Bob DeMay gets top Ohio photographers honor

BJ picture editor Bob DeMay received the Robert S. Carson Award, the highest honor in the Ohio News Photographers Association organization, at the 2014 Annual Judging and Seminar.

Bob DeMay

DeMay, at the BJ since 1999, has been in ONPA for the 30 years, including ONPA Chairman of the Board 1998-2010, a driving force in the annual contest and the webmaster for onpa.org and the ONPA blog.

Kimberly Barth, BJ director of photography and graphics, is the ONPA treasurer.

Ed Suba Jr. was second in the General News category and third in the News Picture story, Phil Masturzo second in Sports Action and

Karen Schiely got Award of Excellence in the Product Illustration category.

Sixty-nine visual journalists from across the state submitted 903 entries in the 64th annual contest.

Eamon Queeney from the Columbus Dispatch and Jessica Phelps from the Newark Advocate were named Ohio News Photographers of the Year for 2014.

Andy Wallace of WBNS-TV in Columbus was named the 2014 ONPA Television Photographer of the Year. WBNS-TV in Columbus was named ONPA Station of the Year.