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I love the Achievement Award: Milton and If we are to able to save our local Bob Jacob inclusion of dialogue from the board Tamar Maltz environments, we need to keep this Cleveland Jewish News meetings. The timing and quotes are Bob Jacob topic in the spotlight. Really good work here. The opening just right. A genuinely great read. Cleveland Jewish News Arts & Entertainment with the couple’s experience drew Third Place Second Place First Place me in. Good structure. Nice use of Beachwood mayor and council Remembering Amber Evans Acclaimed conductor Alessandro subheads to retell the explosion, the coverage Andy Downing Siciliani at center of sexual investigation and the aftermath. Good Jane Kaufman, Bob Jacob Columbus Alive misconduct complaints quotes and mix of paraphrase. It was Cleveland Jewish News Andy Downing obvious how serious this was and how FEATURES: GENERAL Great reporting, very thorough and Columbus Alive it affected the community. clear writing. Dogged reporting First Place This is very comprehensive and must Second Place ensured a public accounting of the The lost art of listening have required a lot of time. You put it Morton L. Mandel dies at age 98 mayor’s misconduct where there Joel Oliphint together very well. Nice hat-tip to the Jane Kaufman otherwise might not have been one. Columbus Alive alt-weekly in there, too. Cleveland Jewish News Second Place SECTION Very thorough obituary. I like the Second Place HORROR AND HISTORY timeline addition here to help move Artist DonCee is cut from a different First Place Cincinnati’s new Holocaust museum along all this man accomplished cloth News has authentic touch throughout his long life. Nice touch! Joel Oliphint CJN Staff Bob Jacob Columbus Alive Cleveland Jewish News Third Place Cleveland Jewish News Great organization and flow. I enjoyed , former Forest City co- Third Place learning about the art and the artist’s DAILY NEWSPAPERS chair emeritus, dies at 97 The disappearance of Tyler Davis background. BREAKING NEWS: Bob Jacob Andy Downing CONSECUTIVE DAYS- SAME Cleveland Jewish News COMMUNITY / LOCAL Columbus Alive TOPIC Nice work on someone who deserved COVERAGE First Place this retelling of his life story. Including PUBLIC SERVICE First Place The presidential debate comes to the video and all the photographs First Place Multiple women accuse Actual Ohio added to this. Heights of Democracy: A change in Brewing founder Fred Lee of sexual Darrel Rowland, Rick Rouan, Marty Since 1972 local government assault Schladen Carla Rautenberg, Deborah Van Andy Downing July 29, 2019 FREE The Columbus Dispatch

The Kleef Columbus Alive Passion and commitment RESS National runner-up Really good work here, with a great See Education Serving More Thanh 2929,000 000 HHomes & BBusinesses i iin 4 CCounties ti See Sports P M The Heights Observer An impressive piece of reporting. The Are we saving mix of coverage and types of articles. Lake Erie? On Aug. 2, 2014, the City of Toledo Oh that every community would difficulty of this assignment can’t be issued a tap water ban for three days after a toxin, microcystin, was found in its water supply. High levels of mi- Good art complemented the articles crocystin, created by blue green algae, was detected in samples taken from the city’s water treatment plant in East have people this dedicated to understated. The volume of voices the Toledo. The plant draws its water from the western basin of Lake Erie, the 12th larg- here. Each story was readable and est freshwater lake in the world. The samples showed that microcystin was detected at 3 parts per billion (PPB), making Democracy work!!! Truly an reporter was able to capture, each one exceeding the 1 ppb safety thresh- old established by the World Health Organization. The toxin, at high levels, interesting. Standouts – the supporter can cause abnormal liver functions in humans and animals. Stores reported shortages of bot- inspiration. corroborated with facts and evidence tled water just two hours after Toledo issued the ban. Restaurants were closed unless they used bottled water rally story and the analysis of who for cooking, washing dishes and food preparation. It was the fi rst time in U.S. history so many people – over 500,000 is breathtaking. The narrative writing - were without tap water. A satellite photo from NASA Second Place showed a highly concentrated algal won. I read them all down to the close. bloom had developed near the direct intake of the water treatment plant on Lake Erie’s shallow western basin, and tackling of systemic problems causing microcystin to be detected in the water supply. This satellite image of Lake Erie, taken on July 23, 2019, shows the start of an algal bloom. Oceanic Atmo- Multiple women accuse Actual Frequent heavy spring rains fl ush sediments and nutrients off farm fi elds spheric Administration (NOAA) is predicting a signi cant, harmful algal bloom in western Lake Erie this summer. (Image and into ditches and streams, which courtesy of NOAA) Second Place drain into Lake Erie and feeds the al- within the industry made this entry gae. Phosphorus, a main component of farm fertilizer, is the main driver of al- Phosphorus still plagues Maumee Bay watershed Brewing founder Fred Lee of sexual gal blooms. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) By Kelly J. Kaczala NOAA confi rmed the forecast. The devel- predicted a severe harmful algal bloom News Editor opment of a harmful algal bloom was de- Anheuser-Busch buys Platform Beer [email protected] Are we saving tected in the western basin of Lake Erie. stand out in a very competitive in the lake this summer due to heavy rains in April, May and June. Lake Erie? A Lake Erie Harmful Algal Bloom There are several sources that con- In June, the National Oceanic and Bulletin issued by the NOAA stated that assault tribute to the algal blooms, including Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) pre- Inside... a microcystin cyanobacteria bloom was leaking septic systems. But the main dicted western Lake Erie would experience present in the western basin. The bloom culprit is the excessive fertilization of a signifi cant harmful algal bloom (HAB) Phosphorus still plagues Maumee Bay was present north along the Michigan Co. farm fi elds in the Maumee River water- this summer. Wet Spring could provide answers coast to Brest Bay, northwest of Monroe, category. shed. The Maumee River contributes The bloom is expected to measure 7.5 Filter strip program grows Michigan, and offshore from Maumee Bay 60 percent of the phosphorus and nu- on the severity index, but could range be- to West Sister Island. Sampling from July Andy Downing trients into the lake, though it provides tween 6 and 9, according to the NOAA. Questions remain over CAFOs 15 indicated that the toxin concentrations only three percent of the water going An index above 5 indicates blooms having increased, but remained below the recre- into the lake. greater impact. A special three part series from The Press ational threshold. Winds from July 19-July Marc Bona The Maumee River watershed in- In 2011, a record breaking algal bloom 21 promoted mixing of surface concentra- cludes several thousands of acres of ag- developed in Lake Erie’s western basin. It tions, though scum was intermittently ob- ricultural land. had a severity index of 10. A larger bloom East Toledo. It prompted the city to issue served along the Ohio Coast. “Keep pets Columbus Alive Second Place In the wake of the water crisis, The developed in 2015, at 10.5. Last year’s a three day tap water ban to communities and yourself out of the water in areas where Press newspapers examined the caus- bloom had a severity index of 3.6, while that consume city water. scum is forming,” warned . es of the algal blooms, how Northwest 2017’s was 8. The lake temperature had remained “In 2015, we had the largest algal cleveland.com Ohio was dealing with the crisis, and The forecast was based on heavy rains relatively cool due to the higher than aver- bloom that we’ve monitored since having looked at ways to improve the water in May and June. Fertilizer is commonly age rainfall in the region, so the bloom was satellite imagery in 2002,” said Dr. Laura quality of the lake. The series, “Saving spread on farm fi elds in the Maumee River not expected to start until late July, when Johnson, director of the National Center One of the judging criteria was that Strongsville school board may have Lake Erie,” published in January, 2015, watershed. When it rains, phosphorus, a the water temperature reached 65 to 70 for Water Quality Research at Heidelberg took an in-depth look at the challeng- main ingredient of fertilizer, drains from degrees, according to the NOAA. This con- University. The Center has been tracking es that lay ahead and what was being the fi elds, fl ows into the ditches, into the trasts with 2018, when exceptionally warm phosphorus loads into the lake for over 40 Such good work here, too! Really done to restore health to Lake Erie. river, and empties into the lake. Phosphorus weather at the beginning of June caused an years. It collects water samples from sever- There was much hope that progress feeds the development of harmful algal early start. Calm winds in July, especially al monitoring stations at rivers and streams would be made to clean up the lake. As blooms. Cyanobacteria, or blue green al- in western Lake Erie, tend to allow the algal in the Maumee Bay watershed for analysis coverage resulted in action or change. violated Sunshine Laws with phone we approach the fi fth year anniversary gae, is capable of producing the liver toxin toxins to concentrate, making blooms more three times per day. of the Toledo water crisis, The Press re- microcystin, which poses a risk to people harmful. The bloom typically peaks in the “We had a drought year in 2016, so we visits the event in a three part series, and animals. western part of the lake in September. had a very mild bloom, which was great. Microcystin was detected at high lev- But the only reason for that is because we a close second. Started off with the “Are we saving Lake Erie?” els in samples taken from the Collins Park - Kelly J. Kaczala, project manager Bloom present water treatment plant on Aug. 2, 2014, in On July 20, satellite imagery from the Continued on page 2 No problem here. polling of members two short news accounts, and then Bob Sandrick moved into the longer article focusing Sun News Hours: Mon-Fri 10am-6pm, Sat 10am-4pm 12 Friday, August 7, 2020 All Ohio Excellence in Journalism The Press Club of Cleveland

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The Plain Dealer Mercy Ships Family snow day Medicare funding at A well-written series about a very Betty Lin-Fisher Second Place risk for 2 hospitals important civic issue. The pieces Akron Beacon Journal Case Closed By Rita Price and Bethany Bruner The Columbus Dispatch The federal Centers for demonstrate deep research, tenacity Rachel Dissell, Andrea Simakis Medicare and Medicaid Services have notified Mount Third Place Carmel Health that two of its hospitals involved in the patient-death scandal and, most importantly, results. The Plain Dealer could be terminated from the Medicare program due Oh, oh, oh, it’s magick to pharmaceutical-services deficiencies “so serious they constitute an immediate threat Again, it was a close call. This is a to patient health and safety.” Findings and details of Second Place Craig Webb surveys conducted for CMS by the Ohio Department of Health won’t be released compelling story, well and carefully until each hospital — Mount Carmel West and Mount Elusive Justice Akron Beacon Journal Carmel St. Ann’s — has an opportunity to submit a Because of the overnight snow, Brent Nowak of Hilliard, a teacher in the South-Western City school district, had the day off from school plan of correction within told. The writers were able to capture Friday, so he took his boys, Matthew Nowak, 9, left, and Mason Nowak, 4, sledding at Griggs Reservoir Park. The family enjoyed the five days of receipt of the snow while it could, as the big warm-up is coming. See the national weather story on Page A3, and check out the local weather on B12. notification letters and CMS Stephanie Warsmith, Paula Schleis [ERIC ALBRECHT/DISPATCH] approves each plan. If Mount Carmel doesn’t PUBLIC SERVICE come up with an acceptable the essence of a very strong personality, plan, Medicare won’t pay for services on or after Feb. Akron Beacon Journal When to  y? Many factors play role 22 at Mount Carmel West in By Sheridan Hendrix morning that a flight crew The Survival Flight crew Far West Side — were killed See HOSPITALS, A17 First Place and then went beyond her story to The Columbus Dispatch headed to a community hos- — pilot Jennifer L. Topper, when the 1996 Bell 407 pital along the Ohio River in 34, of Sunbury, and flight helicopter they were riding This story was truly gripping. The Word spread quickly southeast Ohio had crashed nurses Bradley J. Haynes, in crashed just before 7 a.m. throughout the helicopter in the wooded hills of rural 48, of London, and Rachel EMS community Tuesday Vinton County. L. Cunningham, 33, of the See FLY, A14 reporters did a terrific job of going Closed Doors look at the larger picture. 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