Recent Press Club Events and Announcements

Press Club Welcomes Julie Hail Flory to Board of Directors

Julie Hail Flory

Julie Hail Flory vice chancellor for marketing and communications at Washington University, has been elected to the board of the St. Louis Press Club.

Press Club President Joan Berkman said: "Flory's strategic marketing and communications skills will help energize our efforts to expand the Club's community outreach. We are thrilled to have her leadership and look forward to her many contributions."

Flory became vice chancellor April 1 after serving as Washington University interim vice chancellor for public affairs, providing strategic communications leadership and overseeing creative services, digital strategy, marketing and brand strategy, media relations, social media, strategic initiatives, university news and the publication of Washington magazine. Flory also is a member of the chancellor's executive cabinet.

Since coming to Washington University in 2014, she has led or played a key role in communications for the school's participation in the U.S. Presidential Debate in 2016 and the inauguration of university Chancellor Andrew D. Martin in 2019. She has led communications regarding various critical issues, including the university's response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the school's commitment to racial equity.

Flory has more than two decades of experience in higher education public relations and communications. Prior to joining Washington University, she spent 13 years at the University of Notre Dame as assistant director, then associate director for news and information, and then director of public relations. She previously had worked for seven years as a television news reporter and anchor in Colorado, Idaho and Indiana.

Flory earned her bachelor’s degree in journalism from San José State University and her master’s degree in American culture studies from Washington University. She also is a graduate of the Strategic Leaders Executive Education Program at the University of Michigan’s Stephen M. Ross School of Business.

Press Club Welcomes Becky Domyan to Board of Directors

Becky Domyan

Becky Domayn is a business marketing graduate from the University of Missouri-Columbia. Becky started her management career working for Enterprise Holdings upon graduation in 2001. She then went to work for Emmis Communications in St. Louis in 2006 and quickly moved up the ranks eventually becoming Director of Sales for the Emmis STL Cluster in 2016. Domyan single-handedly led the STL cluster in record-breaking revenue performance and excellence during her time as Director of Sales.

Currently, Becky works for Entercom Communications as the SVP/Market Manager. She built an incredible culture with a strategic vision, mission, and winning mindset. Domyan has received numerous rewards throughout her career for new business excellence, digital achievement, talent recruitment, retention, and mentorship.

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Our IN THE NOW with Major Garrett
Chief Washington Correspondent, CBS News

Speaker: Major Garrett
St. Louis Press Club's 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award Winner
When: 7pm, Thursday, May 6th, 2021

Garrett shared his analysis of the issues of our time and his thoughts on journalism and how the industry has changed in his lifetime. His remarks were followed by a Q&A curated by Charlie Brennan, the host of The Charlie Brennan Show with Amy Marxkors on KMOX and the Provocateur of Donnybrook on NinePBS.

In addition, Garrett was presented with the St. Louis Press Club's 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award for excellence in journalism throughout his distinguished career in news broadcasting.

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Press Club’s Zoom Annual Meeting
6:30 p.m. Monday, December 21

Since we can’t gather in person this year, I hope you will be able to participate by Zoom in our annual business meeting as outlined in our bylaws for the purpose of electing board members for term 2021-2023, as well as hearing the president’s 2020 year-in-review report and the announcement of the Catfish and President’s Above and Beyond awards.

Board of Director slate for 2021-23 term: Ellen Futterman, Richard Gavatin, Kent Martin, Trish Muyco-Tobin, Kedra Tolson, Karyn Williams

St. Louis Press Club's 2020 VIRTUAL Beauty Buzz
Saturday, September 12

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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?”

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.

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.

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.

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?

RSVPs appreciated at info@stlpressclub.org, so we have an estimate on how many will attend.

"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.

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The four photojournalists featured on the panel;
(from left to right) David Carson, Dan Donovan,
Christian Gooden, and J.B. Forbes.

Dr. Frances Levine, of The Missouri History Museum,
introducing the event moderator, Patty Wente and
the four panelists.

Photojournalist and panelist, Dan Donovan,
sharing one of his favorite photos taken during
a St. Louis Cardinals game.

St. Louis Press Club Annual Meeting and Dinner
December 18, 2019 at 6:00 p.m.
Missouri Athletic Club - Downtown

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.

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.

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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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Pros and Cons on Ending the City/County Divide

Presented by The Greater St. Louis Association of Black Journalists and the St. Louis Press Club

A forum that featurd leading local journalists, community and academic leaders, discussed the pros and cons of the divided governmental structure of the St. Louis metro region. The forum analyzed the history as well as the future of our divided regional structure. The audience was invited to submit questions.

Journalists were:
Venton Blandon, KMOV-TV News 4
Jo Mannies, formerly of St. Louis Public Radio and St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Sharon Stevens, HEC-TV producer and former KSDK education reporter
Dale Singer, retired St. Louis Public Radio.

Panelists included:
Virvus Jones, former St. Louis City Comptroller
Pat Kelly, Executive Director of the Municipal League of Metropolitan St. Louis
Todd Swanstrom, Des Lee Professor of Community Collaboration and Public Policy Administration, Community Innovation and Action Center, University of Missouri-St. Louis
Mike Jones, former policy aide to former Mayor Clarence Harmon and former County Executive Charley Dooley and Lewis Reed, President of St. Louis City Board of Aldermen.

Sylvester Brown, Jr.
"When Journalists Listen: The Story of a Word Warrior."

July 26
Rendezvous Room of the Missouri Athletic Club-downtown,
407 Washington

At 5:30 p.m on July 26, Press Club hosted Sylvester Brown, Jr. – author, community activist and former St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter – who spoke about "When Journalists Listen: The Story of a Word Warrior."

Prior to Brown's position with the Post, he published Take Five Magazine, an investigative regional publication, for 15 years. The publication received more than 30 awards for its investigative series, general reporting and Sylvester’s political and social commentaries. Brown also founded the Sweet Potato Project, a St. Louis-based entrepreneurial and agricultural program for urban youth.

This project inspired his recently released book, “When We Listen: Recognizing the Potential of Urban Youth.”

Guests enjoyed wine, soda and appetizers

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