Spring 2008 COURIER Awards Highlight Press Club Annual Meeting The Press Club’s annual meeting made a morning appearance for the first time in its 51 year history as 60 members and guests gathered at the Bistro Room of the Seven Gables Inn for a continental breakfast on December 11th. Bill McClellan of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and KETC-TV’s Donnybrook fame kicked off the affair with a light-hearted, humorous talk. Awards were presented by President Alice S. Handelman, culminating with the club’s highest honor, The Catfish Award, given to Pamela Nie- haus, public relations consultant, St. Louis Com- munity College. Pamela has been a key member of the board and as program chair has provided the club with outstanding forums on current issues of interest to the media and community. The Catfish Award stands for the highest profes- Photo by William Greenblatt sional standards in the communications field, Pamela Niehaus (right) accepting the Catfish Award at the annual meeting from dedication to the goals of the Press Club, and Alice S. Handelman, president. the respect of the board of directors who select recipient’s of the President’s Award were Ed Goren, presi- the recipient. dent of Fox Sports Network and honorary co-chair of the President’s Awards were presented to Dr. George 2007 Jack Buck National Media Person of the Year event Goodman, president for The Logan College of Chi- and Marty Hendin, vice-president of community relations, ropractic; Tony Ponturo, vice-president of global media St. Louis Carninals, and advisory chair for the Buck event. and sports marketing for The Anheuser Busch Companies; The President’s Award is given to recognize outstanding Dennis Heinze, regional editor, The Midwest Traveler for service to the Press Club and St. Louis community. AAA Missouri; Joan Quicksilver and Marci Rosenberg, The Fourth Estate Award recognizes a St. Louis media co-chairs of the 2007 Jack Buck National Media Person organization that has provided exemplary service to the of the Year scholarship dinner and board members; Jerry community and was given to The Ladue News. Dorothy Clinton, philanthropist, businessman and honorary co- Weiner, Press Club board member and Ladue News edi- chair of the 2007 Jack Buck National Media Person of tor, and Lauren Rechen, Ladue News publisher, accepted the Year scholarship dinner. Unable to attend, but also the award. The Press Club of Metropolitan St. Louis For those who make, cover and in!uence the news COURIER 2 Spring 2008 New Board Members Thomas Eschen Richard Gavatin Thomas Eschen is Vice Richard Gavatin is owner and Chancellor for University president of IMS Inc., a computer 2007 Board of Directors Advancement at the Univer- consulting company specializing in Alice S. Handelman sity of Missouri-St. Louis. the support and customization of PRESIDENT He has over 27 years of accounting software. He designs Richard Weiss experience in development and maintains websites and has PRESIDENT ELECT in positions at Washington been an editor, writer and publisher Pam Niehaus University, Webster Uni- his entire adult life, beginning with VICE PRESIDENT: PROGRAMS versity, Lindenwood University, KWMU the Student Magazine during his Pharmacy educa- Judy Kaplan 90.7 FM and DeSmet Jesuit High School, tion. He has authored numerous books, articles, VICE PRESIDENT: MEMBERSHIP as well as in teaching. He has served on blogs, newsletters and other publications, including Carol Lundgren numerous non-profit boards including River a translation from English to his native Swedish. VICE PRESIDENT: PUBLICITY Styx, Double Helix, Black Cat theater, Mary Serving the Press Club, Richard has been webmaster Claudia Burris Queen of Peace Parish, and The St. Louis and designer of our website and chaired the club’s VICE PRESIDENT: SCHOLARSHIPS Regional Chapter of the AFP (NSFRE). recently updated by-laws. Benjamin Lipman Eschen has a journalism degree from the TREASURER University of Missouri-Columbia, a teaching certificate from the University of Missouri- Gloria S. Ross William Greenblatt Gloria S. Ross is president and SECRETARY St. Louis, and a masters degree in communi- cations from Saint Louis University. owner of Okara Communications, Ron Ameln which provides small businesses Joan Lee Berkman and non-profit organizations with Clarlene Bry the professional expertise needed John Carney to produce clear, creative and Karen Carroll Margaret Gillerman effective communications. An ad- Margaret Gillerman has Robert A. Cohn ditional service, called Afterwords, worked as a reporter for the includes writing unique life stories for funeral Allison Collinger St. Louis Post-Dispatch for and memorial services, Web sites and newspa- Thomas Eschen 28 years covering East St. pers. Previously, Ross was senior vice president of Susan Fadem Louis and surrounding com- communications for the United Way of Greater St. munities. She was awarded Je! Fister Louis. She received her B.S. in Communication at the Newspaper Guild’s Terry Cynthia Kagan Frohlichstein the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. Richard Gavatin Hughes award for her work. Margaret S. Gillerman Some of her favorite assignments over the Thomas Keller years have been covering the people and Patricia Wente issues of East St. Louis and the personal sto- Patricia Wente, CEO for KWMU- Marge Polcyn ries of people affected by the Flood of 1993. FM, has managed the Public Joan Quicksilver A native of St. Louis, her M.A. in Journalism Broadcasting Station since 1989. Alvin A. Reid is from the Columbia Graduate School of She has served on the board of Michael J. Right Journalism, and B.A. in English and History directors of National Public Radio Marci Rosenberg from the honors college at University of (NPR) and Public Broadcast Man- Gloria S. Ross Wisconsin-Madison. agers Association (PBMA) and is Jan Scott current President of Public Radio Nathan Shore in Mid America (PRIMA) She is on the boards Ellen Soule of Dance St. Louis and Finale St. Louis. She has received two national public broadcasting awards Virginia Trent Nathan Shore Nathan Shore is Director of and been named twice as “Most Influential” by Barbara A. Washington the St. Louis Business Journal. Her M.A. and B.A. Patricia Wente Public Relations for Macy’s Midwest with media com- in Communication are from the University of Advisory Council munication responsibili- Illinois-Springfield. Martin Duggan ties for 113 Macy’s stores in Bob Hille nine states. He is involved Jeane N. Jae in planning and executing Welcome New Members Rick Sto! special events, community James Heine Pamela Toder Dorothy Weiner partnerships and sponsorships, and cause Cynthia Haines David Norber related marketing. Previously, he managed Executive Director Jeffrey Michelman Sandy Glassman community relations for Marshall Field’s. A Glenda Partlow David Strand Joe Isenhower Courier Editor, Glenda Partlow St. Louis native, his M.A. in Public Affairs and B.A. in Communication and Psychology Jessica Paul Courier Layout, Melissa Cossarini are from University of Missouri-Columbia. COURIER 3 Fall 2007 Annual Meeting (Continued from Page 1) The Press Club 2007 Journalism Teacher of the Year Award was presented to Nancy Smith, journalism teacher, Lafayette High School. She received this award for her exem- plary work in educating the future journalists and communicators of tomorrow. The club’s officers for 2008 were announced and are: Alice S. Handelman, president; Richard Weiss, president-elect; Pamela Niehaus, vice president-programs; Judy Kaplan, vice president: membership; Carol Lundgren, vice president: publicity; Claudia Burris, vice president: schol- arships, Benjamin Lipman, treasurer, William Photo by William Greenblatt (Top) Press Club 2008 officers at the Annual Meeting are (from left): Claudia Greenblatt, secretary. Burris, VP-Scholarships; Judy Kaplan, VP-Membership; Alice S. Handelman, New board members were elected for 2008-10 President; Richard Weiss, President-Elect; Pamela Niehaus, VP-Programming, terms and are: Richard Gavatin, Information Bill Greenblatt, Secretary. Not pictured: Benjamin Lipman, Treasurer and Management Systems; Margaret S. Gillerman, Carol Lundgren, VP-Publicity. St. Louis Post-Dispatch; Thomas Eschen, Uni- versity of Missouri-St. Louis; Gloria S. Ross, Okara Communications; Nathan Shore, Macy’s Midwest. (In January, the board appointed Patricia Wente, KWMU FM 90.7) Updates and changes to the Press Club by-laws were also presented and accepted with a vote by the attending members. Everyone received a holiday book donated by Macy’s and the raffle prize was donated by Neiman-Marcus. Photo by William Greenblatt St. Louis Post-Dispatch columnist Bill McClellan (at podium) enlightens and March Forum Features Forest Park entertains Press Club members and guests at the December annual meeting. Speakers who gave their Thanks to 501creative unique perspective on For- for contributing design est Park, its past, present or services to the Press future, at the March 3rd Press Club forum were (from left) Club. Gary Bess, Director of Parks, Recreation and Forestry; The Press Club of Metropolitan Anabeth Weil, former Forest St. Louis Park manager; Jake Wagman, Room 111, Logan College reporter for the St. Louis Post- 1851 Schoettler Road Dispatch; Sally Altman and Chesterfield, MO 63017 Richard Weiss, co-authors of 636-230-1973 their book Forest Park: Jewel [email protected] of St. Louis. Photo by William Greenblatt COURIER 4 Spring 2008 Joe Buck Royally Roasted and Toasted at Press Club Award Gala In the tradition of the Press Club’s media person of the year award galas, Joe Buck was honored with the first Jack Buck National Media Person of the Year Award on November 28th to a full ballroom of over 600 guests at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel. The event raised over $100,000 which will fund the club’s scholarship programs, media archives, and educational forums. Presenting sponsor of the event was Anheuser-Busch Companies. Charles Brennan, KMOX Radio, was the evening’s masterful MC. “On Air” announcements were provided by Bob Hamilton, also of KMOX Radio.