The 17th annual Touchstone Awards will be held on Thursday, October 8 at the Toledo Club. This event brings media professionals together for a night of celebration, highlighting the community’s excellence in journalism and community service.
This year’s Keynote Speaker is Lew Dickey. A second generation broadcaster, Lew founded Stratford Research in 1985 and built the company into a leading provider of market research and strategy consulting to the radio and television industries. He is also the author of The Franchise — Building Radio Brands, published by the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) in 1994 and is one of the industry’s leading texts on competition and strategy.
Don’t miss the chance to hear Lew Dickey’s keynote speech. Join the Press Club for an evening full of celebration as we bestow the following prestigious awards:
- The Lifetime Achiever Award
- The Touchstone Contributor Award
- Excellence in Journalism
- Press Club Scholarship
Countless nominations were received for the established categories and are listed below. All journalism awards will be judged by the Cincinnati Society of Professional Journalists.
2015 Touchstone Nominations
Lifetime Achiever
- Joseph Zerbey
- David Waterman
Contributor
- Sheriff John Tharp
- Kimberly Kaufman
- Judy Seibenick
- The Toledo Zoo
- Hart Inc.
- The Lathrop Company
- Republic Services
Excellence in Journalism
- TK Barger
- Michelle Zepeda
- Ben Cathey
- Jeffery Gerritt
- Kelly Thompson
- Kayla Williams
- Athena Cocoves
- Saul Jacobs
- Marisa Rubin
- Hasan Dudar
- Katie Rausch
- David Patch
- Ignazio Messina
- The Press Newspaper Staff
- The Toledo Blade Staff
- 13abc WTVG
Student Excellence in Journalism
- Amanda Pitrof
- Angelique Baird
- Devan Lutz
- William Channell
- Annie Furia
- Cameron Teague-Robinson
- Dustin Sopher
- Katie Wernke
- Nick Dombi
2015 Touchstone Awards Tickets
The Touchstone Awards serve as the Press Club of Toledo’s main fundraiser. The money raised at the Touchstone Awards goes towards our annual scholarship fund in which we recognize students at local universities for their achievements.
Ticket prices are listed below. If you have questions, please Shaun Hegarty at 419.265.9138 or email touchstone@toledopressclub.com. We have sent out RSVP cards to our members, but also take reservations via email or phone if you have not received one.
- $65 – Press Club members
- $75 – Nonmembers
- $45 – Students
- $450 – Table of 6
We look forward to seeing you at the 2015 Touchstone Awards.