The 21st Touchstone Awards were held in front of a capacity crowd at the Toledo Club on Wednesday night. Pictured at left are members of the Press Club board, along with special guests Nikki Battise of CBS News, and the youngest Press Club member in history, Jaden Jefferson. Thanks to everyone who attended…and congratulations to all of our winners. Please consider becoming a member of the Press Club and helping us host more events like the Touchstone Awards throughout the year.
Below you can find the winners for the night…
Lifetime Achievement Awards
Gary Shores, K-100
Paul Toth, Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority
Contributor Award
Dave Zenk, Metroparks Toledo
Golden Touchstone Award
Jan Larson-McLaughlin, BG Independent News
Journalism Winners
Television- Sports
Jordan Strack, WTOL
Television- Hard News
Brian Dugger, Tyler Paley, Eric Rerucha, WTOL.
Television- Feature
Brigette Burnett, Buckeye Broadband, BCAN
Podcast
WTOL First Alert Weather Team
TV Photojournalism
Joe Cromer, WTOL
Social Media
WTOL Instagram Page
Print Non-Daily Feature
Erin Holden, Athena Cocoves, Jeff McGinnis, Courtney Probert, Toledo City MzPaper
Student – Television
Chase Bachman, BGSU
Student- Radio
Isaac Petkac, BGSU
Radio- Single Report
Brad Creswell, WGTE
Radio- Show/Series
Brad Creswell, WGTE
Photojournalism- Print
Kurt Steiss, The Blade
Print Daily- Hard News
Lauren Lindstrom & Nicki Gorny, The Blade
Print Daily- Sports
David Briggs, The Blade
Print Daily- Feature
Allison Dunn, The Blade
Digital Media
Toledoblade.com
Student Print
Stepha Poulin, BGSU
Bernard Judy Scholarship Winners
Chase Bachman, BGSU
Maya Williams, UT
