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Ohio News Photographer JULY/AUGUST 2001 PAGE 2 OHIO NEWS PHOTOGRAPHER JULY/AUGUST 2001 Bikar a fixture at Miss Ohio pageant By Mark Caudill when it was still in Sandusky." News Journal He was always promoting the program MANSFIELD After chronicling life in wherever he went," Herlihy said. He treated ONPA north central Ohio for 40 years, retired the staff and contestants almost like royalty. OHIO NEWS PHOTOGRAPHERS ASSOCIATION INC. News Journal photographer Jim Bikar prob- He was just an amazing man." ably knew this area bet- Bikar was a man who touched the lives ter than just about any- of many. At least once a week, people ask BOARD CHAIRMAN BOB DEMAY one else. about Jim when I'm out on the street," News PHONE (800) 777-9477 He shot pictures of Journal Photo Editor Dave Polcyn said. E-MAIL [email protected] thousands of people He'd come into contact with a lot of people and probably walked over the years." PRESIDENT ED SUBA, JR. about every street in Because of failing health, Bikar retired PHONE (800) 777-9477 this market," News from the News Journal in 1998. “I was sorry E-MAIL [email protected] Journal Publisher Tom to see him retire," Polcyn said. “He had a Brennan said. good attitude and was a pleasure to have TILL ICE RESIDENT LISA DUTTON Bikar, 65, died around. He was a great employee and S V P Sunday, July 1 at friend. He loved to photograph kids. He PHONE (419) 724-6143 MedCentral/Mansfield liked to say that the only difference between E-MAIL [email protected] Hospital after a long ill- Jim Bikar him and the kids was that he was prema- ness. turely losing his hair." TV VICE PRESIDENT VINCE SHIVERS More than anything else, Bikar was Former News Journal photographer PHONE (330) 744-8821 identified with the Miss Ohio Scholarship Jeff Sprang met Bikar in 1970. Sprang was E-MAIL [email protected] Pageant, which he shot for four decades. He a part-time shooter then while he attended and wife Lou were a fixture at that pageant college. SECRETARY DAVID I. ANDERSEN and many others. He taught me a lot about the news busi- HONE (216) 999-4156 He just so firmly believed in the Miss ness," Sprang said. You could always count P Ohio program," said Sharon Herlihy, con- on Jim; he was always ready for anything." E-MAIL [email protected] testant chairwoman and traveling compan- In addition to his wife of 43 years, ion to Atlantic City. He started covering it Bikar is survived by two daughters. TREASURER KIMBERLY BARTH PHONE (800) 777-9477 And the Emmy goes to . E-MAIL [email protected] STILL CLIP CONTEST CHRIS PARKER The Cleveland Chapter of NATAS' pre- In the crafts category, Matt Rafferty of sented it’s regional Emmy Awards in June. WJW won for Journalistic Editing PHONE (614) 841-1781 The Cleveland chapter serves Enterprise. E-MAIL [email protected] Cleveland, Youngstown, Akron, Canton, Brian Johnson of WKYC was a winner Toledo, Indianapolis, Ft Wayne and West in Videography-News for his story "Making TV CLIP CONTEST DAVID COLABINE Lafayette and Erie, Pennsylvania. Up for Lost Time". In the PHONE (513) 763-5443 News photographers from Ohio receiv- Videographer/Programming category, Tim E-MAIL [email protected] ing Emmys include: Dean Cummings of Roskey of WJW won an Emmy for his entry WKYC in Cleveland in the Soft News cate- “Cedar Point 200Coastermania” ANNUAL STILL CONTEST DAVID POLCYN gory with his entry “The Exorcism”. In the Ron Mounts of WJW was a winner in PHONE (419) 521-7218 same category Ali Ghanbari of WJW in Lighting for his entry “It's A National Cleveland won for his piece “Till Death Do Epidemic”. E-MAIL [email protected] Us Part”. ANNUAL TV CONTEST TONY GIORDULLO PHONE (513)412-5055 Job moves E-MAIL [email protected] Tim Coffey has left WUAB/WOIO to Executive Producer for the morning show. join the crew at the recent start-up of Mahon is a former P.O.Y. for Region 2 and Ohio News Photographer Akron's channel 23, now owned by PAX is part of the 2000 Station of the Year crew and partnered by WKYC. Tim is a native from KARE. The official publication of the Ohio News of Rootstown and was at channels 43/19 Dave Colabine has left his position at Photographers Association Inc. nearly four years. WKRC-TV in Cincinnati to join the staff WKYC Special Projects Videographer at KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh. EDITOR BOB DEMAY Kim Fatica was promoted in May to the Larry Hamel-Lambert is headed PHONE (330)244-0155 position of Director of Photography. Fatica back to school. The Plain Dealer photog- E-MAIL [email protected] is an 18 year veteran of television, begin- rapher has taken a teaching position at ning his career with WBGU-TV in Ohio University’s School of Visual ADDRESS LETTERS AND CORRESPONDENCE Bowling Green as their station voice, then Communications. moving on to WWAY-TV in Wilmington, Allan Detrich is once again a staff TO THE EDITOR AT: NC in 1985 as videographer/reporter. He is photographer at The Blade in Toledo after 8300 SAPPHIRE AVE NE a nine-time Emmy winner. He studied still Block Newspapers eliminated his position CANTON, OH 44721 photojournalism under Jim Gordon at as national bureau photographer. Block Bowling Green State University. Newspapers publishes The Pittsburgh Nancy O’Donnell retired in January Post-Gazette and The Blade where Detrich Ohio Online after 18 years with WJW-TV in Cleveland. worked prior to being assigned to the She was the first female television photog- national bureau position. www.onpa.org rapher in the state of Ohio, working first in Robin Witek has resigned her posi- the Columbus market and then moving to tion as assignment editor at the Akron WEBMASTER MARK DUNCAN Cleveland. Beacon Journal. Witek has moved to PHONE (216) 771-2172 Former KARE photojournalist J.R. Colorado where she will pursue a new E-MAIL [email protected] Mahon has joined WKYC as the career outside of photography. JULY/AUGUST 2001 OHIO NEWS PHOTOGRAPHER PAGE 3 Odds ‘n ends The Gannett Foundation has sold The Marietta Times to Ogden Newspapers Inc. of Wheeling, WV. With the addition of The Times, Ogden Newspapers now has 38 daily newspa- pers, seven of which are located in Ohio. The Akron Beacon Journal is now available in CD format. The electronic newspaper is an enhanced version of the printed paper with addi- tional photos, movie trailers and video as well as links to related web sites. It is the first step for the interactive newspa- per which will soon be available online for a sub- scription fee. The CD version is available for 25 cents at select newsstands. The eBeacon con- tains all advertising, including classified found in the printed version. Gary Gardiner of The Associated Press in Columbus has outdone himself. His monthly photo report newsletter has a weekly version that shows the highlights of what members across the state have submitted to the AP. The PDF file is a great way to get a look at what your friends are shooting across Ohio. To receive the newsletter weekly via e-mail contact Gardiner at [email protected]. WKYC-TV Chief Photographer Peter Miller died of cancer February 25 at the age of 63. Miller covered nearly every major story in Cleveland for 42 years, He began his television career with WJW in 1959. He then joined WKYC Candid Camera in 1985. From time to time the Miller won eight Emmys from the National camera unwittingly turns on Academy of Television and Radio Artists. Four us. years ago, he was part of the WKYC team that Above, Plain Dealer took first place honors from the Association for photographer Bill Kennedy Women in Communications for the report, ``On gets in a few pushups for a Schindler's List.'' Medina County Sheriff’s The Cleveland Chapter of the Society of Deputy at the county fair. Professional Journalists bestowed their Kennedy was caught Distinguished Service Award to Miller posthu- clowning around after get- mously in June. The award is the highest honor ting up from taking a pho- a chapter can bestow. tograph from a low angle WKYC Special Projects Editor Greg Hickey position by Lew Stamp of will be part of the faculty of the NPPA's fall edit- the Akron Beacon Journal. ing workshop in Salt Lake City. Greg is a multi- Left, Associated Press ple Emmy winning editor and an expert in non- photographer Mark Duncan linear editing on the Avid system. unknowingly wears a “wet Only time will tell before we know for sure paint” sign as he makes his but, Brynne Shaw of The Plain Dealer could be way back to the darkroom the weakest link. Shaw was selected to be a at Gund Arena. His contestant on the popular new prime time game response after discovering show The Weakest Link. The show was being it, “some guys will never taped the first week of August and if selected will grow up.” Very few people air later this fall. have ever made that state- By now I’m sure she has heard every weak- ment about David Kyle est link one liner imaginable so we’ll let her off who stands about six foot the hook here and hope that her rewards are ten. The sign was his, the worth all the grief friends and co-workers proba- photo was taken by Ron bly put her through.