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January 2012 Join Us on January 2012 Newsletter of The Press Club of Cleveland From the President Excellence in Journalism Contest Entries Go Online Something New for 2012! ing tear sheets, DVDs or CDs which can Ed Byers The Press Club of Cleveland has entered become lost or misplaced. Even though Pro- into an agreement with an online contest- Media contestants love it and judges love hibition and apathy ing company to administer the entry and it, too. Several members of The Press Club tried to kill us over judging process for the 2012 Excellence in of Cleveland were called upon to judge the the years, we have Journalism Awards. New Orleans and Syracuse Press Club en- survived. In less than Quite simply, this means you will upload tries last year and were amazed and pleas- a month, on Feb. 1, your entries via pdfs, and JPGs for print antly surprised by the ease and simplicity of we will officially mark media, MP3 files for radio, and YouTube this online system. the 125th anniversary of the founding links for TV entries onto a contest website The call for entries begins Jan. 10 with of The Press Club of Cleveland. The for our panel of out-of-state contest judges the deadline set for Friday, Feb. 17, at 11:59 Press Club was founded on Feb. 1, 1887 to see. The panel is issued a password to p.m. After that, the contest website will be with John C. Covert, editor of the now- view and judge the entries. closed to entries. long defunct Cleveland Leader, elected For the judges, who can review entries The next big date to remember is Friday President. online from their own desktops, this makes June 15, 2012 - The 2012 Excellence in Press Club historian and past presi- judging your entries a breeze. Journalism Awards Dinner at the Cleveland dent, John Sheridan begins a year-long For you: no more boxing, packaging and Marriott Downtown at Key Center. look back at Press Club history with enduring the costs associated with mail- Good luck to all of you! part one of a special series of Byliner reports. In previewing John’s articles for the coming year, I found it interesting to You are invited to an EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW & TOUR of the new see the transformation of the Club over the years from an after-work drinking GREATER CLEVELAND AQUARIUM fraternity to what it has become today. More history will be recorded on Monday evening, Jan. 30, when we will be front and center stage at Cleveland Council Chambers as City Council and Mayor Frank Jackson issue a proclama- tion honoring the club for its longevity and 125-year commitment to Cleveland journalism. We kick off the celebration of our an- niversary year with an exclusive sneak peek at the new Greater Cleveland Aquarium in the Powerhouse on Jan. 13th. Read on, there are details on this Friday, Jan. 13 page. Be the first to tour this Cleveland gem before it opens to the public. Welcome to our new board members. $30 Press Club members You can read all about them on page 3. $45 Non-members Thom Fladung, Dave Johnson, Kathleen Non-members who join The Press Club qualify for the member price. Osborne and Richard Stewart show a lot We'll start with Lunch upstairs at Windows on the River followed by an of promise and strength for our Club. Aquarium Staff guided tour. Thanks to John Betchkal and the nomi- 11:30 am Registration nating committee for coming up with 12 Noon Lunch these four stellar choices. First board meeting is Friday Jan. 20 12:30 pm Tours begin in The Plain Dealer conference room, This exclusive event is just the beginning of a year-long celebration of the 125th just off the main cafeteria. As always, all anniversary of the founding of The Press Club of Cleveland. Press Club members are invited! *Due to Aquarium construction work in progress, the tour is limited to guests That’s all for now. 18 years of age and older. 28022 Osborn Road Cleveland, Ohio 44140 | 440-899-1222 | Fax: 440.899.1010 | www.pressclubcleveland.com 2 The Press Club of Cleveland January 2012 The History of The Press Club of Cleveland Part One - The Early Years By John Sheridan, past president, The Press Club of Cleveland For 125 years the members of the Fourth Estate have valiantly kept alive the flame born in 1887 when The Press Club of Cleveland was founded. Some times were better than others, but through it all, The Press Club of Cleveland historically has been possessed by good intentions and good spirits, both liquid and disposition. Over the years, The Press Club has exhibited an evolving personality from time-to-time, showing signs of schizophre- nia – unsure whether its purpose was to foster good relationships between journal- ists or to provide a refuge for overstressed newshounds. For most of its existence, it has managed to maintain a sense of humor. What other organization would invest its Dan Coughlin, Rich Osborne, Steve Gleydura, scant funds in a washed-up trotting horse? Ed Byers and John Sheridan In his book, “Cleveland: The Making of a City,” W.G. Rose documents the establish- Things didn’t really begin to get orga- ment of Cleveland Press Club on Feb. 1, nized, as we know it today, until the mid- 1887. John C. Covert, then editor of the 40’s when Mike Lapine became president. now-long defunct Cleveland Leader was In 1946, the modern-day groundwork elected President and Gilbert Hender- was laid by Lapine, and he and his board son, associate editors of the Plain Dealer began planning for headquarters in the became vice president. A year later, the club Olmsted Hotel at East 9th and Superior. boasted 72 regular members and nearly as In 1947 Articles of Incorporation were many associates. filed with the State of Ohio. Among the In 1888, The Press Club moved in to stated purposes of the club were to “bring posh headquarters on Euclid Avenue, the members of the press, newspapermen, former residence of Henry Chisholm. In and men of other professions into close his book, Mr. Rose described their facil- personal relations (and) to further good fel- ity. “It had great mirrors above Italian Club’s “regular meetings” and was held lowship among (the) members.” marble fireplaces,” he noted.” And it was together in name only by a few dedicated Clearly, as evidenced by the word “men” pronounced one of the finest clubs in the newspapermen. in the above Articles, women were scarce in country.” In the 30s and 40s newspapermen con- Cleveland’s newsrooms. Overall, through the early part of the gregated at a watering hole known as the Coming up in the February Byliner: 20th century the Club was rudderless, Vermont Club on Hamilton down an alley Onto the 40s and 50s, The Press Club of plodding along without much structure. It off St. Clair. Originally it was a speakeasy. Cleveland: A must-stop for Hollywood was a time when stressed-out newspaper- From the days of prohibition until the movie stars and national politicians. men had a drink or two before heading 1940s it was a hangout for newspapermen home. In those days most of their homes and it was where the Newspaper Guild was were within walking distance of the nearby born. The guild staged a page one ball at pubs. the old Cleveland arena, donating much of With a gaggle of newspapermen, (these A publication of the proceeds to The Press Club. For years, were days before there were women in The Press Club of Cleveland The Press Club continued to sponsor the the newsroom) the club was more of an gala event as a fundraiser. Editor after-hours all-male social club and the Because of the early Guild connections, Lee Moran club found itself meeting at the Tippecanoe the city’s newspaper publishers never really Club. Record keeping of Club activities was Associate Editor supported The Press Club, recalls Sanford haphazard in these days, to say the least, Maryana Bradas Markey who served as Press Club president and not much can be found in the way of Contributing Reporters in 1960 and 1961. The publishers looked on activities or officers. Stu Warner The Press Club as a place where reporters Prohibition dealt a major blow to the Ed Byers got together to plot against them. January 2012 The Press Club of Cleveland 3 Meet the New Press Club Board Members The Four new Press Club Board members in 2002, where he met his bride, Virginia. y versar were installed at The Press Club of Cleve- They married in 2006. Virginia, also a Kent Anni of Cleveland 125th land’s annual meeting and Holiday Party State grad, has built a successful career at Dec. 15 at Nighttown in Cleveland Heights. American Greetings, Arrow International “Serving and honoring communications We take a closer look at these new board and KeyBank. professionals since 1887.” After consulting and freelancing at Tri-C members and enthusiastically welcome in an on-air capacity, as well as promoting President: Ed Byers their service. Medical Mutual of Ohio its journalism program to Cleveland high- Dave Johnson is completing his second 216/687-2685 year as the public relations director for school students, Richard joined Broadcast Cleveland Medical Mart & Media Ideas (BMI) as an Executive Pro- Vice President: Stuart Warner Convention Center, over- ducer. He produced a video documentary The Write Coach LLC seeing the development on Cuyahoga County’s foreclosure crisis [email protected] and implementation of a entitled, “Don’t Borrow Trouble” that won strategic communications BMI’s first-ever Emmy award.
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