The Press Club of Cleveland and Its Rich History of Breaking and Making Headlines Since 1887
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HALL OF FAME CLASS OF 2017 Joe Frolik Janet Macoska Russ Mitchell David Molyneaux Joe Mosbrook Carol Story HEATON THE PRESS AWARD RECIPIENT CLUB OF Tom Moore DINNER & CHUCK HEATON CLEVELAND AWARD PRESENTATION NOVEMBER 2, 2017 JOURNALISM CLEVELAND, OHIO HALL OF FAME VIDEO SPONSOR: FAMILY 13 THE POWER OF JOURNALISM We’re pleased to support the Press Club of Cleveland and its rich history of breaking and making headlines since 1887. Congratulations to all of tonight’s Hall of Fame inductees. 17100C PressClub_ad.indd 1 10/20/17 4:04 PM Welcome Journalism matters. That has been our mantra and our marching orders at The Press Club of Cleveland throughout 2017. Tonight, we gather to honor some people who have made journalism matter throughout their careers. Our 2017 inductees into the Cleveland Journalism Hall of Fame are Joe Frolik, Janet Macoska, Russ Mitchell, David Molyneaux, Joe Mosbrook and Carol Story. Congratulations also to Tom Moore, the 10th recipient of the Chuck Heaton Award, given each year to a journalist who best exemplifies the sensitivity, humility and talent of the late Plain Dealer sportswriter. In other words, a person who makes journalism matter. Please take advantage of the well-done biographies in this program to learn a lot more about our award winners. Plaques recognizing all of tonight’s inductees will soon go on display in the Hall of Fame Gallery at Nighttown in Cleveland THE POWER OF JOURNALISM Heights. Thank you particularly to Press Club board member Carol Kovach, who headed up this year’s Hall of Fame nomination process, We’re pleased to support the Press Club of Cleveland and and to all board members for their contributions as well as Press Club members for their nominations. Please join me in recognizing our sponsors for this event: corporate sponsor FirstEnergy, which provides year-round support to its rich history of breaking and making headlines since 1887. The Press Club; presenting sponsor Medical Mutual of Ohio; reception sponsor Burns McDonnell; supporting sponsors Dominion Energy, SAG-AFTRA and friend of sponsorship PR Newswire. Congratulations to all of tonight’s Hall of Fame inductees. Without their support, a special night wouldn’t happen. Thanks again as well this year to FAMILY 13 Productions and its leader Robbie Puzzitiello. Robbie is producing our videos for the Hall of Fame inductees for the second year. I know you’ll enjoy the videos tonight. And to see his work from last year, go to our Press Club website. We highly recommend Robbie for your video needs and you can find his contact info in this program. Finally, on behalf of our Board of Directors, thank you for your ongoing support of The Press Club of Cleveland. Tonight, we honor people who have told the stories that help make up the history of journalism in Cleveland. Tomorrow and going forward we need your active contributions to keep The Press Club vital. Help us make sure that journalism continues to matter. Thom Fladung President, The Press Club of Cleveland The Press Club of Cleveland 2017 JOURNALISM HALL OF FAME DINNER AND INDUCTION CEREMONY AND CHUCK HEATON AWARD PRESENTATION Thursday, November 2, 2017 | LaCentre, Westlake, Ohio Inside Joe Frolik 6 6 p.m. Ideastream Cocktail Reception Presentation of the Janet Macoska 8 Chuck Heaton Award/ Photojournalist 7 p.m. John Betchkal Welcome Tom Moore Russ Mitchell 10 Carol Kovach, Chair, Hall of WKYC TV3 Fame Committee Induction of Press Club David Molyneaux 12 of Cleveland Journalism The Plain Dealer Dinner Hall of Fame Class of 2017 Joe Mosbrook 14 Joe Frolik WKYC TV3 7:35 p.m. Janet Macoska Remarks Russ Mitchell Carol Story 16 Thom Fladung, President David Molyneaux Retired television producer The Press Club of Cleveland Joe Mosbrook About the Hall of Fame 18 Carol Story Tom Moore, Heaton Award 20 Program WTAM 1100 Tweet this event at #PressClubCleve Follow The Press Club at @PressClubCleve HALL OF FAME | 2017 | The Press Club of Cleveland 3 17100C PressClub_ad.indd 1 10/20/17 4:04 PM BOARDOF About The Press Club of Cleveland DIRECTORS The Press Club of Cleveland was founded in 1887 as an association primarily of newspaper reporters. It has grown into an organization for journalists from many media (print, digital, broadcast, freelance and PRESIDENT social media); communications professionals from fields such as public Thom Fladung relations, corporate communications, marketing and advertising; and Hennes Communications students, retirees, educators, business professionals, vendors and others. SECRETARY Amy McGahan Mission Dix & Eaton The Press Club of Cleveland stands for excellence in journalism and communications. We honor the legacy and build the future by: TREASURER 1. Providing education, training and mentoring; Carol Kovach 2. Organizing forums to share knowledge and ideas; Diocese of Cleveland 3. Recognizing those who do it well; and 4. Engaging members of the community and having fun. IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT Ed Byers The Press Club’s vision is that Northeast Ohio always supports thriving, Retired, Medical Mutual of Ohio dynamic and top-quality communications professionals, products and DIRECTORS platforms that defend and further the public’s right to have access to information. Rita Andolsen, The MetroHealth System John Betchkal, Retired, GE Lighting For more information, visit www.pressclubcleveland.com. Mary Lou Brink, The Plain Dealer Toni Garbo, MarketPlace Events, THANK YOU! Garbo Enterprises The Press Club of Cleveland thanks the following whose financial support of the club and this event Jennifer Keirn, Keirn & Co. makes our programming possible. For future sponsorship opportunities, please contact Lynn Bracic, [email protected] or (440) 899-1222. Elizabeth McIntyre, Crain’s Cleveland Business Russ Mitchell, WKYC Press Club Corporate Partner Lee Moran, The News-Herald Kathleen Osborne, Hathaway Brown School Denise Polverine, WKYC Hall of Fame Event Sponsors Joe Pulizzi, Content Marketing Institute Medical Mutual of Ohio Todd Schneider, FirstEnergy Dominion Energy SAG-AFTRA Marc Simpson, ideastream Amanda Todorovich, Cleveland Clinic Video Sponsor FAMILY 13 Reception Sponsor Burns McDonnell Friend of Sponsor PR Newswire THE PRESS CLUB OF CLEVELAND 28022 Osborn Road Cleveland, Ohio 44140 440-899-1222 [email protected] www.pressclubcleveland.com 4 The Press Club of Cleveland | 2017 | HALL OF FAME ‘‘Tonight, the story is about you!’’ Congratulations to this year’s distinguished inductees into the Press Club of Cleveland Journalism Hall of Fame. MedMutual.com HALL OF FAME | 2017 | The Press Club of Cleveland 5 ©2017 Medical Mutual of Ohio Joe Frolik BY JIM STRANG Joe Frolik’s news career officially began in 1968, when, at age 14, he began writing about high school sports for the True Republican, his Sycamore, Illinois hometown newspaper. But it actually began a few weeks before, when Frolik, incensed by the shooting deaths of the Rev. Martin Luther King and presidential candidate Bobby Kennedy, tried (and failed) to get the editor to run a series of pro-bono ads promoting gun control. The ads didn’t run in that conservative paper, but drew a page one feature story about a young man with a passion. And that passion turned a three-month backpacking Two years later, Frolik and reporting endeavors. out to be journalism, which trip through Europe to made his “most excellent In 2001, Frolik graduated he has practiced with award- contemplate his future. decision” -- he married PD to the editorial page, where winning distinction for most And that future was reporter Karen R. Long. To years of unbiased reporting of his adult life. newspapering. When he that union were born Jackson were converted overnight to Accuracy. Clarity. came back, he hired on to (1987), Will (1989) and Ellen forming and expressing Precision. The ability to the Austin (Texas) American- (1992) Froliklong. well-considered opinion. write an interesting story Statesman, soon becoming In-depth reporting became There he would stay for the and deliver it, by deadline, the paper’s pop music writer, Frolik’s forte. His coverage rest of his time at The PD — camera-ready and at the interviewing such acts as of Pope John Paul II’s 1987 with the exception of Sept. assigned length. Those were Sting, Bruce Springsteen, the two-week American visit led 11, 2001, when his prodigious the hallmarks of Frolik’s years Talking Heads, Willie Nelson to his assignment as national writing skills were loaned to in newspapering. Unlike that and Bob Weir, and even going correspondent, which he the newsroom for a day to first entry into his hometown guitar-shopping with Tom filled through the 2000 write the lead story on the paper’s newsroom, his Petty. election. terrorist attacks. dispassionate coverage of Two years later, Frolik His 1988 series on In 2009, he was named the most controversial issues moved to the Escondido the political implications chief editorial writer, leading never betrayed his own (California) Times-Advocate, of America’s changing the campaign to persuade viewpoints on the topics at where his reporting turned demographics brought him voters to change the form hand, which further endeared to politics during the 1980 the National Headliner award of Cuyahoga County’s him to editors and readers election cycle. for National Reporting. He government. alike. Then, in 1981, he made covered the “World Series” But those were years of After graduating from high his ultimate newspaper earthquake of 1989, the change for the PD, and, in school in 1972, where he move, bringing his laid-back “Klansman vs. the Crook” 2013, Frolik left to become had served two years as the California tan to rust-belt Louisiana gubernatorial director of communications newspaper editor, he enrolled Cleveland’s The Plain Dealer race in 1991, and in 1993 and public policy for the in the Medill School of as a feature writer.