02/23/2016

Weekly and collegiate award winners announced at the ONA Convention

Winners of the 2016 Osman C. Hooper Newspaper Awards and the Ohio Collegiate Newspaper and Best Website Awards were announced on Wednesday, February 17 at the 2016 ONA Convention. The award presentation was moderated by Mary Huber and Jerry Mossbarger.

The winners of the Hooper Newspaper of the Year Award, which recognizes the best in Ohio weekly newspapers, were The Athens News (Division A), Chagrin Valley Times (Division B), Englewood Independent (Division C) and Yellow Springs News (Division D).

The Lantern (Ohio State University; Division A) and Cedars (Cedarville University; Division B) were the recipients of the Frank E. Deaner Award for General Excellence in Collegiate Journalism, which recognizes the best work in collegiate publications.

A booklet detailing the winners in each Hooper and collegiate category is available online through Issuu.com. To view the booklet, click here.