Join the Press Club of Toledo on Thursday, December 4 for our Holiday Mixer! The event will be held at the Sports Bar at the Toledo Club from 5 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Members and invited guests are welcome to the event. We will be offering light hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar will be available.
The event offers members the opportunity to celebrate the holiday season while establishing relationships and connecting with seasoned professionals.
Please join us for a forum dedicated to teaching you everything you need to know about getting your business, group or organization coverage on air, online and in the newspaper.
This professional development event is open to the public and admission is free.
Getting Covered: A Pressing Issues forum presented by the Press Club of Toledo
• When: November 14th, 9 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
• Where: Main Library, 325 Michigan St., Toledo, Huntington Meeting Room
• Moderator: Mark Luetke, president of FLS Group
• Panelists: Tedra White, ProMedica Director of PR; Bari Soash, WTOL, Channel 11 Executive Producer; Kim Bates, Blade city editor
The 2014 Touchstone Awards were presented on Sept. 25 at the Toledo Club. The keynote speaker was Chrys Peterson, retired news anchor for WTOL-TV, Channel 11, who reflected on changes both in the news media and the ways people get their news.
Chrys also was presented the 2014 Golden Touchstone Award for her award-winning journalism career and community activism.
Success – in media, business, government, the civic sector – is very much about who you know. That is why so many Northwest Ohio leaders are members of the Press Club of Toledo.
For more than 40 years, newsmakers and journalists have expanded their contacts and their insider knowledge of the local scene by participating in Press Club activities. Dues are low and benefits are many.
Above all, the Press Club promotes the advancement of ethical journalism and invites a closer look at issues shaping journalism today. But it also fosters fellowship among representatives of the media and those that they cover in fun and friendly settings.
Press Club benefits include the following:
Whether you make news or cover it … whether you work in the media, business, politics, education, or the civic sector … the benefits of Press Club membership far outweigh the cost. Take advantage of it today.
For more information about membership, contact the Press of Club of Toledo send e-mail to info@toledopressclub.com.
The Board of the Press Club of Toledo invites you to join us for the Club’s end-of-summer mixer on Thursday, Aug. 21 from 5 to 7 p.m. at Table Forty 4 in downtown Toledo.
No charge, light hors d’oeuvres, cash bar, casual attire.
All Press Club members and non-members are welcome.
For more than 40 years, newsmakers and journalists have expanded their contacts and insider
knowledge of the local scene by participating in Press Club activities. The Club’s after-hours networking events have become a popular way for reporters, editors and news producers from all the local media to meet and mingle with the people they cover – including leaders like you.
Our mixer in May was a great hit – with nearly 40 newsmakers and journalists coming together at the Toledo Club’s Sports Bar. This time we take it outside to provide another opportunity for journalists and sources to build relationships, younger professionals to connect with more seasoned pros, and everyone to network in a fun and relaxed environment.
It’s one of a number of Press Club activities designed foster fellowship in the Toledo news community while promoting the advancement of ethical journalism. So make it a point to stop by on Aug. 21. We look forward to seeing you there.
Kurt Franck
President – Press Club of Toledo
Executive Editor – The Blade
The Press Club of Toledo annually recognizes newsmakers and news breakers in the Northwest Ohio region through the prestigious Touchstone Awards.
Chrys Peterson
This year’s ceremony – the club’s 16th Touchstone Awards – will take place on Thursday, Sept. 25 at the Toledo Club.
The Press Club is proud to announce its featured speaker will be Chyrs Peterson, the former anchor at WTOL-TV, Channel 11. Chrys has been a fixture at WTOL and, more importantly, in this community for 20 years.
In February, Chrys left the station to spend more time with her family. While at WTOL, Chrys won a number of awards, including an Emmy Award for her 2011 story “Behind the Badge,” documenting the stress police officers endure on and off the job, as well as Community Service for her breast cancer awareness campaign. She has received three Edward R. Murrow awards for journalism, and awards from the Associated Press, including the 2011 Best Enterprise Reporting award.
Chrys is a Magna Cum Laude graduate from James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Va., with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications. She also has a Master’s degree in Organization Leadership from Lourdes College. Her first professional broadcast journalism job was anchoring the 6 and 11 p.m. newscasts at WHSV-TV, the ABC affiliate in Harrisonburg, followed by anchoring the morning and noon newscasts at WNEP-TV, the ABC affiliate in Wilkes Barre/Scranton, Pa.
In 1994, she joined WTOL, the same year as Jerry Anderson and Robert Shiels, now Channel 11’s chief meteorologist. The trio, along with Sports Director Dan Cummins, who joined the station in 1980, have been the CBS affiliate’s evening news team for a decade. Their 5 p.m. weeknight broadcast was awarded an Emmy in 2012 for Best Newscast.
Since 1995, Chrys has served as Honorary Chairperson for the Northwest Ohio Komen Race for the Cure for Breast Cancer. In that time, the event has grown from 600 to 18,000 participants. This year, she helped to organize a Race for the Cure event in Findlay, which saw 3,100 participants in its inaugural year.
Chrys has served on local boards for the American Red Cross, Komen for the Cure & Make-A-Wish and has received numerous honors for her community work including the “Jefferson Award” (twice), “Milestones” award, “20 Under 40” award, Big Brothers/Big Sisters “Hero” award, “Women of Toledo” award, “Touchstone” award and “Golden Touchstone.”
