The Ohio Newspapers Foundation has named the winners of seven scholarships for the 2008-2009 school year.

Leslie Cusano of Kent State University, Emily Mullin of Ohio University and Cassidy Pazyniak of Miami (Ohio) University will each receive a University Journalism Scholarship.

Amanda Dolasinski of The Ohio State University will receive the Ohio Newspaper Women’s Scholarship and Lauren Farnsworth of Bowling Green State University will be awarded the Harold K. Douthit Regional Scholarship.

The five scholarships are awarded to undergraduate students in Ohio studying journalism.

Two Minority Scholarships, awarded to high school seniors who plan to pursue a career in journalism, will be given to Wesley Lowery of Shaker Heights High School and Taylor Mirfendereski of Olentangy Liberty High School in Powell.

All seven of the scholarships are $1,500.

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ONA has added two May sessions to the newspaper staff training calendar which focus on multimedia.

“Writing for Multimedia” is scheduled for May 7 at the Ohio University Pickerington Center. The session’s instructor, Rosalie Stemer, has reported and edited at the New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Chicago Daily News and Kansas City Times.

Stemer will discuss writing clean, sharp stories with great leads, writing for print and online audiences, skeptical reporting and editing to avoid errors and how to quickly check numbers and charts for accuracy.

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Baseball season is here and fan fever is at a high pitch within ONA. Our “Birthday at the Ballpark” events have sold out well in advance of our deadlines.

A hundred of our members and their families and friends will help us celebrate our 75th anniversary at the May 18 Reds-Indians game in Cincinnati. Another one hundred will be on hand for the June 29 game in Cleveland.