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Upcoming Media Related Events
St. Louis County Library "In Conversation" Author Series sponsored by St. Louis Press Club
2020 event list coming soon.
For Press Club Reserved Seats, email info@stlpressclub.org
Click here to learn about our collaboration with the library's author series.
Tuesday, October 19th, noon: Press Club Board Meeting via Zoom
Announcements and Recent Press Club Events
Due to COVID-19, no new investigative journalism grant applictions will be considered until after September 15, 2020.
St. Louis Press Club's 2020 VIRTUAL Beauty Buzz
Saturday, September 12
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St. Louis Press Club Awards 15 Media Scholarships
The St. Louis Press Club, with the St. Louis Journalism Foundation, has awarded scholarships totaling $20,500 to 15 of our region’s outstanding communications students. "We at the Press Club thank our sponsors for their generous support of our scholarship program," says Claudia Burris, vice president of scholarships. "Without this support, many students may not have the resources to pursue their education in the field of journalism."
The St. Louis Press Club Scholarship sponsors include: St. Louis Cardinals, Edward Jones, Centene, Drury Hotels, Nine Network, Spire, Sam and Marilyn Fox Foundation, Missouri Athletic Club, Commerce Bank, Switch, Betsey Bruce, Wallis Petroleum, Marylen Mann and Frank Jacobs, Claudia Burris, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Missouri Professional Communicators, Baseball Writers' Association of America, United Media Guild, Fleishman Hillard and the Times Newspapers
The scholarship recipients:
University of Missouri-Columbia student Skylar Laird of St. Peters, Mo., received the $4,000 St. Louis Post-Dispatch and St. Louis Press Club David Lipman Journalism Scholarship.
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Webster University student Micah Barnes of O’Fallon, Mo., received the $2,500 St. Louis Post-Dispatch and St. Louis Press Club Ronald W. Wade Journalism Scholarship.
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Webster University student Phuong Bui of Vietnam received the $1,500 St. Louis Press Club Karlheinz and Doris Finzel Photojournalism Scholarship.
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Webster University student Charlotte Renner of Jefferson City, Mo., received the $1,500 St. Louis Press Club Donald R. Burris Journalism Scholarship.
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University of Missouri-Columbia student Mimi Wright of Kirkwood, Mo., received the $1,000 St. Louis Press Club Media Internship Scholarship.
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University of Missouri-Columbia student Allison Randazzo of Kirkwood, Mo., received the $1,000 St. Louis Press Club Fourth Estate Scholarship.
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University of Missouri-Columbia student Ellen Killeen of Des Peres, Mo., received the $1,000 St. Louis Press Club Fourth Estate Scholarship.
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Webster University student Elizabeth Gerger of St. Charles, Mo., received the $1,000 St. Louis Press Club Internship Scholarship.
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University of Missouri-Columbia student Emily Hood of St. Charles, Mo., received the $1,000 St. Louis Press Club Missouri Journalism Student of the Year Scholarship.
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Lindenwood University student Rodney Wallace of Maryland Heights, Mo., received the $1,000 St. Louis Press Club Sky’s the Limit Scholarship.
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Webster University student Jewellyn Wood, of Arnold, Mo., received the $500 Missouri Professional Communicators Journalism Foundation Scholarship.
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New York University student Meghan Gunn of St. Louis, Mo., received the $1,500 St. Louis Chapter of Baseball Writers' Association Journalism Foundation Scholarship.
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Saint Louis University student Olivia Hanford of St. Louis, Mo., received the $1,000 United Media Guild Journalism Foundation Scholarship.
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Webster University student Jenna Jones of O’Fallon, Mo., received the $1,500 Fleishman Hillard Journalism Foundation Scholarship.
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Webster University student Jennifer Sarti of Maplewood, Mo., received the $1,000 Times Newspapers and Webster University Journalism Foundation Scholarship.
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To Be Rescheduled:
Press Club's Friday Lunch Forum on
“The Fight for Women's Suffrage – Hard
Lessons Learned”
The fight for Women’s Suffrage in the US was long and arduous. Passage of the 19th Amendment on Aug 26, 1920 was an epic achievement, yet the journey was fraught with racism and divisive politics. What allowed the final victory to occur? Why did women’s suffrage groups choose strategies that marginalized black women, telling noted black women leaders to “walk in the back of the parade”? Do we still face these hard choices in our strategies to build coalitions and advance causes in today’s political world?
Two panelists and a moderator will share the history of this great achievement along with perspectives that will help us make better strategic choices in today’s political arena.
Panelists will take questions and then together address the question: “How can we learn to strategize stronger partnerships through these hard lessons?”
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Margot McMillen, author of “The Golden Lane: How Missouri Women Gained the Vote and Changed History” will speak on: What worked to pass the Nineteenth Amendment? Lessons learned from successful coalitions in Missouri, including the Golden Lane March in 1916.
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Louise Wilkerson, Co-President, League of Women Voters of Metro St. Louis & Past President, St. Louis Metropolitan Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, 2010-2014 What were the hard lessons leading up to and then following in the 100 years since passage? Recounting the history of racism & segregation in the suffrage movement, the rise of black women's groups/ clubs and the many challenges to voters’ rights throughout the decades. How adversaries of equal suffrage find ways to divide us.
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Events Co-Sponsored by:
American Association of University Women
St. Louis and League of Women Voters of Metro St. Louis
Press Club's Friday Lunch Forum on
“PAY EQUITY”
Noon, Feb. 21, 2020
Norman Probstein Golf Clubhouse in Forest Park
6141 Lagoon Dr. 63112
A discussion concerning, why is there a pay gap and
why is it so slow to change? Learn about Sen. Karla May’s bill (SB682) presently filed in the Missouri Senate.
Read the text at: SB682 text
The panel included:
Sen. Karla May
Lynne Roney and Malaika Horne of the American Association of University Women (AAUW)
Leslie Greenman of The Women’s Foundation of Greater St. Louis
The League of Women Voters of Metro St. Louis is also a co-sponsor of this event. This forum featured a buffet lunch.
$20 for Press
Club members
$25 for all others
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Presented by: St. Louis Press Club
Co-Sponsored by: American Association of University Women
Women’s Foundation of Greater St. Louis
League of Women Voters
KATHERINE REED joined the University of Missouri—Columbia journalism faculty in 2004. She has done work with the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma at Columbia University and the Disaster and Community Crisis Center at MU. She teaches a trauma reporting class for undergraduate and graduate students. She is an editor at ColumbiaMissourian.com where she supervises students covering public safety (crime and the courts) and health care.
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When Getting the Story Isn't the Whole Story – Reporting on Trauma
Saturday, February 22
1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Missouri History Museum – AT&T Multipurpose Room (Lower Level) -
5700 Lindell
A free workshop for members of the media, journalism students and others on the impact of violence and trauma, exploring how they report stories and the way they cope with its effects on their own lives.
Speaker: University of Missouri – Columbia Prof. Katherine Reed, who often teaches about journalism and trauma. Among the topics she'll explore
* How do members of the media stay safe when covering conflict?
* What do we know about interviewing those affected by trauma that we didn't know even a few years ago?
* What are some of the best resources media may not know about when it comes to covering violence?
* How can media practice self-care in environments where it's not always stressed as important? What's effective?
* How can media handle anniversary stories without retraumatizing those affected by violence?
* What interesting journalism is being done using the best approaches?
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"Pictures Worth 1,000 Words"
Thursday, January 16th, 6:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Missouri History Museum, Auditorium, 5700 Lindell Blvd.
Sponsored by: The International Photography Hall of Fame and St. Louis Press Club
Panelists: David Carson: St. Louis Post Dispatch
J.B Forbes: St. Louis Post Dispatch/Pulitzer Winner
Dan Donovan: St. Louis Post Dispatch/Sports
Christian Gooden: St. Louis Post Dispatch
Moderator: Patty Wente, CEO and President, International Photography Hall of Fame
Four of our community's finest photojournalists shared some of their most visually compelling photographs and the stories behind them at last night's "Pictures Worth 1,000 Words" program at the Missouri History Museum, which was co-sponsored by the St. Louis Press Club and International Photojournalism Hall of Fame. J.B. Forbes, Christian Gooden, Dan Donovan and David Carson were the guest panelists for the program moderated by Patricia Wente. The event was held in conjunction with the museum's "Worth a 1,000 Words" exhibit. The program highlighted the importance of photojournalism in today's age of easy photo manipulation. True photojournalists capture moments that tell a story with their photographs that are both unstaged and unchanged.
Click Here for the photo album.
The four photojournalists featured on the panel;
(from left to right) David Carson, Dan Donovan,
Christian Gooden, and J.B. Forbes.
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 Dr. Frances Levine, of The Missouri History Museum,
introducing the event moderator, Patty Wente and
the four panelists.
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 Photojournalist and panelist, Dan Donovan,
sharing one of his favorite photos taken during
a
St. Louis Cardinals game.
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St. Louis Press Club Annual Meeting and Dinner
December 18, 2019 at 6:00 p.m.
Missouri Athletic Club - Downtown
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Featuring Guest Speaker
Correspondent Peter Maer
Veteran broadcast journalist Peter Maer’s career centered on nearly 35 years as a White House correspondent.
Prior to his retirement in 2015, Maer covered the presidential beat for CBS News for nearly 20 years. He previously covered the White House for NBC Radio News and Mutual Broadcasting. His assignments included major world summits and other key events, including every political convention, campaign and election from 1980 to 2016. He continues to serve as a CBS News Contributor. Maer’s assignments took him to nearly every state and more than 50 foreign countries.
Maer was among the reporters and administration officials evacuated from the White House on September 11, 2001. He was a member the CBS News team honored with an Edward R. Murrow Award for coverage of the first anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. He played a leading role in the network's Murrow Award-winning coverage of the Clinton impeachment trial. Maer also won a Murrow Award for feature reporting. He is a five-time recipient of the prestigious Merriman Smith Award for Presidential Coverage Under Deadline Pressure.
He won Scripps-Howard and National Radio Festival Awards for radio documentaries on President Clinton's initiative on race relations and the anniversary of the integration of Little Rock’s Central High School. He is the recipient of the 2019 “Walter Cronkite Faith and Freedom Award” presented by Interfaith Alliance. He also was inducted into the Society of Professional Journalists Hall of Fame.
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He was honored with Overseas Press Club citations for his coverage of the 1985 Mexico City earthquake and the 1986 Reagan-Gorbachev Summit. Maer was a longtime member of the White House Correspondents’ Association and served as a board member, secretary and treasurer.
Prior to his network career, Maer worked as a reporter at radio stations in the St. Louis area, starting at hometown station WGNU and WIBV Belleville, KSHE and WEW. From St. Louis, Maer went on to stations in Nashville and Atlanta.
A native of Granite City, Illinois, Maer is a graduate of Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville. He was twice chosen as the school's commencement speaker and was the recipient of an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree. He was also inducted into the school’s Hall of Fame. Maer has served as a guest journalism lecturer at The George Washington University, American University and the University of Mary Washington. He was a Visiting Fellow on “The Presidency and the Press” at The Marlin Fitzwater Center for Communication at New Hampshire’s Franklin Pierce University.
Maer and his wife Elizabeth Doyne Maer take pride in their two grown children and five grandchildren.
St. Louis Press Club’s
2019 MEDIA PERSONS OF THE YEAR GALA
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St. Louis Press Club's Beauty Buzz Raises Scholarship Funds
Over $16,000 was raised for journalism scholarships at our annual Beauty Buzz event September 7 at Neiman Marcus. After a reception of passed breakfast bites and beverages (including delicious mimosas), Nearly 180 women of all ages were treated to a fall fashion runway show combined with tips and tricks on skin care, cosmetics and fragrance products shared by beauty experts from 13 companies. Jasmine Huda, anchor/reporter KTVI Fox 2, emceed the program.
"Journalists are facing many difficult challenges simply wanting to do their jobs informing the public," said Aisha Sultan, co-chair of the event and columnist with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. "This popular Press Club event allows us to raise money that helps support the future generation of journalists whose work is so critical to democracy."
Sultan and her daughter Ameena Sultan Khan were the mother-daughter chairperson team. Thanks go to Cheryl DiMauro, Manager of Neiman Marcus at Plaza Frontenac, and the show coordinators Ashley Kelly, Cosmetics Manager and Jewele Merrit, Fine Apparel Manager.
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