Masury, OHMasury, 44438 Ave. 1538 Cullinan Photographer Ohio News Change ServiceRequested Presorted Standard U.S.Postage Paid Youngstown, OH Youngstown, Permit No.640 Ohio News Photographer March/A pril 1999 Page 2 Ohio News Photographer March-April 1999 March-April 1999 Ohio News Photographer Page 3 RULES: They are not made to be broken By Bob DeMay from the same problems the still contest pro- ‘99 Convention takes off at Air Force Museum Board Chairman vided. While the results of the Television By Bob DeMay central collection point for AP staff and they have been there too. The fourth still member photos. speaker is no exception. Before any photos were seen by the contest were not available as this issue went Board Chairman to press, contest chairman Josh White ONPAOhio News Photographers Association Waugh, a former ONPA board member Mike Fender, assistant director of pho- judges in this years still contest competition, The United State Air Force Museum and scholarship chairman, joined the AP as a tography at The Indianapolis Star-News will major decisions about them had to be made advised that for the most part the entries conformed to the contest rules. will host a private reception for ONPA mem- photographer in Milwaukee in 1989, after talk about content. Fenders message is sim- and not by the judges. Board Chairman Bob DeMay bers and their guests to kick off the 1999 serving seven years as a ple, “We don't care how much ram you have, Contest chairman, Matt Detrich This was the first year that those enter- ing the television competition had to be Phone (330) 747-1471 Convention and Education Seminar Friday, photographer at the digital or film, or if you can transmit from requested a ruling by the board on how to April 9th in Dayton. Dayton Daily your car. How good is the image. For the handle contest entries that did not abide by members of ONPA. That new rule had some E-mail [email protected] people scrambling at the end to become The museum reception will begin at News/Journal Herald in reader, CONTENT is everything.” the rules. 6:00pm. Displays, including more than 300 While there have been no major members. Dayton, Ohio. Content is something Fender knows Provisions were made for several peo- President Ed Suba, Jr. aircraft, will be open for viewing so be sure Three years later something about too. He has been named changes in the contest since the switch to to include the family as well as your camera. Waugh moved to Detroit Indiana Photographer of the Year three times slides several years ago, it appears some ple to become members at the last minute Phone (800) 777-9477 people just can’t get it right. provided they paid their dues for 1999 at the The ONPA Hospitality Suite at the as photo editor for as well as runnerup three times. He is a for- The range of infractions covered just same time. E-mail not yet Fairborn Holiday Inn will be open following Michigan and in 1995 he mer Region 4 POY and twice won the ONPA Several television members have sug- the reception. was named Texas photo Clip Contest POY title. about every rule, from too many entries, no Convention co-chairmen, Bill Garlow editor in Dallas. Fender has been the Assistant Director entry fee, no signed release form, late entries gested a change in the way television contest Vice president (Still) Lisa Dutton to improper slide preparation. In several entries are judged. and Marshall Gorby have been hard at work Waugh grew up in of Photography in With the annual contest and convention Phone (419) 724-6143 putting together this years program which Woodward, Okla., where Indianapolis since the cases entire staffs would have been disqual- Bill Waugh ified. held at different times it has been suggested E-mail not yet will conclude with an awards dinner his father, the late Donald morning and evening Detrich alerted the board about the that we revert to the previous judging proce- Saturday evening. Waugh, owned the papers merged in 1996. wide spread problem seeking advice on how dure of shipping the entries to the judges. Cox Ohio, publishers of The Dayton Woodward County Journal. Waugh worked Prior to that he served as to handle the dilemma. After much discus- The current practice is to fly the judges in Vice president (TV) Vince Shivers Daily News and Springfield News-Sun are as a photographer for the Stillwater (Okla.) the Chief Photographer sion the only way to address the problem and hold and open judging. Phone (330) 744-8821 contributing greatly to this years convention. NewsPress in 1981-82. for The Indianapolis The proposed change would involve a Their financial support will go a long way to The Oklahoma native has covered or News for nine years. was an all or nothing policy. It would not be E-mail [email protected] fair to allow some improper entries and dis- substantial cost savings to ONPA. Although help ensure a successful event. supervised coverage for major news stories Fender still shoots pic- qualify others. financial concerns should not dictate all This years faculty is dotted with some such as the Jeffery Dahamer serial murders in tures in addition to man- While that decision was the only fair decisions they can’t be overlooked either. Secretary David I. Andersen faces from within our organization. A com- Milwaukee; Jack Kevorkian assisted suicide agement duties and way to approach things, had it been decided Those making the suggestion would mitment to speakers from within the state stories in Michigan, Oklahoma bombing, writes many of the stories to disqualify all entries with infractions the rather see the financial resources applied to Phone (216) 999-4156 was a priority the present board wanted to Midwest Mississippi River Flood of 1993 that go with his photo- contest would have been weakened severely. the educational seminar where more of the E-mail [email protected] implement. Other organizations were tapping and international presidential summits. On graphs. Mike Fender The resulting decision was to fix what membership will benefit. Ohio for its talent while we seemed to be the sports front he has been involved with the Prior to working in could be corrected and allow the entries be While no decision has been made on ignoring ourselves. NCAA Final Four, numerous Super Bowls, Indianapolis, Fender worked for The San judged, and that the problem brought to the this suggestion the board will bring the mat- Treasurer Kimberly Barth The first of these speakers on the still the run on the Major League Baseball record Bernardino Sun for four years, The Kettering membership’s attention with a zero toler- ter up for discussion at the annual business Phone (800) 777-9477 faculty is ONPA Life Member Ron Kuntz. books by both Pete Rose and Mark Oakwood Times for two years, and The Xenia meeting. Kuntz is a former UPI McGwire, the Masters golf tournament and Daily Gazette for four years. ance warning issued for subsequent con- E-mail [email protected] tests. I encourage both television and still photographer based in the 1992 Winter Olympics. He attended Wright State University and Well this is your zero tolerance warn- members to attend the business meeting or Cleveland now doing From just across the border in is a graduate of the Ohio Institute of ing. It probably won’t be your last. I’m sure to contact a member of the board and voice Still Clip Contest Chris Parker work for Reuters among Pennsylvania is Steve Mellon of The Photography. your opinion on this or any other matter. The others. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Fender chaired the NPPA Convention the issue will be on the floor at the upcom- Phone (614) 841-1781 ing convention and it will be addressed in programs we offer are for you, the member- Since 1973 Kuntz Mellon, has worked in the when it was held in Indianapolis and was a the rules for next years contest. We only ship. We can’t fix them if we don’t know E-mail [email protected] has been the photogra- newspaper business for co-chair for the Flying Short Course stop hope someone reads them. they’re broken. pher for the Bill Glass more than 15 years. He there as well. He has also been a contest Now, on to more contest news. The So what ever is on your mind concern- prison ministry and has has spent time as a wire judge in Ohio, Michigan, and Kentucky. number of entries were down from last year. ing ONPA, tell us. We may not be able to TV Clip Contest Dave Colabine since visited more than service reporter, a sports The television faculty is just as impres- Twenty five photographers submitted port- fulfill all your wishes, but at least we can tell Phone (513) 763-5443 500 prisons. In 1997 editor, a picture editor sive as the still side with a wealth of experi- folios compared to a total of 34 the previous you why something is being done they way E-mail [email protected] Kuntz together with and a photographer. ence from the Buckeye State sharing their year. it is. author Rick Nielsen col- Mellon has been a knowledge. A big thank you to The Columbus Also remember that nominations for laborated on the book Ron Kuntz photojournalist since Leading off the list is four time ONPA Dispatch for providing refreshments during officers will be taken from the floor at the Doin’ Time which includ- 1984, when he was hired Television Photographer of the Year Ali the day at the still contest picture judging at convention for all positions on the board.