Gov. Ted Strickland, Washington Post vice president Leonard Downie and Federal Reserve Bank official Mark Schweitzer are the featured speakers for the 2009 ONA Convention, scheduled for Feb. 11, 12 and 13 at the Columbus Hilton at Easton Town Center. The complete convention program has been announced in a mailing to all ONA members. The [...]

ONA and The Tan & Cardinal, the student newspaper at Otterbein College, are co-hosting a reception on Nov. 20 for faculty advisors and student leaders from collegiate newspapers throughout Ohio. The event is scheduled from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on the Otterbein campus in Westerville. The purpose of the informational meeting is to brief the [...]

Judging has begun for this year’s Osman Hooper Newspaper Contest, the annual competition for ONA’s weekly newspaper members. This year’s entries total 526 from 70 newspapers. In keeping with the contest rules, judging is being conducted in five circulation divisions, based on equal numbers of newspapers in each division. According to the circulation figures submitted [...]

As announced in the Oct. 31 Bulletin, ONA is now accepting nominations for the newly-established William Maxwell Award. This is the last of several activities planned in observance of ONA’s 75th anniversary. We’d like to conclude the year-long observance with announcement of the first recipient at the 2009 ONA Convention in February. Named for the [...]