Among those awards, staff writer David Jablonski placed first for Sports Event Coverage.
In addition, the News-Sun and its staff won awards in the following categories:
- Breaking News - News-Sun, second, for "12 Killed, 58 Wounded";
- Columnist - Tom Stafford, third;
- General News Photo: Bill Lackey, second; Barbara Perenic, third;
- Feature Photo: Lackey, second;
- Sports photo: Perenic, second;
- Photo Essay: Perenic, second;
- Explanatory Reporting: Matt Sanctis, second.
Also winning awards for work that appeared in the News-Sun were Dayton Daily News staff writers in the following categories:
- Sports Columnist - Tom Archdeacon, second;
- Investigative reporting: Laura Bischoff, third;
- News Writer: Josh Sweigart, formerly of the News-Sun, third.
The News-Sun and the Daily News are two of four daily newspapers within Cox Media Group Ohio.
The News-Sun competed with other newspapers with a circulation of 13,000 to 24,999. The Daily News competed with newspapers with circulations above 75,000.
The Associated Press, a not-for-profit news cooperative, includes 1,500 newspapers and 5,000 broadcast stations in the United States. There are 85 daily newspapers in the state who are members of the AP.
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