Press Club of Toledo Announces Nominees for Journalism Awards

The 21st Touchstone awards are only two weeks away! One of the purposes of the night is for the Press Club to honor outstanding local work in journalism and communications. Click more to see a list of our nominees! Please join us to honor them and our winners!

For more information, please click here! Please attend to support local journalism.

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Alex Babich
Chase Bachman
Dick Berry
David Briggs
Brigette Burnett
Blair Caldwell
Emily Cohen
Athena Cocoves
Brad Creswell
Joe Cromer
Brian Dugger
Allison Dunn
First Alert Weather Team
Sonny Forrest
Troy Gingerich
Nicki Gorny
Erin Holden
Kate Ingersoll
Kristi Kopanis
Brian Krupp
Mark Kunz
Imani Lateef
Lauren Lindstrom
Tim Mannor
Jeff McGinnis
Tyler Paley
Chrys Peterson
Isaac Petkac
Stepha Poulin
Courtney Probert
Eric Rerucha
Dannie Rogers
Riley Runnells
Brionna Scebbi
Abby Shifley
Erin Sifuentes
Meredith Siegel
Kurt Steiss
Jordan Strack
Ida Tedesco
Jason Webber

The Press Club Thanks its Touchstone Sponsors

The 21st Touchstone awards are coming up.  Thanks for our sponsors for helping us celebrate excellence in local journalism and community service. The Press Club of Toledo is thrilled to announce that Nikki Battiste, an award-winning reporter for CBS News, will provide the keynote for the 21st Touchstone Awards Ceremony to be held at The Toledo Club on October 16, with cocktails at 5:30 p.m. and the program starting at 7:15 p.m.  

Tickets
$75 Non-members
$65 Press Club Members
$45 Students
$450 Table of Six
Please RSVP by Monday, October 14

To RSVP
Please e mail the following information to:  pressclub@bex.net
Name(s) of attendees
Organization (if applicable)
Address
Phone number
E mail address

To purchase tickets:
Checks may be made payable to Press Club of Toledo and sent to PO Box 2469, Toledo, OH 43606.

We also accept Master Card and Visa. Please provide card number, name, phone number, zip code,
expiration date and 3 digit security number.

You may charge tickets online at: https://squareup.com/store/press-club-of-toledo

Questions? Call Shaun Hegarty at 419.265.9138 or contact Kathy Jex, Executive Director
at 419-350-0523 or pressclub@bex.net

Nikki Battiste of CBS News to Keynote 21st Touchstone Awards

The Press Club of Toledo is thrilled to announce that Nikki Battiste, an award-winning reporter for CBS News, will provide the keynote for the 20th Touchstone Awards Ceremony to be held at The Toledo Club on October 16, with cocktails at 5:30 p.m. and the program starting at 7:15 p.m.  Please join award-winning local media professionals and business leaders as we celebrate excellence in local journalism and community service.

Tickets
$75 Non-members
$65 Press Club Members
$45 Students
$450 Table of Six
Please RSVP by Monday, October 14

To RSVP
Please e mail the following information to: info@toledopressclub.com or pressclub@bex.net
Name(s) of attendees
Organization (if applicable)
Address
Phone number
E mail address

To purchase tickets:
Checks may be made payable to Press Club of Toledo and sent to PO Box 2469, Toledo, OH 43606.
We also accept Master Card and Visa. Please provide card number, name, phone number, zip code,
expiration date and 3 digit security number.

You may charge tickets online at: https://squareup.com/store/press-club-of-toledo

Questions? Call Shaun Hegarty at 419.265.9138 or contact Kathy Jex, Executive Director
at 419-350-0523 or pressclub@bex.net

 


 

 

Deadline for Touchstones Nominations Extended!

You’ve done great work and we want to see it!! We’ve extended our deadline to August 10, 2019!!!

Each year, the Press Club of Toledo honors the best of journalism and community service in our area at the Touchstone Awards. This year, we have expanded the number of journalism categories to recognize even more of the excellent work produced in the Toledo region. We invite you to enter your work!!

An independent panel of judges will be evaluating stories from newspaper, radio, TV and internet journalists.

The 2019 Touchstone Awards Call for Entries is here (2019 Touchstone Awards Call for Nominations). It’s easy to enter and there’s no limit to the number of entries you can submit, but you must not delay! The deadline to enter this year’s Touchstones has been extended to August 10, 2019!

Our 21st annual Touchstone Awards Ceremony will be held on October 16 at the Toledo Club. Our committee is busy working out the details and finalizing a date with our guest speaker. We will have that information to you SOON! In the meantime, please look over your work published between June 30, 2018 and June 30, 2019 and submit your best!

We will look forward to celebrating your journalism contributions at our 21st annual Touchstone Awards!

2019 Touchstones: Call for Nominations

You’ve done great work and we want to see it!! Each year, the Press Club of Toledo honors the best of journalism and community service in our area at the Touchstone Awards. This year, we have expanded the number of journalism categories to recognize even more of the excellent work produced in the Toledo region. We invite you to enter your work!!

An independent panel of judges will be evaluating stories from newspaper, radio, TV and internet journalists.

The 2019 Touchstone Awards Call for Entries is here (2019 Touchstone Awards Call for Nominations). It’s easy to enter and there’s no limit to the number of entries you can submit, but you must not delay! The deadline to enter this year’s Touchstones has been extended to August 10, 2019!

Our 21st annual Touchstone Awards Ceremony will be held on October 16 at the Toledo Club. Our committee is busy working out the details and finalizing a date with our guest speaker. We will have that information to you SOON! In the meantime, please look over your work published between June 30, 2018 and June 30, 2019 and submit your best!

We will look forward to celebrating your journalism contributions at our 21st annual Touchstone Awards!

Pressing Issues: Building Your Own Brand: Successful Freelancing In A Shifting Professional Landscape

Holy Toledo!  Do you want to build a freelance career around your professional skills? Create more income outside your day job? Maybe you’re thinking about leaving your day job, or has your day job left you? Whatever your circumstances, please join the Press Club of Toledo at Holy Toledo! Tavern at Hensville May 23 where we present a panel of successful area freelance professionals, plus expert insight from an area career coach who has helped hundreds of professionals rebrand themselves. Listen to their stories, get tips on the skills needed to freelance, and discuss the challenges they have faced.

Join us at 5:30 for a chance to mix, mingle and enjoy refreshments or food from Holy Toledo! Tavern before our panel discussion starts at 6 p.m.

Ask questions. Take notes. Get inspired! You won’t want to miss this!

 

Time: Thursday, May 23 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Place: Holy Toledo! Tavern, 9 N. St. Clair St., Toledo, Ohio

 

Our panelists are:

  • Nick Amrhein, photography/video
  • Rick Fishman, career development, The Career Coach
  • Matt Russell, writing
  • Christine Senack, public relations/marketing
  • Paul Juhasz, Graphic Design
  • Chrys Peterson, Peterson Consulting, LLC., moderator