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Hall of Fame & Awards Dinner 5:30 p.m. Stambaugh Auditorium 1000 Fifth Ave., Youngstown Support for
Press Freedom On May 3 the Youngstown Press Club joins press freedom advocates worldwide to commemorate World Press Freedom Day.
This year the club pledged to support press freedom and the First Amendment by making a donation to Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, to help their efforts to support news organizations under fire. ScholarshipsCommitted to education and scholarship, the Youngstown Press Club awards college scholarships to college juniors and seniors studying journalism and related fields.
You can now make a donation to the YPC Scholarship Fund online here. YPC MerchandiseNew items are now available! The Youngstown Press Club has some brand-new merchandise. Check out what's new in our online store via Jones Embroidery.
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Student MembershipSupporting journalism and communications students is part of our mission. We offer free membership to students in journalism and communications fields and encourage students of all ages to take advantage of our events for networking, learning and growing in their field.
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Youngstown Press Club DenouncesEvan Gershkovich VerdictJuly 19, 2024
YOUNGSTOWN - The Youngstown Press Club is denouncing today’s verdict against American journalist Evan Gershkovich. A Russian court in Yekaterinburg found Gershkovich guilty of spying and sentenced him to 16 years in prison.
In a statement from the Youngstown Press Club, its Board of Governors said: “The Russian verdict against Evan Gershkovich is an outrage and a threat to a global free press. The Youngstown Press Club steadfastly agrees that no journalist should ever be arrested and detained for simply doing his or her job. “This verdict represents a frightening effect on a free press as more foreign correspondents flee Russia because, like Evan, they are easy targets for the Russian government, which is eager to gain leverage over the U.S. He is a journalist wrongfully detained, being held, it is assumed, for some future hostage swap. So far, there has yet to be such an arrangement from the Russian government. “Every day that Evan Gershkovich remains jailed is one day too long and we shall continue to ‘Stand with Evan’ because journalism is not a crime.” Gershkovich, 32, a Wall Street Journal reporter, was arrested on an espionage charge on March 29, 2023, and has since then been held in the Stalin-era Lefortovo Prison, largely cut off from the world and spending 90 percent of his time in a small cell. Gershkovich is the first American journalist charged with espionage in Russia since the Cold War. The Russian government has never disclosed any evidence that Gershkovich was engaged in spying or any wrongdoing. Gershkovich, his employer and the US government have repeatedly denied the espionage charges against him, saying that he was an accredited journalist working in Russia and is not a spy. In February, The Youngstown Press Club brought to light Gershkovich’s arrest and ordeal, hosting Wall Street Journal Assistant Editor Paul Beckett in a community forum at The DeYor Center for the Performing Arts. Beckett called Gershkovich’s detainment “reprehensible" and called on the Russians to set him free. As of today, Gershkovich has been held for 477 days in the Lefortovo Prison. x 5 journalists to be inducted into the Hall of FameFive distinguished Mahoning Valley journalists will be inducted into the Hall of Fame in September. They are: Mona Alexander, recently retired news director at WFMJ; the late William Fleckenstein, co-founder and general manager of WHOT Radio.; William D. Lewis, photographer for the Tribune Chronicle and The Vindicator; Nick Rich, news videographer for WKBN; and Len Rome, news anchor at WYTV.
Press club award winners announcedThree outstanding journalists and communicators will be recognized with awards at the Youngstown Press Club's Hall of Fame and Awards Banquet.
The press club will award Lisa Abraham, longtime area journalist, with its First Amendment Award; Madison Tromler, news anchor and reporter at WFMJ, with its Excellence in Media Award; and JoAnn Kolarik, WFMJ account executive, with its Medal of Merit. 2024 Scholarship winners announcedThe Youngtown Press Club has announced its scholarship winners for 2024.
This year's recipients will be Molly Burke, a junior at Youngstown State University, and Merrick Morneweck, a senior at Pennsylvania State University. Learn more about this year's scholarship recipients here. Upcoming event
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