OREANDA-NEWS. The Columbus Dispatch was the top award winner, bringing in 30 awards, including Best Daily Newspaper, in the annual Ohio’s Best Journalism Contest, sponsored by the Cincinnati, Cleveland and Columbus Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) chapters statewide.

“I’m honored to work with such an amazingly talented team of journalists – the best in Ohio, as evidenced by their good work and this prestigious award from their peers,” said Alan Miller, The Columbus Dispatch editor. “This is a newsroom full of people who dedicate themselves daily to making sure that readers know what’s going on in their community. The Dispatch journalists are as passionate about good journalism as they are compassionate toward the people they cover.”

In addition to being named the Best Daily Newspaper in the large circulation category, The Columbus Dispatch’s 30 awards included Best Photographer for Kyle Robertson’s work, Best Public Service Journalism for the Silent Suffering series by Jill Riepenhoff & Mike Wagner, among others.

Ohio’s Best Journalism Contest is the only Ohio competition that honors journalists who fulfill the SPJ mission: defense of the First Amendment, support of literacy, resistance to censorship, advocacy for openness of public records and meetings, media self-criticism and community service.

ABOUT DISPATCH MEDIA GROUP

Dispatch Media Group, owned by GateHouse Media, LLC, operates a variety of print and digital news and information brands. The flagship brand is The Columbus Dispatch. Other affiliates of Dispatch Media Group include ThisWeek Community Newspapers, Columbus Parent, Columbus Alive, digital/DMG (with more than 21 Central Ohio websites), Columbus Monthly, Columbus CEO, On Target Marketing/TheBAG, and specialty magazine publications, including Columbus Weddings, CityGuide, and a show division that produces The Columbus Dispatch Home & Garden Show and The Fall Home & Garden Show and Holiday Fest in central Ohio.

About GateHouse Media, LLC

GateHouse Media, headquartered in Pittsford, New York, is a wholly owned subsidiary of New Media Investment Group Inc., which is focused primarily on investing in a high quality, diversified portfolio of local media assets and on growing existing advertising and digital marketing businesses. GateHouse Media is one of the largest publishers of locally based print and online media in the United States as measured by its 125 daily publications.