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21st Touchstone Awards A Huge Success…See Who the Winners Were

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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

Press Club of Toledo Announces Nominees for Journalism Awards

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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.

https://toledopressclub.com/…/nikki-battiste-of-cbs-news-t…/

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

Nikki Battiste of CBS News to Keynote 21st Touchstone Awards

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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

 

 

 

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

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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

March 7 Pressing Issues a Success

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The Press Club of Toledo was proud to host its Pressing Issues forum on the challenges of communicating in the era of social media outrage.  It was an excellent discussion…from a great case study from Police Chief George Kral to two veteran television reporters giving a different perspective on a real-time broadcasting decision.

It’s a great example of the professional development offered to Press Club members—and a reason why you should be a Press Club member.

Thanks to Communica for being our host!  Planning for our next event is already underway!

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