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TR employees honored by AP for their work
ZANESVILLE - Employees of the Zanesville Times Recorder received several honors from the Ohio Associated Press Media Editors Awards this week for work published in 2020. The Times Recorder competes in Division II.
Christine Holmes placed second for best headline writer. The TR received second place for best digital presence.
Chris Crook received third place for best photographer, third place for best photo story for pictures related to a pride event and second place for best video for a piece on Dresden & Co.
For the eighth year in a row, The Dispatch was named the best among Ohio s largest newspapers by the Ohio Associated Press Media Editors association. Dispatch.com was awarded first place for best digital presence for the third year straight.
The Dispatch and its staff won 24 awards, including nine first-place entries. Longtime editor Danny Goodwin, who retired in 2020, was inducted into the Ohio Journalism Hall of Fame. It s a great honor for The Dispatch to be named best large newspaper and website in Ohio by our peers, said Alan D. Miller, editor of The Dispatch and regional editor for the USA TODAY Network of 21 Ohio daily newspapers.
The Lima News recognized for general excellence
By Staff Reports - info@limanews.com
COLUMBUS, Ohio The Lima News was named as the best Ohio newspaper of its size, selected as the general excellence winner in the 2020 Ohio Associated Press Media Editors newspaper competition.
The newspaper won 25 awards, it learned during an online event Tuesday night. The Lima News recorded seven first-place wins, 11 second-place finishes and seven third-place mentions. The newspaper competes with other newspapers with paid print circulation between 19,000 and 59,999.
It’s the second year in a row the newspaper received more than 20 awards.
“It’s a tough job being a journalist today, but one that is as important as ever. I give a lot of credit to our staff for telling the stories that are important, as well as sharing the human-interest stories that make our community smile,” said Jim Krumel, editor of The Lima News.