Canton Repository wins 21 awards at annual Ohio APME competition
The Canton Repository won a second-place General Excellence award in the 2022 Ohio Associated Press Media Editors' newspaper contest.
The organization announced the award this week, along with other honors. Overall, the Repository won more than 20 individual and staff awards, which were handed out at a ceremony Sunday at the Villa Milano Banquet & Conference Center in Columbus.
The Repository competes in Division IV against similar sized newspapers such as the Warren Tribune Chronicle, Elyria Chronicle-Telegram and Lima News.
The following current and former staff members were honored:
Ed Balint: Second place for Best Feature Writer.
Rob Backus: First place in the Best Full Page Design category.
Paige Bennett: Second place for Best Business Writer.
Tim Botos: First place in the Best Public Service category for stories on restaurant inspections and in the Best Enterprise Reporting category for a story examining the fatal shooting of James Williams by a Canton police officer; second place in the Best Investigative Reporting category for his story on how some Beachwood football players transferred to Massillon; and third place for Best Feature Writer.
Kelly Byer: First place in the Best Explanatory Reporting category for her story on the dirty process of making leaded steel.
Kelsey Davis: Second place in the Best Public Service category for her story on how to navigate delivery and pickup at local grocery stores; and third place for Best Business Writer.
Steve Doerschuk: First place in the Best Sports Enterprise category for his series on the 1997 McKinley state football champions and third place for Best Sports Writer.
Ben Duer: First place in the Best Spot News Coverage category for his reporting on a riot at the Indian River Juvenile Correctional Facility in Massillon.
Charita Goshay: First place for Best Columnist.
Scott Heckel: First place for Best Photographer, third place for Best News Photo, Best Sports Photo and Best Photo Story.
Kelli Weir: Third place in the Best Enterprise reporting category for her story on how schools recognize the deaths of students.
CantonRep.com also won third place in the Best Digital Presence category.
Meanwhile, Massillon Independent staff writer Amy Knapp and photographer Kevin Whitlock — whose work appears in the Repository — also received awards.
Knapp was named Best News Writer in Division I, the smallest among the divisions. She also received a second-place award as Best Business Writer.
Whitlock was honored with second place in the Best Feature Photo category and third place in Best Sports Photo category.
The Repository and Independent are both owned by Gannett.
The contest featured news and sports stories, features, editorials, columns, graphics and photos from 2022.
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