The Ohio News Photographers Association (ONPA) recently released its 2019 ONPA Pictures of the Year, and among the winners are several 窪蹋勛圖 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 窪蹋勛圖, 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 Fullertons 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 窪蹋勛圖 for her entry Serenity Grove, a story about a womens addiction residential recovery center based in Athens.
With this new round of honors, our VisCom students and alumni continue to make us proud, Scott Titsworth, dean of the Scripps College of Communication said. With a solid foundation from VisCom, our graduates go on to be leaders in their field and we love to see what they achieve.
The full list of winners .
窪蹋勛圖 students who won:
Chuck Scott Student Photographer of the Year Award
Larry Fullerton Photojournalism Scholarship
1st Erin Burk, 窪蹋勛圖, Serenity Grove
Feature Picture Story
2nd Meagan Deanne/窪蹋勛圖, Sweet Corn
1st Gaelen Morse/窪蹋勛圖, Powerlift
Award of Excellence Meagan Deanne/窪蹋勛圖, Water Toss
Audio Slideshow
1st Brooke LaValley, 窪蹋勛圖,
Feature Video
3rd Brooke LaValley, 窪蹋勛圖,
VisCom Alumni who won:
George A. Smallsreed, Jr. Photographer of the Year (Large Market)
Monthly Clip Contest Photographer of the Year
1st Kyle Robertson/Columbus Dispatch
2nd Jeremy Wadsworth/The Blade
1st Jeremy Wadsworth/The Blade, Bounce House
2nd Meg Vogel/The Cincinnati Enquirer, Adoption Day
Feature Picture Story
General News
Award of Excellence Kyle Robertson/The Columbus Dispatch, Sullivant
1st Lorrie Cecil/ThisWeek Community News, Opioid Crisis
News Picture Story
Award of Excellence Jeremy Wadsworth/The Blade, Bridges
1st Meg Vogel/The Cincinnati Enquirer, Ballet Moves
2nd Kyle Robertson/The Columbus Dispatch, Grad
Award of Excellence Matthew Hatcher/Freelance, Kikita
Award of Excellence Meg Vogel/Kaiser Health News, LeRon
1st Kyle Robertson/The Columbus Dispatch, Pork
Award of Excellence Meg Vogel/The Cincinnati Enquirer, Ripple Wine Bar
Ron Kuntz Sports Photographer of the Year
1st Meg Vogel/The Cincinnati Enquirer, Keeping Composure
Award of Excellence Kyle Robertson/The Columbus Dispatch, Praying
Sports Picture Story
1st Matthew Hatcher/Freelance, Tornado
Award of Excellence Matthew Hatcher/Freelance, Ruins of Trotwood
Multimedia Photographer of the Year
1st Meg Vogel, The Cincinnati Enquirer
Sports Video
1st 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.