Milwaukee Press Club

Milwaukee Press Club to Induct Journalists into Media Hall of Fame

Event Details

Fri, October 17, 2008
5:30 PM – 9:00 PM
Cost: $55.00 Per Person / $440.00 Table of Eight
Location: Potawatomi Bingo Casino, Northern Lights Theater
1721 W. Canal St.
Milwaukee, WI 53202
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Milwaukee Press Club to Induct Journalists into Media Hall of Fame

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(Call Joette Richards at 262-894-2224 with any questions)

MILWAUKEE, WI—August 22, 2008— The Milwaukee Press Club's Past Presidents Council once again has nominated an outstanding slate of journalists and media professionals for induction into the Milwaukee Media Hall of Fame, set for Friday, October 17, 2008.

"We are honored to recognize this year’s slate of award winners, which includes some of the most distinguished, high-achieving professionals and respected members of the journalism and communications fields in Milwaukee and Wisconsin," said Marilyn Krause, Senior editor/administration at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and president of the press club. “We are extremely proud to have them take their places among our past Hall of Fame honorees.”

The 2008 inductees to be inducted into the Milwaukee Media Hall of Fame are:

  • Vern Arendt, veteran photographer for the Ozaukee Press            

  • Clayborn Benson, veteran cameraman for WTMJ-TV

  • Whitney Gould, former architecture and “spaces” critic, and editorial writer for Milwaukee Journal and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

  • Paul Joseph, veteran chief meteorologist for WTMJ-TV

  • Jim McLoone, owner of the Lake Country Publications, which he sold to Add Inc., a subsidiary of JCI, in 1990.  He also is a member of the Wisconsin Newspaper Hall of Fame     

  • Paul Salsini, long time state editor for the Milwaukee Journal, writing coach to scores of young journalists, and author

  • Duane Gay, veteran reporter for Channel 18 and WISN-TV (deceased)

  • Bruce Gill, a senior editor at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and former reporter and editor for the Milwaukee Sentinel (deceased)

  • James Pluta, WITI-TV photographer (deceased)

  • Ray Taylor, long time of the Milwaukee Labor Press (deceased)

  • Lynise Weeks, veteran reporter for WTMJ-TV (deceased)

For additional information about the Milwaukee Press Club and previous inductees to the Milwaukee Media Hall of Fame, visit www.milwaukeepressclub.org and click on "Honors."

Relatives, friends and co-workers of the inductees, as well as members of the Milwaukee Press Club and the general public, are invited to attend.  The event will take place at Potawatomi Bingo Casino in the Northern Lights Theater at 1721 W. Canal Street in Milwaukee, with a reception at 5:30 p.m. and dinner at 6:30 p.m. The induction ceremony will begin immediately after dinner.  Tickets are $55 per person; tables of eight are available for $440.  (All attendees must be age 21 or older.)

The Milwaukee Press Club, founded in 1885, is the oldest continuously operating press club in North America. Proceeds from the Milwaukee Press Club programming benefits the MPC Endowment, Ltd., and its scholarship fund.

For additional information about events or the inductees, contact Joette Richards at milwaukeepressclub@gmail.com or call (262) 894-2224.

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