Cox Media Group Ohio outlets honored for excellence

Entries were judged by broadcasters from:

WSGW-AM, Saginaw, Michigan, Radio II; KRLD-AM/FM, Dallas, Texas, Radio I; WLUC-TV, Negaunee, Michigan, and KXAS-TV, Fort Worth, Texas, Television II; and KABC-TV, Glendale, California, and KSAT-TV, San Antonio, Texas, Television I.

Cox Media Group Ohio media outlets are being honored in the Ohio Associated Press Media Editors 2014 radio and TV contest.

Twenty-five broadcasters in Ohio submitted 325 entries in the contest, featuring news, sports, weather, features, documentaries and photography from 2014, according to AP, which announced the finalists Tuesday afternoon.

CMGO is comprised of WHIO Radio, WHIO TV-7, the Dayton Daily News, The Springfield News-Sun and the Journal News. The Associated Press is a not-for-profit news cooperative representing 1,500 newspapers and 5,000 broadcast stations in the United States. Members of AP include 127 broadcast stations in Ohio.

“I am so proud of our amazing content group,” said Jana Collier, vice president of content for Cox Media Group Ohio. “There is no news organization in Southwest Ohio that does a better job of covering what really matters to our local community. If it’s important to the Dayton area, we’re going to be there first and do the best at getting context and depth.”

The Ohio APME annual awards banquet is May 3 in Columbus.

Digital:

WHIO TV-7: Best Digital Presence

NEWS 95.7 WHIO Radio: Best Digital Presence

Radio:

Extraordinary Coverage of a Scheduled Event:

Jim Barrett and Larry Hansgen, WHIO-AM/WHIO-FM, Dayton, “Jeffrey Fowle Homecoming”.

Best Newscast: WHIO-AM/WHIO-FM, Dayton.

TV:

Best Newscast: WHIO-TV Staff (Cedarville tornado team coverage at noon).

Best Continuing Coverage: Wal-Mart Police Shooting, WHIO-TV Staff.

Best Documentary: Miami Valley Murder Mysteries, Byron Stirsman & Becky Grimes, Producers.

Best Anchor: James Brown.

Print: More than 75,000 circulation

Best Use of Social Media: Amelia Robinson, Dayton Daily News.

Best Sports Event Coverage: Dave Jablonski, Dayton Daily News, “The University of Dayton”.

Best Daily Sports Section: Dayton Daily News.

Best Breaking News Coverage: Dayton Daily News, “Walmart Grand Jury Decision”.

Best Explanatory Reporting: Lynn Hulsey and Ken McCall, Dayton Daily News, “Chemical Dangers”.

Read "Chemical Dangers" at http://on.whio.com/1Dv0VLZ

Best Digital Presence: Dayton Daily News.

Print: 25,000 to 75,000 circulation

Best Business Writer: Chelsey Levingston, Journal-News.

Best News Writer: Michael Pitman, Journal-News.

Best Explanatory Reporting: Chelsey Levingston, Journal-News, “Development of Liberty Center”.

Best Enterprise Reporting: Chelsey Levingston, Journal-News, “Following the Money”.

Print: 13,000 to 25,000 circulation

Best Business Writer: Matt Sanctis, Springfield News-Sun.

Best Investigative Reporting: Katie Wedell, Springfield News-Sun, “Multiple Lottery Winners”.