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Check out the 2014 Touchstone winners

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The 2014 Touchstone Awards were presented on Sept. 25 at the Toledo Club. The keynote speaker was Chrys Peterson, retired news anchor for WTOL-TV, Channel 11, who reflected on changes both in the news media and the ways people get their news.

Chrys also was presented the 2014 Golden Touchstone Award for her award-winning journalism career and community activism.

This year’s Touchstone winners are:

  • Lifetime Achievement Award: Denny Johnson, Brooks Insurance.
  • Touchstone Contributor Award: Catholic Charities.
  • Golden Touchstone: Chrys Peterson,  former WTOL, Channel 11 anchor
  • Excellence in journalism for daily print category: Janet Romaker, The Blade, for The Ugly Truth about Toledo.
  • Excellence in Journalism in broadcast: WTVG-TV, 13abc Action News Team.
  • Excellence in Journalism in the non-daily print publication: Kelly Kaczala, Melissa Burden, Millbury-based Press Newspapers.
  • Excellence in student journalism: Gina Todd, University of Toledo.
  • Bernard F. Judy scholarships, named for the late editor-in-chief of The Blade, were presented to Gina Todd and Samantha Rhodes from University of Toledo, and Linda Nelson from Bowling Green State University.