TOLEDO, Ohio — WTOL 11 is honored to be trusted to tell your stories every day as Toledo's News Leader and we're pleased to announce the Ohio Associated Press Media Editors organization awarded the station with its top award of General Excellence as well as 10 other first-place awards.
In addition to General Excellence as a station, the following first-place awards were announced Wednesday:
- Best Broadcast Writing: Brian Dugger, "The Murder of Kevin Carr"
- Best Photographer: Eric Rerucha
- Best Reporter: Brian Dugger
- Best Sports Feature: Jordan Strack and Eric Rerucha, "Back in the Huddle"
- Best Use of Photography: Eric Rerucha, "Murder on Brown Road"
- Best Documentary or Series: Brian Dugger and Eric Rerucha, "Cook Brothers: Reign of Terror"
- Best Enterprise Reporting: Jenson Strock, "You're Actually Doing Harm': How Misinformation Can Cause Problems for Victims of Human Trafficking"
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- Best Investigative Reporting: Brian Dugger and Eric Rerucha, "Murder on Brown Road"
- Best Digital Project: WTOL 11, "Three Languages, One Mission: Life-Saving Information on COVID-19 - Updates in English, Spanish and Arabic"
- Best Digital Presence: WTOL 11
WTOL 11 also received four second-place awards from Ohio APME:
- Best Photographer: Joe Cromer
- Best Coverage of a Scheduled Event: "Officer Anthony Dia's Funeral"
- Best Enterprise Reporting: Melissa Andrews and Eric Rerucha, "10 Years Gone: A Mother's Heartbreak"
- Best Investigative Reporting: WTOL 11, "Toledo City Council Bribery Scandal"
