From staff reports
COLUMBUS Members of the Herald-Star staff earned two second-place awards and a third-place award in the 2020 Ohio Associated Press Media Editors newspaper contest.
Executive Editor Ross Gallabrese finished second in the best editorial writer category. Ed Puskas of the (Ashtabula) Star Beacon finished first in the category, while Benjamin Lanka of The (Newark) Advocate was third.
Inside the Paint, our annual high school basketball preview edition, earned second-place honors in the best special sports section category. The Medina Gazette’s Fall Football Preview finished first in the category, while The (Celina) Daily Standard’s Fall Sports Preview was third.