Columbus Dispatch journalists won 27 awards Sunday in Ohio's most competitive journalism contest, including top honors for general excellence.
Dispatch.com earned second place for best digital presence while sweeping all three awards for best video in the large-market division in the 2023 Ohio Associated Press Managing Editor contest announced at Villa Milano in Columbus.
The Dispatch's special 2023 report "Under Fire: 80 hours of Gun Violence" earned multiple first-place awards for best public service, best video and best full-page design.
"Preying on Patients" by Reporter Max Filby and former colleagues Jennifer Smola Shaffer and Mike Wagner won first place for investigative reporting. The investigation found the State Medical Board of Ohio failed to protect Ohioans from serial sexual abusers and harassers despite a clear, decades-long pattern of doctors preying on patients. Managing Editor Encarnacion Pyle led the project.
The USA TODAY Ohio Network's October investigation "Chaos In Ohio’s Youth Lockups" won second place for investigative reporting featuring work from The Dispatch, Cincinnati Enquirer, Akron Beacon Journal and Canton Repository. The series chronicled significant problems impacting juveniles locked up by the Ohio Department of Youth Services.
Opinion & Engagement Editor Amelia Robinson won first-place honors for both editorial writing and best columnist, while photographer/videographer Adam Cairns also earned two first-place awards.
"These well-deserved honors highlight the incredibly important local journalism our team produces every day to serve Columbus and all of Ohio," said Dispatch Executive Editor Michael Shearer, who joined the newspaper in January. "Many of these stories would not be told if not for the work of our amazing and dedicated professionals."
Here's the complete list of winners.
- Best Video: "Under Fire: 80 hours of Gun Violence," Doral Chenoweth, first place; Chaos in Ohio’s Juvenile Lockups," Courtney Hergesheimer, second place; and "79-year-old Westerville resident chooses gender-affirming life," Doral Chenoweth, third place.
- Best Public Service: "Under Fire: 80 hours of Gun Violence," Dispatch staff, first place.
- Best Investigative Reporting: "Preying on Patients," first place.
- Best Photo Story: "Jack Hanna," Adam Cairns, first place.
- Best News Photo: "Columbus Guns," Adam Cairns, first place.
- Best Graphic Artist: Victor Black, first place.
- Best Full Page Design: "Under Fire: 80 hours of Gun Violence," Jason Bredehoeft, first place.
- Best Headline Writer: Lori Schmidt, first place, and Colin Gay, third place.
- Best Columnist: Amelia Robinson, first place
- Best Editorial Writer: Amelia Robinson, first place.
- Best Business Writer: Danae King, first place.
- Best Explanatory Reporting: "Homelessness on campus,' Sheridan Hendrix, first place.
- Best Digital Project: "Dr. Roxy," Max Filby and Patrick Flaherty, second place.
- Best Feature Photo: "Pickleball grand opening," Adam Cairns, second place.
- Best Feature Writer: Jordan Laird, second place.
- Best Daily Sports Section: Sports staff, second place.
- Best Digital Presence: Dispatch.com, second place
- Best Photographer: Brooke LaValley, second place.
- Best Sports Feature Writer: Joey Kaufman, second place.
- Best Sports Writer: Joey Kaufman, third place.
- Best Sports Columnist: Rob Oller, third place
- Best News Writer: Max Filby, third place.
- Best Spot News Coverage: "Fiery 1-70 bus crash," Dispatch and USA TODAY Ohio staff, third place
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