Pressing Issues Forum: Changing Seasons

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The Press Club is hosting a Pressing Issues forum on Friday, April 28 from 9-10:30 a.m. focusing on the topic of “Changing Seasons: A behind-the-scenes look at the news decisions and technology that drives the reporting, popularity and public interest of weather coverage.” The FREE forum will consist of four panelists who specialize in different areas of media including 13abc WTVG Chief Meteorologist, Lucas County EMA Director, BGSU geography professor, meteorologist and climate researcher and WTOL 11/Fox 36 First Alert Chief Meteorologist.

Event Details: 

The forum will be hosted by the Toledo Lucas County Public Library, McMaster Center (325 N. Michigan Street) from 9-10:30 a.m. Moderated by Anthony Knopps of the Press Club and News Director, WTOL 11 and Fox 36 television. The forum will include presentations by each panelist, as well as Q&A.

The Pressing Issues forum will focus on the dynamics of modern meteorology, and the intersection of the technology, news value, and the business aspects, along with the public fascination of weather. The four panelists include:

How does weather affect the news?

Spring brings a natural focus by local residents and area meteorology professionals alike on the changing seasons, and with it, the risk of severe weather. From local weather staffs and emergency management agencies, to national weather services and storm chasers and weather watchers on social media, the topic and potential threat of severe weather can quickly take precedence over any activity or news broadcast, while capturing the attention of local residents.

The forum is free and open to the public. Discussion begins at 9 a.m. and will conclude by 10:30 a.m. with time for questions from the audience.

Pressing Issues Forums

The Press Club of Toledo’s ‘Pressing Issues’ forums are organized around topics driven by the news of the day. Panelists representing the newsroom, PR industry and digital communications offer advice surrounding issues in the media and invite audience response.

Pressing Issues Forum: Fake News

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Pressing Issues Forum

The Press Club is hosting a Pressing Issues forum on Friday, February 24 from 9-10:30 a.m. focusing on the topic of “Fake News: It’s Real, It’s Here, And Journalists and Communication Professionals Alike Have To Deal With It.” The FREE forum will consist of four panelists who specialize in different areas of media including a digital media manager, assistant professor of journalism, news director and editorial page and associate editor.

Event Details: 

The forum will be hosted by the Toledo Lucas County Public Library, presented at the downtown library in the McMaster Family Center (325 N. Michigan Street) from 9-10:30 a.m. Moderated by Robert Bortel of the Press Club and Director of Student Media at Bowling Green State University, the forum will include presentations by each panelist, as well as Q&A.

How do we identify fake news from real news?

With social media becoming a major resource for breaking news, how do we determine what platforms are trustworthy? With the rise of the political climate during the presidential campaign in 2016, the lines became blurred on which stories were fact.

The Press Club of Toledo’s forum will provide the opportunity for open dialogue on the current and future climate of dependable news sources.

Tackling issues related to fake news are:

Keith Burris, Editorial Page and Associate Editor, The Blade
Anthony Knopps, News Director, WTOL & Fox 36 television
Rebecca Regnier, Digital Media Manager, WTVG-13 television
Saif Shahin, Assistant Professor of Journalism, Bowling Green State University

Pressing Issues Forums

The Press Club of Toledo’s ‘Pressing Issues’ forums are organized around topics driven by the news of the day. Panelists representing the newsroom, PR industry and digital communications offer advice surrounding issues in the media and invite audience response.

Holiday Mixer: December 8

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Press club of toledo holiday mixer

There’s no better place to get in the holiday spirit than the decked halls of The Toledo Club! Join the Press Club of Toledo on Thursday, December 8 for our annual holiday mixer. It will be an evening of cocktails, light hors d’oeuvres, and of course, networking!

Press Club of Toledo Holiday Mixer

  • Thursday, December 8, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
  • The Toledo Club, Sports Bar
  • Light hors d’oeuvres provided, cash bar

We encourage members to invite guests as we celebrate the holiday season with fellow media, PR and marketing professionals.

And we have an exciting offer in store for non-members—a special end-of-year membership deal to those in attendance! Start 2017 off on the right foot as an official Press Club of Toledo member.

Pressing Issues Forum: Election Coverage at Ground Zero

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Election Coverage at Ground Zero

Ohio is at the epicenter of the national election—and Toledo serves as the electoral ‘ground zero’ in the key swing state. As we find ourselves in the thick of the 2016 election, the September 29 Pressing Issues Forum will highlight the challenges and opportunities that local news executives and reporters run into when covering an outsized national race that has also turned into a national story. The panel comes at the perfect time as we come off of yet another visit from one of the presidential candidates.

In addition to a big picture view of the race, each journalist will provide insight into how their newsroom is deploying resources, what storylines they are following, which campaign appears to do the best job in telling its story, and the relative emphasis they are giving to local vs. national races

Join us at 9 a.m. on Thursday, September 29 in the Schmakel Room of UT’s Driscoll Center (D1 on UT campus map) for this unique discussion. In addition to a big picture view of the race, each journalist on the panel will provide insight into how their newsroom is deploying resources, what storylines they are following, which campaign appears to do the best job in telling its story, and the relative emphasis they are giving to local vs. national races

Pressing Issues Forums

Pressing issues is free and open to Press Club members, media, students and the general public.  Parking is available and free in the lot on the north side of Driscoll Center – accessible off of University Hills Boulevard just north of Bancroft.

These forums are organized around topics driven by the news of the day. Panelists representing the newsroom, PR industry and digital communications offer advice surrounding issues in the media and invite audience response.

 

 

Connie Schultz to Speak at the 2016 Touchstones

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The  featured speaker for the 2016 Touchstone Awards on Oct. 27 will be Connie Schultz, a nationally syndicated columnist for Creators Syndicate, and Professional in Residence at Kent State University.

In 2005, she won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary for columns that judges praised for providing “a voice for the underdog and the underprivileged.” Her work has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Politico, Parade, the Atlantic, ESPN Magazine and Democracy Journal.

Connie Schultz

Also in 20015, Schultz won the Scripps Howard National Journalism Award for Commentary and the National Headliner Award for Commentary. In 2003, she was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in feature writing for her series, “The Burden of Innocence,” which chronicled the ordeal of Michael Green, who was imprisoned for 13 years for a rape he did not commit. The week after her series ran, the real rapist turned himself in after reading her stories. The series won the Robert F. Kennedy Award for Social Justice Reporting, the National Headliner Award’s Best of Show and journalism awards from Harvard and Columbia universities.

In 2004, Schultz won the Batten Medal, which honors “a body of journalistic work that reflects compassion, courage, humanity and a deep concern for the underdog.”

Schultz is also a fellow with the Vietnam Reporting Project. Her 2011 series, “Unfinished Business,” explored the long-term impact of Agent Orange in the U.S., and in Vietnam. Recently, the series won the Associated Press Managing Editors Journalism Excellence Award in International Prospective. She has received six honorary degrees, and for the last two years has served as a Pulitzer Prize juror.

Schultz is the author of two books published by Random House: “Life Happens—And Other Unavoidable Truths,” a collection of essays, and “…and His Lovely Wife,” a memoir about her husband Sherrod Brown’s successful 2006 race for the U.S. Senate. She is currently working on her first novel.

Schultz and her husband have four grown children and five grandchildren. They live in Cleveland, Ohio with their rescue dog, Franklin.

Press Club Mixer: Hensville, Downtown Toledo

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Press Club of Toledo Mixer

The Toledo Press Club is teaming up with PRSA – Northwest Ohio Chapter to host a summer mixer at Hensville’s Fleetwood’s Tap Room in downtown Toledo Wednesday, August 17. The club’s mixers serve as a perfect opportunity for local media, PR and marketing professionals to network and strengthen relationships.

PRSA Northwest OhioThis year’s end-of-summer mixer is at Fleetwood’s Tap Room in downtown Toledo. The Press Club, PRSA joint mixer begins at 5:30 p.m. on the first floor, allowing professionals the opportunity to enjoy conversation and light appetizers. Following the social gathering, the group will head over to the stadium for the 7:05 p.m. baseball game! Tickets will be purchased as a group for a special rate of $9. Those interested in attending the game must R.S.V.P. by August 15 by emailing Kathy Jex at inhouse@bex.net.

Press Club of Toledo & PRSA – Northwest Ohio Chapter Hensville Mixer:

The Press Club hosts quarterly mixer events in an effort to bring reporters, editors and producers from all local media to meet each other, in addition to the people they cover. These mixers also serve as a place for local marketing and advertising, nonprofit and other business professionals to interact with the key players in local media outlets.

We also encourage current college students and recent grads to attend our networking events. Our mixers are the perfect time to connect with local professionals as you begin your career and establish your personal brand.