Ex-BJ photog Detrich wins honors

Former Beacon Journal photographer Matt Detrich, now at the Indianapolis Star, won his fifth Regional Photographer of the Year award.

The win was announced on the Press Photographers blog by Bob DeMay who reported on the results of the National Press Photographers Region 4 Decmber clip contest.

Detrich had three wins in the final month, but really didn't need the points, as he finished 342 points ahead of second place finisher David Stephenson of the Lexington (KY) Herald Leader. Ryan Garza from The Flint (MI) Journal placed third.

The lone Ohio photographers to crack the top ten were Marshall Gorby and Barbara Perenic from the Springfield News-Sun. Gorby placed 4th and Perenic placed 8th.

See DeMay’s report