Kudos to Kostyu: first place national award (Way to go, Paul!)

Kostyu receives national award Canton Repository, August 12, 2006 COLUMBUS Paul E. Kostyu, Columbus Bureau chief for Copley Ohio Newspapers, won a first-place national award for in-depth reporting on environmental issues from the Association of Capitol Reporters and Editors. He also won third-place in the single-report category for his story on the botched execution of Joseph Clark. Kostyu won for daily newspapers of under 75,000 circulation. The award was announced at the group’s annual meeting last week. A graduate of Heidelberg College with master’s and doctoral degrees from Bowling Green State University, Kostyu has also won a first-place investigative reporting award from the Associated Press Society of Ohio and was submitted as a Pulitzer Prize nominee for beat reporting. The Capitol Reporters association awards recognize outstanding achievements in beat reporting, in-depth reporting, column writing, news analysis and commentary by print, radio and television journalists who cover state government.