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!

Photos From Touchstones 2018!

The 2018 Touchstone Awards were held in October at The Toledo Club, with keynote speaker Phil Mattingly, CNN’s Congressional Correspondent, and Toledo native. Check out the photo gallery to see what a good time we had!

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Touchstone Awards Announced

In October, the Press Club of Toledo was proud to announce the winners of the Touchstone Awards.  The awards were presented at the 20th Touchstone Award Ceremony, held at The Toledo Club.

As always, it was an inspiring night to be part of the Toledo media.  Toledo native and CNN Congressional Correspondent Phil Mattingly gave a great keynote address about his career and his experiences covering the 2016 campaign.

The Press Club was also proud to bestow honors for service to the community as well as for professional excellence in journalism.  Honorary awards were selected by the Press Club of Toledo.  Journalism and media awards were selected by a committee of representatives of the Press Club of St. Louis.

The Press Club of Toledo congratulates all the winners, along with thanking Dana, The Blade, and Communica, who were the corporate sponsors of Touchstone.

Lifetime Award
Jon Hendricks
Mike Gibbons

Contributor Award
George Kral

Golden Touchstone
Sharon Lange

Print Non-Daily
Athena Cocoves, Adams Street Publishing

Print Daily
Nolan Rosenkrans, The Blade

Television
Tim Miller, WTOL

Radio
Brad Creswell, WGTE

Digital
The Blade, NewsSlide

Student Print
Stepha Poulin

Scholarship Winners
Stepha Poulin, BGSU
Anthony Garcia, UT

All Nominees
Justin Billau
13abc
Timothy Miller
Hannah Finnerty
Stepha Poulin
Brianna Scebbi
Meredith Siegel
Brad Cresswell
Haley Taylor
The Blade
Nolan Rosenkrans
Michael Pierce
Athena Cocoves
Kelly Thompson
Sean Nestor
Erin Holden
Sam Koros
Kimberly Feldkamp
Erin Marsh
Lauren Lindstrom
Allison Dunn
Taylor Freyer
Tommie Gallagher
Ryan Dunn

Toledo Native Phil Mattingly to Give 20th Touchstone Keynote

The Press Club of Toledo is thrilled to announce that Phil Mattingly, a Toledo native and Congressional Correspondent for CNN, will provide the keynote for the 20th Touchstone Awards Ceremony to be held at The Toledo Club on October 25, 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 21

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

 

2017 Touchstone Awards

The best in journalism and contributions to our community will be honored at the 19th annual Press Club of Toledo Touchstone Awards.

Please join us on Thursday, October 19 at The Toledo Club (235 14th St.). Cocktails and grazing will begin at 5:30pm, before the 7:15pm program.

Our featured speaker for the 2017 Touchstones will be Rob Powers, WEWS-TV News Anchor in Cleveland.

Categories for 2017 mark the best in print, broadcast and electronic communication.

Plus, it’s a great chance to recognize some of the shining stars in this community.

The Excellence in Journalism categories:
Print (Daily)
Print (Non-Daily)
Print (Student)
Broadcast (Television)
Broadcast (Radio)
Broadcast (Student TV/Radio)
Digital Media (Blogs, websites, podcasts, etc.)
Golden Touchstone (Lifetime Achievement in Journalism)

The Excellence in Service Categories:
Touchstone Contributor Award
Touchstone Lifetime Award


Ticket Prices:
$75 Non-member
$65 Press Club member
$45 Student
$450 Table of 6

To charge tickets online, visit squareup.com/store/press-club-of-toledo

For more details, please email info@toledopressclub.com or call Shaun Hegarty at 419-265-9138.