Another trophy for Magnificent Marla
Betty Lin-Fisher did an EXCELLENT job in her article about BJ
sportswriter/columnist Marla Ridenour receiving her Ohio Associated Press Media
Editors Hall of Fame award Sunday in Columbus.
Marla can put it alongside her Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame
award she won in 2013.
Marla went from the Dayton Daily News, where I was #2 in the
sports department under the legendary Si Burick, 10-time Ohio Sports Columnist
of the year, then the Columbus Dispatch and, finally in 1999, the BJ.
She got her training wheels in 1976 while still in college when
the Lexington paper needed a female to go into the lockerroom to cover the
University of Kentuck’s women’s basketball team.
She has covered the Browns, the Indians, the Reds, the Bengals.
And did a Hall of Fame job, too.
Other Ohio Associated Press Media
Editors honors went to BJ reporter Amanda Garrett for enterprise reporting in
the large-newspaper division and Gannett staffer Sydney Clark for full-page
design.
Second place BJ winners were
Editorial Page editor Mary Kay Quinn for editorial writing, Mike Cardew for
feature photos, Marla for best sports columnist.
Third place BJ winners were Amanda
for news writing, Nate Ulrich for sports feature writing and Rob Backus for
full-page design.
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