July 2021
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
Denise Polverine

I want to express my sincere congratulations to all of those awarded during The Press Club of Cleveland’s Excellence in Journalism program on Thursday, June 24. 

We can all agree, 2020 was a very challenging year. As journalists and communicators, we played a vital role in keeping our communities informed on each new detail coming out related to COVID-19, masks, social distancing, vaccinations, social justice, politics and more. There were constant, life-changing stories to be told on all platforms. 

While we serve the people, last week’s awards allowed us to step back and take just a moment to say ‘job well done’ and take pride in our professions. 
2021 Press Club of Cleveland's EIJ winners click here
PRESS CLUB HAPPY HOUR 

After more than a year of dreary Zoom meetings and interminable virtual programming, join the Press Club of Cleveland for a live, in-person happy hour next month. Mix and mingle with your industry colleagues, share highs and lows of the past year, swap scoops and sip on delicious local brews.  
 
Where: Masthead Brewery, 1261 Superior Ave. 
When: Tuesday, 7/20, 5:30-7:30 p.m. 
UPDATE FROM "THE LAND"

The Land, an online nonprofit news startup, has grown from a few thousand readers to 20,000 readers a month in its first year, and we need your support. The Land focuses on Cleveland’s neighborhoods and inner-ring suburbs with in-depth local reporting by a diverse team of writers and storytellers. Our stories are making a difference--in one case, coverage of efforts to keep people in their homes in Slavic Village led to a $50,000 anonymous donation to support work by Slavic Village Development. The Boston Globe, Solutions Journalism Network, Institute for Nonprofit News (INN) and others. Learn more about The Land and our current fundraising/membership campaign, 21 for 21!
SEEKING ASSISTANCE

ideastream is looking to provide financial support to freelancers or any community paper who will partner with them to help people connect the dots between structural racism and health outcomes.

Find out more by clicking here  
BOARD MEMBER SPOTLIGHT
FIVE JOURNALISM TIDBITS FROM NORTHEAST OHIO

 -On 20th anniversary, ideastream rebrands as Ideastream Public Media.  
 
-Call for pitches: ideastream is looking for freelancers or partner organizations that can help them connect the dots between structural racism and health outcomes. 
 
-WKYC’s Romney Smith and Jason Frazer depart for New York City, Frazer to join new FOX Weather streaming service.  
 
-Cleveland.com promotes columnist Leila Atassi to management role, now searching for next Metro columnist. 
 
-Cleveland.com is soliciting charitable donations to pay for special projects. 
FIVE JOURNALISM TIDBITS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY + WORLD
 
-AP announces it will no longer publish names of suspects in criminal stories on which they are unlikely to follow up. Also no longer publishing stories based on mugshots. 
 
-An assessment of Alden Global Capital, the new owners of the Tribune newspaper chain. 
 
-In huge win for New Yorker workers, Condé Nast, the New Yorker and the union have agreed to raise the salary minimum to $60,000 by 2023. (Until the new contract, starting base pay had been only $42,000 in one of the world’s least affordable cities.) 
 
-But the New Yorker writers have largely been watching from the sidelines. 

-Is Glenn Greenwald a useful idiot for the right? A debate between two left-wing media luminaries after a recent essay by Nathan Robinson in Current Affairs.
JOB SEEKERS
Northeast Ohio Medical University is looking to fill two positions:

Senior Digital Marketing Strategist
 
Integrated Marketing Strategist 
JOIN THE PRESS CLUB TODAY!

In continuous operation since 1887, The Press Club of Cleveland is a home for working journalists, professional communicators and anyone who supports the media’s role to keep watch over democratic processes. We advocate for the importance of journalism; maintain the rich history of journalism in Northeast Ohio; recognize excellence in the field with the All-Ohio Excellence in Journalism Awards and the Press Club Hall of Fame; and host programs that bring members together for education, networking and comradery. 
 
We offer membership fees, special rates for young practitioners, and members receive discounts on Press Club events and entry fees in our statewide awards program. Learn more about the benefits of membership here. Join now and your membership runs through Dec. 31, 2021.
 
DID YOU KNOW? If you're under 30 your annual member is only $30!

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