rose
MEDIA OUTLET: Cincinnati Magazine
FINALIST: “Coming Home”
ENTRANT: Joe Frye
MEDIA OUTLET: Cincy Magazine
CINCINNATI MAYOR & CITY COUNCIL ELECTION REPORTING
FINALIST: “Wakeup Call”
ENTRANT: Chris Wetterich
MEDIA OUTLET: Cincinnati Business Courier
FOURTH & ELM STREETS MELEE
FINALIST: “A Street Fight, a Viral Video and Politics”
ENTRANTS: Cameron Knight, Dan Horn, David Ferrara, Erin Glynn, Kevin Grasha
MEDIA OUTLET: The Cincinnati Enquirer
RYAN HINTON SHOOTING/DEPUTY LARRY HENDERSON DEATH
FINALIST: “Madeline Fening’s Coverage”
ENTRANT: Madeline Fening
MEDIA OUTLET: Cincinnati CityBeat
FINALIST: “A Violent Chain of Events”
ENTRANTS: Cameron Knight, Quinlan Bentley, Dan Horn, David Ferrara, Bebe Hodges
MEDIA OUTLET: The Cincinnati Enquirer
BROADCAST COMMUNICATION
GENERAL ASSIGNMENT NEWS STORY
FINALIST: “Police Chase Through Bellevue”
ENTRANTS: Tyler Madden, Jake Cail
MEDIA OUTLET: WKRC-TV
FINALIST: “Archbishop of Cincinnati Resigns, New Leader Named”
ENTRANT: Tana Weingartner
MEDIA OUTLET: WVXU, Cincinnati Public Radio
BREAKING NEWS/DEADLINE COVERAGE
FINALIST: “Boone Co. SWAT Standoff”
ENTRANTS: Tyler Madden, Jake Cail
MEDIA OUTLET: WKRC-TV
FEATURE STORY
FINALIST: “Scarred for the Spotlight: A WWE Dream”
ENTRANTS:Meghan Mongillo, Eric Gerhardt
MEDIA OUTLET: WKRC-TV
FINALIST: “This Tinker Team Returns Your Trash to Treasures for Others”
ENTRANT: Tana Weingartner
MEDIA OUTLET: WVXU, Cincinnati Public Radio
FINALIST: “Young Gardeners Find Calm in an Unexpected Place: Hamilton County's Youth Detention Center”
ENTRANT: Nick Swartsell
MEDIA OUTLET: WVXU, Cincinnati Public Radio
HUMAN RIGHTS/MINORITY ISSUES REPORTING
FINALIST: “Local Asylum Seekers Anxious as Immigration Enforcement Accelerates”
ENTRANT: Nick Swartsell
MEDIA OUTLET: WVXU, Cincinnati Public Radio
FINALIST: “Ayman Soliman Discusses Release from Ice Detention”
ENTRANTS: Lucy May, Selena Reder, Harper Carlton
MEDIA OUTLET: WVXU, Cincinnati Public Radio
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
FINALIST: “Fallout”
ENTRANTS: Duane Pohlman, Holden Robinson
MEDIA OUTLET: WKRC-TV
BUSINESS/CONSUMER REPORTING
FINALIST: “Baked into the Community”
ENTRANTS: Meghan Mongillo, Eric Gerhardt
MEDIA OUTLET: WKRC-TV
HEALTH/MEDICAL/SCIENCE/ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING
FINALIST: “Lets Talk Cincy Breaking the Stigma the Tears You Don't See”
ENTRANTS: Courtis Fuller, Sheree Paolello, David Seals, Timothy Rosewood, Austin Maynard, Alexander Korecky
MEDIA OUTLET: WLWT-TV
FINALIST: “How Preserving a Local Watershed Is Helping Undo the Damage Left From the Fernald Nuclear Site”
ENTRANT: Tana Weingartner
MEDIA OUTLET: WVXU, Cincinnati Public Radio
FINALIST: “Flowing Fear and Fractured Trust”
ENTRANTS: Duane Pohlman, Holden Robinson
MEDIA OUTLET: WKRC-TV
SPORTS/SPORTS FEATURE REPORTING
FINALIST: “No One Likes Us, That's OK”
ENTRANTS: Marshall Kramsky, Raymond Pfeffer
MEDIA OUTLET: WCPO-TV
FINALIST: “Family Beyond the Field ”
ENTRANTS: Tyler Madden, Jake Cail
MEDIA OUTLET: WKRC-TV
BEAT REPORTING
FINALIST: “4 Times Trump's Decisions Raised Questions for Cincinnatians”
ENTRANT: Tana Weingartner
MEDIA OUTLET: WVXU
CHILD/YOUTH/TEEN ISSUES REPORTING
FINALIST: “Youth Helmet Safety Standards”
ENTRANTS: Duane Pohlman, Holden Robinson, Andrea Nejman
MEDIA OUTLET: WKRC-TV
NEWS SPECIAL
FINALIST: “Fallout: Contamination, Cancer and Death”
ENTRANTS: Duane Pohlman, Holden Robinson, Richard Henry, Tim Geraghty, Franco Gentile, News Staff
MEDIA OUTLET: WKRC-TV
FINALIST: “Driven ”
ENTRANTS: Steven Albritton, Grover Tadlock, Kerri Hoffman, Maddie Moores
MEDIA OUTLET: WLWT-TV
VISUAL JOURNALISM & DESIGN
NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY PORTFOLIO
FINALIST: “Body of Work”
ENTRANT: Corrie Schaffeld
MEDIA OUTLET: Cincinnati Business Courier
FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY PORTFOLIO
FINALIST: “Body of Work”
ENTRANT: Corrie Schaffeld
MEDIA OUTLET: Cincinnati Business Courier
FINALIST: “Body of Work”
ENTRANT: Bryant Billing
MEDIA OUTLET: Dayton Daily News
SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHY PORTFOLIO
FINALIST: “Body of Work”
ENTRANT: Sam Greene
MEDIA OUTLET: The Cincinnati Enquirer
FINALIST: “Body of Work”
ENTRANT: Bryant Billing
MEDIA OUTLET: Dayton Daily News
FINALIST: “Body of Work”
ENTRANT: Corrie Schaffeld
MEDIA OUTLET: Cincinnati Business Courier
NEWSPAPER PAGE ONE DESIGN
FINALIST: “A Deal Worth Rooting For”
ENTRANT: John Lauer
MEDIA OUTLET: Cincinnati Business Courier
MAGAZINE COVER DESIGN
FINALIST: “Cincinnati Magazine”
ENTRANTS: Stef Hadiwidjaja, Emi Villavicencio
MEDIA OUTLET: Cincinnati Magazine
MAGAZINE SPECIAL PUBLICATION
FINALIST: “Adams County Visitors Guide 2025”
ENTRANTS: Cincy Staff, Tom Cross
MEDIA OUTLET: Cincy Magazine
NEWSPAPER GRAPHICS/ILLUSTRATIONS
FINALIST: “Michael Nyerges”
ENTRANT: Michael Nyerges
MEDIA OUTLET: The Cincinnati Enquirer
COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY
STUDENT PUBLICATION
FINALIST: “The Northerner”
ENTRANT: The Northerner Staff
MEDIA OUTLET: The Northerner
FINALIST: “The News Record”
ENTRANT: The News Record Staff
MEDIA OUTLET: The News Record
STUDENT REPORTER PRINT/ONLINE
FINALIST: “Ella Rose Johnston”
ENTRANT: Ella Rose Johnston
MEDIA OUTLET: The Northerner
FINALIST: “Evelyn Megery”
ENTRANT: Evelyn Megery
MEDIA OUTLET: Northerner Review
FINALIST: “Ella Rinehard”
ENTRANT: Ella Rinehard
MEDIA OUTLET: The Northerner
STUDENT REPORTER BROADCASTING
FINALIST: “Anthony Dillion”
ENTRANT: Anthony Dillion
MEDIA OUTLET: University of Cincinnati Media Production
FINALIST: “Alaina Scholl”
ENTRANT: Alaina Scholl
MEDIA OUTLET: University of Cincinnati Media Production
STUDENT FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY PORTFOLIO
FINALIST: “Body of Work”
ENTRANT: Evelyn Megery
MEDIA OUTLET: Northern Review
STUDENT SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHY PORTFOLIO
FINALIST: “Sports Body of Work”
ENTRANT: Evelyn Megery
MEDIA OUTLET: Northern Review
STUDENT NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY PORTFOLIO
FINALIST: “Body of Work”
ENTRANT: Tavish Sweeney
MEDIA OUTLET: The News Record
STUDENT PODCAST
FINALIST: “Brought to Light”
ENTRANT: Riley Mason
MEDIA OUTLET: Northern Review
STUDENT SPECIAL PROJECT BROADCAST
FINALIST: “Hopscotch Children's News Show”
ENTRANTS: Abigail Stamps, Larissa Pavlovic, Locklear Butts, Kennedy Miller, Hannah Patrick, Olivia Pascale, Ben Watson, Ireland McIver, Hagit Limor
MEDIA OUTLET: University of Cincinnati Media Production
FINALIST: “History's Mysteries: The Marvelous Museums of Cincinnati”
ENTRANTS: Sheridan Caraway, Anthony Dillion, Jackson Diol, TaMya Hall, Brianna Jones, Dylan Kondor, Louis Rogers, Brianna Smith, AnnaLucy Surrey
MEDIA OUTLET: University of Cincinnati Media Production
FINALIST: “Cincinnati Art Museum History”
ENTRANTS: Brianna Smith
MEDIA OUTLET: University of Cincinnati Media Production
STUDENT SPECIAL PROJECT PRINT/ONLINE
FINALIST: “Everything We Saw at the 2025 Cincinnati Zoo PNC Festival of Lights”
ENTRANTS: Tavish Sweeney, Abigail Raubenolt, Grace Kunovich, Nicolai Salgado-Urcia, Lucas Griffith, Colin Kunz, Katy Mowery, Rama Diallo
MEDIA OUTLET: The News Record
HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENT PUBLICATION
FINALIST: “The Chatterbox”
ENTRANT: The Chatterbox Staff
MEDIA OUTLET: Walnut Student Media, Walnut Hills High School
STUDENT SPECIAL PROJECT BROADCAST
FINALIST: “Walnut Weekly News Show”
ENTRANTS: Brennan Riggs, Ella Byrne, Kendra Sullivan, Violet Garitson, Grace Cotton, Katie Ragland, Joshua Scharff, Brenna Wooley, Lily Hope Hoffman Suder, Zachary Stucker, Cal Moore, Krishna Malhotra, Claire Crowley, Avani Wagh
MEDIA OUTLET: The Chatterbox, Walnut Hills High School
STUDENT SPECIAL PROJECT PRINT/ONLINE
FINALIST: “Black History Month”
ENTRANTS: Sameera Degaulle, Elena Brown, Charlotte Lauer, Emma Gimbert, PJ Varatta, Jeannie Iris Ngansop
MEDIA OUTLET: The Chatterbox, Walnut Hills High School
STUDENT REPORTER BROADCAST
FINALIST: “Violet Garitson”
ENTRANT: Violet Garitson
MEDIA OUTLET: The Chatterbox, Walnut Hills High School
STUDENT REPORTER PRINT/ONLINE
FINALIST: “Bareen Abdulrahman”
ENTRANT: Bareen Abdulrahman
MEDIA OUTLET: The Chatterbox, Walnut Hills High School
FINALIST: “Elena Brown”
ENTRANT: Elena Brown
MEDIA OUTLET: The Chatterbox, Walnut Hills High School
FINALIST: “PJ Varatta”
ENTRANT: PJ Varatta
MEDIA OUTLET: The Chatterbox, Walnut Hills High School
BEST OF SHOW
BEST OVERALL PRINT/ONLINE
FINALIST: “Nick Swartsell”
ENTRANT: Nick Swartsell
MEDIA OUTLET: WVXU, Cincinnati Public Radio
FINALIST: “Patricia Gallagher Newberry”
ENTRANT: Patricia Gallagher Newberry
MEDIA OUTLET: The Cincinnati Enquirer
BEST OVERALL BROADCAST REPORTER
FINALIST: “Duane Pohlman”
ENTRANT: Duane Pohlman
MEDIA OUTLET: WKRC-TV Local 12
BEST RADIO NEWS ANCHOR
FINALIST: “Maryanne Zeleznik”
ENTRANT: Maryanne Zeleznik
MEDIA OUTLET: WVXU, Cincinnati Public Radio
BEST RADIO NEWSCAST
FINALIST: “WVXU News Team”
ENTRANT: WVXU News Team
MEDIA OUTLET: WVXU, Cincinnati Public Radio
BEST PODCAST
FINALIST: “Cincinnati Edition”
ENTRANTS: Lucy May, Selena Reder, Harper Carlton
MEDIA OUTLET: WVXU, Cincinnati Public Radio
FINALIST: “The Bengals Beat Podcast
ENTRANTS: Kelsey Conway, Phil Didion, Sam Greene, Cara Owsley
MEDIA OUTLET: The Cincinnati Enquirer
FINALIST: “That's So Cincinnati”
ENTRANTS: Phil Didion, Sam Greene, Beryl Love, Jason Williams
MEDIA OUTLET: The Cincinnati Enquirer
BEST COLUMNIST/COMMENTATOR
FINALIST: “Kevin Aldridge Body of Work”
ENTRANT: Kevin Aldridge
MEDIA OUTLET: The Cincinnati Enquirer
BEST NEWSPAPER
FINALIST: “The Cincinnati Enquirer”
ENTRANT: Enquirer Staff
MEDIA OUTLET: The Cincinnati Enquirer
BEST MAGAZINE
FINALIST: “Cincinnati Magazine”
ENTRANT: Cincinnati Magazine Staff
MEDIA OUTLET: Cincinnati Magazine
BEST WEBSITE
FINALIST: “Cincinnati Business Courier Website”
ENTRANT: Cincinnati Business Courier Staff
MEDIA OUTLET: Cincinnati Business Courier
FINALIST: “CincinnatiMagazine.com”
ENTRANTS: Claire Lefton, Staff
MEDIA OUTLET: Cincinnati Magazine
BEST OVERALL FREELANCE REPORTER
FINALIST: “David Holthaus”
ENTRANT: David Holthaus
MEDIA OUTLET: Cincinnati Magazine, Soapbox Media
BEST TELEVISION ANCHOR
FINALIST: “Steven Albritton”
ENTRANT: Steven Albritton
MEDIA OUTLET: WLWT News 5
