The Press Club of Toledo will celebrate our 50-year anniversary and recognize the achievements of local journalists and community leaders in northwest Ohio.
Please join us for the 24th annual Touchstone Awards Ceremony at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022 at The Valentine Theater, 410 Adams St. in downtown Toledo.
Join the Press Club of Toledo for the first of several planned mixers on Thursday, May 12.
Come mix and mingle with the Press Club at The Alleyway, 28 N. Erie St. from 5:15 to 7:15 p.m. The event is open to the public.
Press Club mixer events are a great opportunity to mingle with media, public relations and marketing professionals and learn more about what the Press Club does for the community.
Additional mixers are planned for 2022. Mark your calendar now to join us Thursday, Aug. 4 from 5:15 to 7:15 p.m. for a public event at Toledo Spirits, 1301 N. Summit St., and Thursday, Nov. 10 from 5:15 to 7:15 p.m. for a members only event at Tolhouse, 1447 N. Summit St.
The 2021 Touchstone Awards were held virtually on October 21. More than 80 people attended to celebrate the best in community service and local journalism. We thank Dr. Nicole Kraft for a thought-provoking keynote address! You can watch a quick summary of the event or enjoy the entire event! Congratulations to all the winners!
Touchstone Contributor Award
Meg Ressner & Richard Hylant
Touchstone Lifetime Award
The Lavalley Family
Touchstone Lifetime Award
Billie Johnson
Golden Touchstone Award
Rhonda Sewell
Golden Touchstone Award
Fletcher Word
Norm Cartwright Award
Ron Royhab
Print Daily – Hard News
Sarah Elms, Brooks Sutherland and Danielle Gamble, The Blade
Print Daily – Feature
Mary Bilyeu, The Blade
Photojournalism – Videography
JD Pooley
Photojournalism – Print
Jeremy Wadsworth, The Blade
Television – Hard News
WTVG 13 ABC
Television – Feature
Eric Oblander, BCAN
Radio – Show/Series
Deepa Bhujbal
Podcast
Kaitlin Durbin and Phillip Kaplan, The Blade
Social Media
BCAN Pulse
Student – Television
Spring 2021 UT:10 Crew, The University of Toledo
Student – Print
Riley Runnells, Ohio University
Scholarship Winners
Caleb Gill, The University of Toledo
Ryan Dick, Bowling Green State University
For more information, click here for our entry form!!
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, as well as a new category for PR campaigns.
The 2021 Touchstone Awards Call for Entries is here (2021 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 will be August 30, 2021!
Our 23rd annual Touchstone Awards Ceremony will be held on October 21 at the Toledo Club, with Dr. Nicole Kraft (author of “Always Get the Name of the Dog”) as guest speaker. In the meantime, please look over your work published between June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2021 and submit your best!
We will look forward to celebrating your journalism contributions at our 23rd annual Touchstone Awards
Fascinating Pressing Issues tonight with Kelly McBride, Senior Vice President at The Poynter Institute and Chair of Craig Newmark Center for Ethics and Leadership. She discussed the changing and dynamic world of social media ethics for journalists. Thanks to everyone who attended. We’ll have a recording available soon.