Sunday, June 07, 2015



I think this comes under the category of, if dog bites man it isn’t news, but if man bites dog it is.
Dyer, Suba, Masturzo lead Beacon Journal in journalism awards June 07,2015 10:31 AM GMT Beacon Journal Publishing Co. Copyright ��� 2015 Beacon Journal Publishing Co. Inc and Black Press. All Rights Reserved. Any copying, redistribution or retransmission of any of the contents of this service without the express written consent of the Akron Beacon Journal is expressly prohibitePHA+DQoJVGhlIEJlYWNvbiBKb3VybmFs4oCZcyBCb2IgRHllciB3b24gYmVzdCBjb2x1bW5pc3Qg aW4gdGhlIHN0YXRlIEZyaWRheSBmcm9tIHRoZSBDbGV2ZWxhbmQgUHJlc3MgQ2x1YiwgbGVhZGlu ZyBhIG51bWJlciBzdGFmZmVycyBpbiB0b3AgYXdhcmRzLjwvcD4NCjxwPg0KCUR5ZXIgYWxzbyB3 b24gZmlyc3QgcGxhY2UgZm9yIGludmVzdGlnYXRpdmUgam91cm5hbGlzbSBmb3IgaGlzIHNlcmll cyBvbiBFcm5lc3QgQW5nbGV5IGFuZCBHcmFjZSBDYXRoZWRyYWwsIGFuZCBzZWNvbmQgcGxhY2Ug Zm9yIGEgc2luZ2xlIGNvbHVtbi48L3A+DQo8cD4NCglQaG90b2dyYXBoZXJzIEVkIFN1YmEgSnIu IGFuZCBQaGlsIE1hc3R1cnpvIGFsc28gd29uIGEgbnVtYmVyIG9mIGF3YXJkcy48L3A+DQo8cD4N CglTdWJhIHdvbiBmaXJzdCBwbGFjZXMgaW4gdGhlIGNhdGVnb3JpZXMgb2YgZ2VuZXJhbCBuZXdz IGFuZCBwaG90byBzdG9yeS10ZWxsaW5nLCBhbmQgc2Vjb25kIHBsYWNlIGZvciBnZW5lcmFsIGZl YXR1cmUuPC9wPg0KPHA+DQoJTWFzdHVyem8gd29uIGZpcnN0IHBsYWNlIGZvciBzdHVkaW8gcGhv dG9ncmFwaHksIHNlY29uZCBmb3Igc3BvcnRzLCBhbmQgdGhpcmQgcGxhY2VzIGluIHNwb3J0cyBh bmQgZ2VuZXJhbCBuZXdzLjwvcD4NCjxwPg0KCUluIHRoZSBjYXRlZ29yeSBvZiBiZXN0IHNpbmds ZS1kYXkgY292ZXJhZ2Ugb2YgYnJlYWtpbmcgbmV3cywgdGhlIEJlYWNvbiBKb3VybmFsIHdvbiBm aXJzdCBmb3IgaXRzIGNvdmVyYWdlIG9mIHRoZSBFYm9sYSBvdXRicmVhayBzcHJlYWRpbmcgdG8g QWtyb24uIFRoYXQgZWZmb3J0IHdhcyBsZWQgYnkgaGVhbHRoIHJlcG9ydGVyIENoZXJ5bCBQb3dl bGwsIGJ1c2luZXNzIHdyaXRlciBLYXRpZSBCeWFyZCBhbmQgZWR1Y2F0aW9uIHdyaXRlciBEb3Vn IExpdmluZ3N0b24uPC9wPg0KPHA+DQoJVGhlIHNhbWUgcmVwb3J0ZXJzLCBsZWQgYnkgUG93ZWxs LCB3b24gYSBzZWNvbmQgcGxhY2UgZm9yIEVib2xhIGNvdmVyYWdlIG92ZXIgc2V2ZXJhbCBkYXlz LjwvcD4NCjxwPg0KCUxpdmluZ3N0b24gd29uIGEgc2Vjb25kIHBsYWNlIGZvciBoaXMgb25nb2lu ZyBjb3ZlcmFnZSBvZiBPaGlvIGNoYXJ0ZXIgc2Nob29scy4gSGUgd2FzIGFzc2lzdGVkIG9uIHNv bWUgb2YgdGhhdCBwcm9qZWN0IGJ5IHRoZSBOZXdzIE91dGxldCwgYSBzdHVkZW50IGpvdXJuYWxp c20gbGFiIGF0IFlvdW5ndG93biBTdGF0ZSBVbml2ZXJzaXR5IGFuZCB0aGUgVW5pdmVyc2l0eSBv ZiBBa3Jvbi48L3A+DQo8cD4NCglUaGUgTmV3cyBPdXRsZXQsIHdoaWNoIHRoZSBCZWFjb24gSm91 cm5hbCBhZHZpc2VzIG9uIG9jY2FzaW9uLCBhbHNvIHdvbiBhIGZpcnN0IHBsYWNlIGFtb25nIGZv dXIteWVhciBjb2xsZWdlcyBmb3IgaXRzIG9ubGluZSBwcmVzZW50YXRpb24gb24gY2hhcnRlciBz Y2hvb2xzLCB3aGljaCByZXN1bHRlZCBpbiBhIGNhbGwgZm9yIGxlZ2lzbGF0aXZlIGFjdGlvbi48 L3A+DQo8cD4NCglCdXNpbmVzcyBhbmQgY29uc3VtZXIgYWZmYWlycyB3cml0ZXIgQmV0dHkgTGlu LUZpc2hlciB3b24gZmlyc3QgcGxhY2UgZm9yIGJ1c2luZXNzIGNvbHVtbnMgb24gY2FyIHRpdGxl IGxvYW5zLjwvcD4NCjxwPg0KCUluIHBhZ2UgYW5kIGdyYXBoaWMgZGVzaWduLCBFZG5hIEpha3Vi b3dza2kgd29uIGZpcnN0IHBsYWNlIGluIHRoZSBzaW5nbGUtcGFnZSBkZXNpZ24gY2F0ZWdvcnkg Zm9yIEVuam95ISBtYWdhemluZSwgQnJpYW4gU2hlbGxpdG8gd29uIHNlY29uZCBmb3IgYSBuZXdz cGFwZXIgcGFnZSBvbiBKb2hubnkgTWFuemllbCwgYW5kIFJpY2sgU3RlaW5oYXVzZXIgYW5kIEth dGh5IEhhZ2Vkb3JuIHdvbiBhIHRoaXJkIHBsYWNlIGZvciB0aGUgZGVzaWduIG9mIGEgQmxhY2sg RnJpZGF5IHNob3BwaW5nIHByZXNlbnRhdGlvbi48L3A+DQo8cD4NCglTcG9ydHMgd3JpdGVyIE1h cmxhIFJpZGVub3VyIHdvbiBzZWNvbmQgcGxhY2UgaW4gdGhlIHN0YXRld2lkZSBjb21wZXRpdGlv biBmb3IgYmVzdCBjb2x1bW5pc3QuPC9wPg0KPHA+DQoJQ29weSBlZGl0b3IgTWFyayBKLiBQcmlj ZSByZWNlaXZlZCBhIHNlY29uZC1wbGFjZSBhd2FyZCBmb3IgaGlzIGhlYWRsaW5lLCAmcXVvdDtG b2FtIGZvciB0aGUgaG9saWRheXMsJnF1b3Q7IG9uIGEgc3RvcnkgYWJvdXQgQ2hyaXN0bWFzIGJl ZXJzLjwvcD4NCjxwPg0KCUNsZXZlbGFuZCBDYXZzIHdyaXRlciBKYXNvbiBMbG95ZCB3b24gYSB0 aGlyZCBwbGFjZSBmb3IgaGlzIENhdnMgYmxvZy48L3A+DQo8cD4NCglCb2IgRG93bmluZyB3b24g dGhpcmQgcGxhY2UgZm9yIHRyYXZlbCB3cml0aW5nIG9uIHRoZSBUb2xlZG8gR3JlYXQgTGFrZXMg bXVzZXVtLiBUaGUgUHJlc3MgQ2x1YiBtYWRlIHNwZWNpYWwgbm90ZSB0aGF0IHRoaXMgeWVhciBt YXkgaGF2ZSBiZWVuIGEgZmlyc3QgZm9yIGZhdGhlci1zb24gd2lubmVycy4gRG93bmluZ+KAmXMg c29uLCBBbmR5LCBhbiBBa3JvbiBuYXRpdmUsIHdvbiBzZXZlcmFsIGF3YXJkcyBhcyBhIHJlcG9y dGVyIGFuZCBjcml0aWMgZm9yIENvbHVtYnVzIEFsaXZlIG1hZ2F6aW5lLjwvcD4NCjxwPg0KCSZu YnNwOzwvcD4NCjxwPg0KCSZuYnNwOzwvcD4NCg==
The Beacon Journal’s Bob Dyer won best columnist in the state Friday from the Cleveland Press Club. Bob has rung that bell so often that I would need to take off my shoes to count them all, it seems. Another year, another best columnist in Ohio.

Bob also won first place for investigative journalism for his series on Ernest Angley and Grace Cathedral and second place for a single column.

Not bad for a guy who used share a table in the Blue Room with me for lunch for a gazillion years at Ol’ Blue Walls. It’s another of my nearby claims to fame, such as meeting the daughter of the guy who coached Jerry West at East Bank High School during my three-month winter in The Villages, Florida with Paula.
 
Or washing my hands in the BJ newsroom after Gov. Jim Rhodes finished his business and pretending I didn’t know who he was. Politicians HATE not being recognized. At least Rhodes didn’t sic the National Guard on me the way he did the Kent State students in 1970. Asshat!

Photographer Ed Suba Jr. won first places for general news and photo story-telling and second place for general feature.

Fellow camera-clicker Phil Masturzo won first place for studio photography, second for sports and third in sports and general news.

For single-day coverage of breaking news, the Beacon Journal won first for its coverage of the Ebola outbreak spreading to Akron. That effort was led by health reporter Cheryl Powell, business writer Katie Byard and education writer Doug Livingston.

The same reporters, led by Powell, won a second place for Ebola coverage over several days.

Livingston won a second place for his ongoing coverage of the shameful Ohio charter schools money-sucking, piss-poor education efforts.

The News Outlet, a student journalism lab at Youngtown State University and the University of Akron, was first among four-year colleges for its online presentation on charter schools, which resulted in a call for legislative action.

Business and consumer affairs writer Betty Lin-Fisher won first place for business columns on car title loans, another scurrilous practice.

In page and graphic design, Edna Jakubowski won first place in the single-page design category for Enjoy! magazine, Brian Shellito won second for a newspaper page on Johnny Manziel and Rick Steinhauser and Kathy Hagedorn won a third place for the design of a Black Friday shopping presentation.

Sports writer Marla Ridenour was second for best columnist.

Copy editor Mark J. Price, whose value in taking BJ readers down memory lane with his articles of bygone Akron days is priceless, got second  for his headline, "Foam for the holidays," on a story about Christmas beers.

Cleveland Cavs writer Jason Lloyd won a third place for his Cavs blog.

Bob Downing was third for travel writing on the Toledo Great Lakes museum.

Downing’s son, Andy, an Akron native, won several awards as a reporter and critic for Columbus Alive magazine.

 

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