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September 2011 Newsletter of The Press Club of From the President Five Elected to Ed Byers Cleveland Journalism Hall of Fame So many good things going on! Five veteran journalists have been A brief look at the 2011 honorees: Thanks to Cleveland elected to the Cleveland Journalism Hall Tom Beres – Beres has Business Connects of Fame by members of The Press Club of served as a general assign- magazine (CBC) for Cleveland and previous inductees to the ment reporter for WKYC naming The Press Club hall. TV3 since July of 1979 and of Cleveland to its The members of the Class of 2011 are was promoted to senior list of the Top 50 Influential Network- Channel 3 political reporter Tom Beres, political reporter in May ing Groups in Northeast . It is author and Plain Dealer reporter Tom of 1998. In 1989, he won a an honor to be recognized among the Feran, two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist local Emmy for Investigative Reporting for best. CBC also conducted an interview Phillip Morris of The Plain Dealer, award- his coverage of ticket abuse by Cleveland with The Press Club’s Lynn Bracic and winning NBC reporter Kelly O’Donnell police officers. In 1984, he accepted the myself on the untold hours of hard and Pulitzer-winning reporter Bob Payn- award for “Best Broadcast Writing” from work that went into the planning and ter, formerly of The Plain Dealer and the the Ohio Associated Press. He is a gradu- preparation for our huge 9/11 anniver- Akron Beacon Journal. ate of Westlake High School and North- sary program coming up on Sept. 7 at All five journalists and this year’s Chuck western University and holds a bachelor’s CSU’s . Heaton Award winner will be honored on degree and a master’s in broadcast jour- On that day, we will take time to Friday, Oct. 28, at LaCentre in Westlake. nalism. Beres serves on the board of Camp reflect on the 10th anniversary of the For tickets and registration contact The Ho Mita Koda, a camp for diabetic chil- 9/11 attack on America. This is an Press Club of Cleveland at 440-899-1222 dren, and the local chapter of AFTRA. all-day session at the Wolstein Center or go to our newly redesigned website: Tom Feran – Through his books and and our programming committee has www.pressclubcleveland.com. continued on page 2> certainly outdone itself in assembling a panel of government and first-respond- Memorial Service for Jane Scott at the Rock Hall ers in the morning, followed by a panel More than 900 people jammed into The of reporters and media professionals Hall of Fame and Museum who covered 9/11 in the afternoon. last Sunday night to pay tribute to late Read more about it on page 6. Plain Dealer rock and roll critic and Cleve- Our newly redesigned website, after land native Jane Scott, who died at age 92 a long, long wait is finally up and run- on July 4, nine years after retiring from ning. Thanks to our own Maryana Bra- The PD. das for her hard work and time spent It was a fitting tribute and venue for the on this project. Thanks also to Michael lady known as “The World’s Oldest Teen- Schwabe and Jerry Sen at thunder::tech ager.” The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and for their efforts. You can access the new Museum’s remembrance of Jane included site by visiting a video tribute and a Navy honor guard in www.pressclubcleveland.com. I think recognition of her Navy service in World you’ll like what you see. War II. Guests also had the opportunity The Press Club of Cleveland Jour- to record their own personal video tes- nalism Hall of Fame is set to induct timonial, which will be shared with the five new members in October. Read all Scott family. about it on this page. The loudest applause of the night was I also want to congratulate Rich reserved for Plain Dealer pop music critic Osborne, Press Club Hall of Famer and John Soeder as he took the Rock Hall Jane Scott in her signature red-rimmed past president of The Press Club on stage wearing a T-shirt that simply read, glasses and favorite newsprint blouse, coming full-circle. After four decades in “Induct Jane,” a reference to a movement leaving the annual Press Club Hall of Fame continued on page 2 > continued on page 4 > Reunion, 2008.

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FROM THE PRESIDENT HALL OF FAME FROM PAGE 1 FROM PAGE 1 many years as the TV critic attacks, the Iraq War and the for The Plain Dealer, Feran City bombing. O’Donnell, who worked at the news business, most recently as editor has become the leading WJW-TV in Cleveland before joining NBC, of Great Lakes Publishing’s Ohio Maga- chronicler of broadcast was inducted into the Ohio Broadcasters zine, Rich is hanging it up and becoming a media in Cleveland. The Hall of Fame in 2004. Her work on the president once again. He is now president native has 2008 presidential election won an Emmy of St. Joseph’s and Villa Marie Academy. co-written books on The and National Headliner Award. I’m not going to spoil it. Rich tells us all Buzzard, Ghoulardi, Big Chuck, Cleve- She also received the New Hampshire about it on page 3. land TV Memories and Dick Goddard. He Primary Award for Political Reporting. There will be at least two, perhaps joined The Plain Dealer as editor of the She is a regular panelist on “Meet the three openings on The Press Club Board Sunday magazine in 1982 after 7 years as Press” and “The Chris Matthews Show,” of Directors for 2012 as Carol Saferin an editor and columnist in Connecticut, contributes long-form pieces to Dateline and Wendy Kertesz resign to devote full leading the magazine to several national NBC and serves as a substitute anchor for attention to their marketing companies. awards. He is probably best known for the various NBC News broadcasts. We wish both Carol and Wendy all the 13 years he spent as The Plain Dealer’s TV Bob Paynter – In almost luck in the world and thank them for a critic, but he also served as editor of the three decades as an inves- job well-done! The nominating committee Arts & Life section and as local lifestyle tigative reporter/editor in will be accepting names to fill these two columnist. He twice served as president Northeast Ohio, Paynter important positions. Interested in serving of Television Critics Association of North has won a Pulitzer Prize and – or know someone who is? You’ll be join- America. He was named best columnist in five other national awards ing a great group of working-media and Ohio by the Society of Professional Jour- plus a dozen first-places marketing professionals. We need to hear nalists in 2007. He currently writes for in statewide competitions. At The Plain from you. Please contact us at: pressclubc- the Ohio Politifacts column for The Plain Dealer, he won the American Society of [email protected] Dealer. Newspaper Editors Local Watchdog Award Phillip Morris – Morris for a series, “Cold-Blooded Liar,” that led Robert Finn, longtime Plain has been a finalist for the to the commutation of the death penalty Pulitzer Prize for commen- for a man convicted of murder. He also led Dealer classical music critic, tary for the past two years. teams that revealed misconduct among dead at 81 The nominating commit- the Parma police and the priests of the tee praised Morris for “his Cleveland Diocese. He was also part of a The bow-tied Robert Finn, who died blend of local storytelling team honored by Columbia University for Saturday, July 23, was an award-winning and unpredictable opinions, enlarging its in-depth look at the troubled Cleveland music critic, a widespread cultural leader the discussion of controversial issues that neighborhood, Mt. Pleasant. In Akron, and a calming influence in a profession stir a big city.” The Plain Dealer veteran he directed a 14-month examination of not know for calm. also has been honored with a National race relations in that city that earned the Finn, 81, was diagnosed with cancer Headliner Award and a National Associa- Pulitzer Prize Gold Medal for Public Ser- about three months ago. He died at Hill- tion of Black Journalists award for his vice. He also directed a team of reporters crest Hospital from complications. columns, and he is a finalist for the NABJ that uncovered the “Pay to Play” system in Finn critiqued classical music for The honor again this year. He also has received the Ohio legislature, winning the Worth Plain Dealer from 1964 to 1992. He was numerous state and regional honors. The Bingham and Sigma Delta Chi awards president of the national Music Critics Ohio Wesleyan grad started his career at nationally and the AP Society of Ohio’s Association for two terms. the Dayton Daily News in 1987 and joined best investigative story for three consecu- Finn won four awards from the Ameri- The Plain Dealer’s editorial board in 1990. tive years. can Society of Composers, Authors and He began writing a metro column in 2007. Publishers. He won the first Friends of Kelly O’Donnell – The Music Education Award from the Ohio Northeast Ohio native Music Education Association. He accept- is currently the Capitol ed an invitation from President Carter to Hill correspondent for A publication of hear classical guitar genius Andres Sego- NBC News, where she has The Press Club of Cleveland via at the White House. reported since 1994, cover- Editor During the 1950s, Finn served with ing stories in all 50 states Lee Moran the U.S. Army Security Agency in Hawaii, and 48 countries. She served as White Associate Editor helping to crack Russian codes. He House Correspondent for the second term Maryana Bradas reported for the New England Newspaper of President George W. Bush, covered Service and the New Bedford Standard five presidential campaigns, reported Contributing Reporters Times. He continued with the Akron Bea- from four Olympic Games, traveled with Stu Warner continued on page 4> Pope John Paul II, covered the Sept. 11 Ed Byers September 2011 The Press Club of Cleveland 3

Osborne comes full circle The By Richard Osborne summer, John took time out from his In the summer of 1966, between my busy non-retirement retirement and vol- of Cleveland freshman and sophomore years of high unteered to write a piece about me for school, I began writing the “Viking Views” the Observer and the Euclid “Serving and honoring communications professionals since 1887.” column for the Collinwood Scoop and Observer, monthly newspapers that have Euclid News-Journal – weekly newspapers replaced the late lamented Scoop and President: Ed Byers that, not long before, I had delivered in News-Journal. Medical Mutual of Ohio the two neighborhoods where I grew up. His subject: My new role as president 216/687-2685 “Viking Views” chronicled all the big of Villa Angela-St. Joseph, the school that events occurring at St. Joseph High resulted from the merger between our Vice President: Stuart Warner School at East 185th Street and Lakeshore shared alma mater, the all-boys St. Joseph The Write Coach LLC Boulevard – you know, the dances, the High School, and our all-girls counterpart, [email protected] rallies, the club events. I had a byline and Villa Angela Academy. Secretary & Treasurer: Carol Kovach all my friends and neighbors saw it. I was Still, the circle was not yet fully com- Sun Newspapers 216/986-6060 hooked. I was 15 years old, and my jour- plete. I recently met with John Copic, nalism career was launched. publisher of the Observer papers in VP Membership: Pat Panchak The guy who edited my column at Collinwood and Euclid, and he invited Former Editor-in-Chief, IndustryWeek the Scoop and News-Journal was John me to write a column about VASJ for his Sheridan. Yes, that John Sheridan, who papers. He’d call the column – you guessed VP Sponsorship: Dustin Klein went on to become the two-time Press it – “Viking Views.” Smart Business Network Club president, unofficial club historian Needless to say, I said I’d be happy to and one of the finest talents who ever do it. That is, of course, if John Sheridan VP Marketing & PR: Carol Saferin graced Cleveland journalism. could be my editor. Mart Saferin & Associates 440/461-6753 Who was to know that John and I would So here we are, 45 years after our writer- end up, years later, working together at editor relationship began, and John and I Board of Directors: IndustryWeek magazine? are back where we started. I’ve returned to Bob Becker Who was to know that I would one day high school at East 185th and Lakeshore, bbsoundandlight, WTAM 1100 have the privilege of making his introduc- John is my mentor again, and life is sweet. Jeff Bendix tory speech when he was inducted into the Press Club President Ed Byers asked me Advanstar Communications Cleveland Journalism Hall of Fame? to write something about ending my four- Michael Bennett Who was to know that one day I also decade career in journalism to become Cleveland Jewish News would introduce him when he was induct- a school administrator. He thought you Margaret Bernstein ed into the Villa Angela-St. Joseph High might be interested in reading what I The Plain Dealer School Hall of Fame? think about making the transition. John Betchkal What goes around comes around. This Here’s what I think: What transition? General Electric, retired Maryana Bradas Business Wire M. Jane Christyson Howard Fencl WKYC -TV3 Bonnie Godbey Bruce Hennes Hennes Paynter Communications Lisa Lowry WKYC- TV3 David Marburger Baker & Hostetler Lee Moran The News-Herald Tom Mulloy Tom Mulloy Photography Mary Patton Patton Public Relations Denise Polverine Richard Osborne as a student at St. Joseph High School in 1967 and today as president of its cleveland.com successor, Villa Angela-St. Joseph High School. Photos courtesy of Tim Ryan, longtime Press Club stalwart, St. Joseph High alum and member of the VASJ Hall of Fame. 4 The Press Club of Cleveland September 2011

Welcome New Member that people want to read. Second, The Thom Fladung Plain Dealer has been on a roll, breaking The Plain Dealer watchdog stories and doing investigative Job title: Managing journalism, for several years now. I want to Editor add to that. I want to help make it better. Hometown: Canton, Without screwing anything up. Ohio Best part of the job? Alma Mater: Being able to throw out ideas – and have University of Dayton skilled, smart people take those ideas on I have worked at: and challenge them and make them better. Beavercreek (Ohio) The least? I don’t really dwell on that a Daily News; Columbia (S.C.) Record; The whole lot. I’m not completely Pollyanna. (Canton, Ohio) Repository; The State (Co- There are parts of my job I like less than lumbia, S.C.); Free Press; Akron other parts. But, really, I still get to do Beacon Journal; St. Paul (Minn.) Pioneer journalism. The little light went green Press. (Moving targets are harder to hit.) when I waved my ID past it this morning. You’re coming up on the first anniversary Life is good. SCOTT FROM PAGE 1 of your return – how’s it going for you and Your take on the state of the newspaper to have Jane inducted into the Rock Hall. the family? business today? A member of The Press Club of Cleve- I’m having a ball. Doing journalism in The business still has profound chal- land Hall of Fame (class of 1991), Jane Northeast Ohio at The Plain Dealer is, lenges. Our business model is pretty covered every major rock concert in Cleve- quite simply, a blast. Our family is doing busted up. (I know that will be big news land (estimates as high as 10,000) and well. My wife, Jeanette, has returned to to everyone here.) But the journalism is was considered to be one of the first and the home office of the Hudson company healthy as hell. The stories, photos, graph- most significant rock and roll critics in the she’s worked for (telecommuting) for ics, headlines, page design – there’s a lot of country. She was also instrumental in the 10 years. Our daughter, Kayleigh, has good work going on at a lot of places. And campaign to bring the Rock and Roll Hall returned to the University of Dayton for people still really want it. of Fame and Museum to Cleveland. her sophomore year (she beat us back to Look: every day, hundreds of thousands The Scott family has requested those Ohio). And our son, Jimmy, has begun his of people invite The Plain Dealer into their wanting to make contributions in Jane sophomore year at Walsh Jesuit High. The homes. Most businesses would kill to have Scott’s memory offer donations to the dog chases deer. Never catches them but that kind of loyalty. If we blow this, it’s on Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Muse- seems quite pleased with herself after each us. I don’t think we’re going to blow it. um’s Educational Activities. Contribu- attempt. And the cats – well, really, who What do you hope to gain from your tions can be made by calling 216-515- cares what the cats think? Press Club membership? 1233. Visit rockhall.com/get-involved/ The biggest challenge you have faced at You guys got those fedoras with the lit- donate for more information. The Plain Dealer? tle things in the brim that say “Press?” I’ve First, the same challenge every journal- always wanted one of those…I also plan to Photos courtesy of The Plain Dealer staff. ist faces everywhere – finding and telling meet and get to know some smart people stories that can’t be found anywhere else who can help me be smarter.

FINN FROM PAGE 2 con Journal from 1959 to 1964. For The Plain Dealer, he covered many musical groups, includ- ing the , from to Australia. At Severance, he chose seats toward the rear of the orchestra level for the best acoustics. He put the scores in his lap and followed the concerts with his ears and his eyes. Finn retired in 1992 but hardly faded. He led the daily “Thanks for Listening Show” on WCLV-FM from 1992 to 1995. He taught for years at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Institute of Music, Music School Settlement and elsewhere. He wrote program notes for the Cleveland Chamber Music Society and gave talks before perfor- mances by the Chamber Society, the Philharmonic and the Cleveland Opera. He steadily alerted The Plain Dealer to newsworthy figures for obituaries. Last July, in good health, he volunteered a resume for use in his own obituary when the time came. By Grant Segall - Courtesy of The Plain Dealer September 2011 The Press Club of Cleveland 5 Doris O’Donnell, the late Jane Scott and the late Betty Klaric honored as women in journalism Press Club Hall of Fame members Doris O’Donnell, the late Betty Klaric and the late Jane Scott were honored at the annual reunion of women communicators at Nighttown Restaurant on August 11. The group is an outgrowth of the former Cleveland Professional chapter of Theta Sigma Phi, the national honorary society for women that has evolved to Association of Women in Communication. Lois Cooper Lichtenstein, former Sun Newspaper reporter and communications director for Beachwood Schools, and Beryl Rothschild, former mayor of University Heights, are primary motivators for the annual reunion. All three honorees broke new ground in hard news for Harriet Peters, Doris O'Donnell and Adele Zucker women in Cleveland journalism: O’Donnell was inducted into The Press Club Hall of Fame in 1984, Scott in 1991 and Klaric in 1999. • Veteran reporter Doris O’Donnell, who celebrated her 90th birthday this year, completed a 58-year journalism career that included stints with the Cleveland News and The Plain Dealer. In 2007, she chronicled her journalistic activi- ties in a book, Front-Page Girl, and today continues with “Doris O’Donnell’s Cleveland,” a PBS Emmy Award winning series based on her life. From covering the Sam Sheppard case and the police beat to being the first female writer to travel with the , O’Donnell was the trail- Marjorie Refsnes, Faith Corrigan, Doris Vargo, and Beryl Rothschild blazing beat reporter when most women journalists were relegated to women’s pages. • Jane Scott, the legendary Plain Dealer reporter on the rock music world, called the world’s oldest teen-ager, died in July at age 92. Beginning as a reporter on the women’s pages, her career took a dramatic turn at age 45 when no one else wanted to cover ’ Cleveland appearance. For nearly 40 years, she covered the rock and roll beat and interviewed many of the famous names, including , Jim Morrison and Mick Jagger. She even predicted a young would be a superstar. Scott’s memorial service was scheduled for August 28th at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. • Cleveland Press reporter and lawyer Betty Klaric, who Gail Stuehr, Phyllis Mancino, Diane Corcelli died in February, became one of the first reporters to have an environmental beat on a daily newspaper. Her coverage state and national awards was a Presidential Commendation given by of the burning in 1969 helped inspire many President Richard M. Nixon for “exceptional service to others, in the environmental laws, including federal clean air mandates finest American tradition.” In 1967, she was elected the first woman in 1970 and water mandates in 1972. Among her 40 local, president of the 33-year-old Cleveland Newspaper Guild.

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September 7, 2011 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. at CSU Wolstein Center Morning panel participants and Luncheon Keynote Speaker: organizations include: T om Evans, Ph.D, Moderator: Eric Mansfield Terrorism Professor, John Carroll University general assignment reporter for WKYC-TV 3 A former CIA profiler who specializes in the psychology of Stephen D. Anthony, special agent in charge Cleveland division terrorism and violence. He has been with John Carroll University Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for over 40 years and was asked to profile Osama bin Laden for the CIA in the 1970s. Richard (Rick) DeChant, executive director of veteran programs & (an excerpt from a report by Jennifer Lindgren, multimedia services Cuyahoga Community College. journalist, WKYC-TV3) (former assistant federal security director for TSA Screening Operations in NE Ohio) Mary- Alice Frank, CEO Afternoon panel participants include: American Red Cross Chapter Moderator: Richard Osborne Janeth Hermann, intelligence research specialist president Villa Angela-St. Joseph High School U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern Ohio District former publisher & editor of Ohio Magazine Mark Sniderman, senior vp and chief policy officer Leon Bibb, news anchor, WEWS NewsChannel 5 Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Captain Lorne Thomas, (retired) Toni Garbo, managing editor, WJW FOX 8 News U. S. Coast Guard Michael Heaton, The Plain Dealer Tom Kelley, director emergency management agency & homeland drove into the day of the attack security Lorain County Emergency Management Agency Mary McCahon, RTA Harold A. Pretel, commander, City of Cleveland a reporter on Texas border with Mexico on 9/11 Division of Police, Bureau of Homeland Services Tom Moore, News Radio WTAM 1100 Tom Roherty, air traffic control specialist Mike O'Mara, former reporter for WKYC-TV FAA: Cleveland Center, Oberlin on the streets of Cleveland on 9/11 Michael York, deputy general manager Evelyn Theiss, The Plain Dealer Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (RTA) was in NYC for fashion week Morning Session Paul Orlousky, reporter, 19 Action News Sponsor: covered the evacuation of

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