A brag to end the week - congratulations to @joingles, @andy_chow and Dan/aka @stateofohioshow for our five 2020 Ohio SPJ Awards, in radio & TV. Our team kills it every day and I love working with them. Also! Kudos to our friends at @917wvxu, @WKSU and @WCPN/@WVIZ for their wins!
Incoming - some of our winning work!
One was for Best Continuing Coverage with our reporting on HB 6, the nuclear bailout law, with @andy_chow leading the way. Here's a sample: statenews.org/post/after-eve…
...and this piece on last year's Democratic presidential debate in Westerville from @andy_chow helped us win that Best Political Reporting for radio: statenews.org/post/debate-we…
And that Best Political Reporting for radio package included this feature on then-new but now former Speaker Larry Householder - it includes an interesting comment from Rep. Nino Vitale: statenews.org/post/who-speak…
Breakdown of partisan-affiliated absentee ballot requests from Ohio's biggest counties, as early voting starts tomorrow: As of yesterday in Cuyahoga County, 80% of requests so far Democrats, 20% from Republicans. For all mailed ballots in 2016, the split was 64% Dems, 36% GOP.
In Hamilton County, as of yesterday 69% of requests from partisan-affiliated voters are from Democrats, 31% from Republicans. For all mailed ballots in 2016, the split was 56% Democrats, 44% Republicans.
In Franklin County, as of yesterday 76% of requests from partisan-affiliated voters are from Democrats, 24% from Republicans. That's a flip from all mailed ballots in 2016, when the split was 44% Democrats, 56% Republicans.