Winners of the 2019 Ontario Newspaper Awards announced!

Beat Reporting (over 25,000 circulation)

Winner: Trevor Wilhelm, Windsor Star

• Runner-up: Nicole O’Reilly, The Hamilton Spectator
• Runner-up: Jane Sims, London Free Press

 

Beat Reporting (under 25,000 circulation)

Winner: Grant LaFleche, St. Catharines Standard

• Runner-up: Sabrina Bedford, Brockville Recorder & Times
• Runner-up: Alan Hale, Cornwall Standard Freeholder

 

Column/Opinion Writing

Winner: Luisa D’Amato, Waterloo Region Record

• Runner-up: Robin Baranyai, Postmedia News (freelancer)
• Runner-up: Joel Rubinoff, Waterloo Region Record

 

Enterprise Reporting

Winner: Randy Richmond, London Free Press

• Runners-up: Steve Buist, Teviah Moro and Matthew Van Dongen, The Hamilton Spectator
• Runners-up: Susan Clairmont and Nicole O’Reilly, The Hamilton Spectator

 

Feature Photography (over 25,000 circulation)

Winner: Peter Lee, Waterloo Region Record

• Runner-up: Sebastian Bron, London Free Press
• Runner-up: Mike Hensen, London Free Press

 

Feature Photography (under 25,000 circulation)

Winner: Bob Tymczyszyn, St. Catharines Standard

• Runner-up: Julie Jocsak, St. Catharines Standard
• Runner-up: Ronald Zajac, Brockville Recorder & Times

 

Feature Writing (over 25,000 circulation)

Winner: Trevor Wilhelm, Windsor Star

• Runner-up: Natalie Paddon, The Hamilton Spectator
• Runner-up: Joel Rubinoff, Waterloo Region Record

 

Feature Writing (under 25,000 circulation)

Winner: Nick Dunne, Cornwall Standard-Freeholder

• Runner-up: Steph Crosier, Kingston Whig-Standard
• Runner-up: Patrick Kennedy, Kingston Whig-Standard

 

General News Feature

Winner: Jane Sims, London Free Press

• Runner-up: Dave Battagello, Windsor Star
• Runner-up: Nicole O’Reilly, The Hamilton Spectator

 

Special Project

Winner: London Free Press newsroom

• Runners-up: Joanna Frketich, The Hamilton Spectator, and Grant LaFleche, St. Catharines Standard
• Runners-up: Trevor Wilhelm, Windsor Star; Jennifer Bieman and Randy Richmond, London Free Press

 

Sports Photography (over 25,000 circulation)

Winner: Mike Hensen, London Free Press

• Runner-up: Nick Brancaccio, Windsor Star
• Runner-up: Derek Ruttan, London Free Press

 

Sports Photography (under 25,000 circulation)

Winner: Mark Malone, Chatham Daily News

• Runner-up: Brian Thompson, Brantford Expositor
• Runner-up: Bob Tymczyszyn, St. Catharines Standard

 

Sports Writing

Winner: Josh Brown, Waterloo Region Record

• Runner-up: Steve Milton, The Hamilton Spectator
• Runner-up: Jon Wells, The Hamilton Spectator

 

Spot News Photography (over 25,000 circulation)

Winner: Derek Ruttan, London Free Press

• Runner-up: Nick Brancaccio, Windsor Star
• Runner-up: Dax Melmer, Windsor Star

 

Spot News Photography (under 25,000 circulation)

Winner: Julie Jocsak, St. Catharines Standard

• Runner-up: Terry Bridge, Stratford Beacon Herald
• Runner-up: Galen Simmons, Stratford Beacon Herald

 

Spot News Writing (over 25,000 circulation)

Winners: Joe Belanger, Sebastian Bron, Dale Carruthers, Jonathan Juha, Max Martin and Megan Stacey, London Free Press

• Runner-up: Steve Buist, The Hamilton Spectator
• Runner-up: Joanna Frketich, The Hamilton Spectator

 

Spot News Writing (under 25,000 circulation)

Winner: Karena Walter, St. Catharines Standard

• Runners-up: Steph Crosier and Elliot Ferguson, Kingston Whig-Standard
• Runner-up: Luke Hendry, Belleville Intelligencer

 

Video Production 

Winners: Max Martin, Randy Richmond and Brice Hall, London Free Press

• Runner-up: Mike Hensen, London Free Press
• Runner-up: Louis Pin, Sarnia Observer