A great time was had by all…click to see the photos from the big night

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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

Here is your game day guide

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

https://squareup.com/store/press-club-of-toledo

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…/

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