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Special to the Director's Cut Blog from wkyc.com For more than 30 years, Lisa Lowry has made sure that our anchors and reporters at 3News are covering the stories that matter most to Northeast Ohioans. Thursday night, our longtime assignment editor was honored by the Press Club of Cleveland with induction into their Journalism Hall of Fame. The festivities were held at LaCentre Conference & Banquet Facility in Westlake. Lowry joins several other 3News team members who are in the Press Club of Cleveland Hall of Fame including: Leon Bibb, inducted into the Class of 1999; recipient of the 2018 Chuck Heaton Award Jim Donovan, inducted into the Class of 2009 Tom Beres, inducted into the Class of 2011 Betsy Kling, recipient of the 2015 Chuck Heaton Award Russ Mitchell, inducted into the Class of 2017 Denise Polverine, inducted into the Class of 2018 RELATED: Press Club of Cleveland honors WKYC's Leon Bibb and Denise Polverine at Hall of Fame ceremony ...

Russ Mitchell Special to the Director's Cut Blog By: Dave "Dino" DeNatale Being inducted into the Press Club of Cleveland Hall of Fame after being in the area for only six years might seem out of the ordinary.  But then again, Russ Mitchell is no ordinary journalist. Thursday night, the WKYC Channel 3 anchor and managing editor will be a part of a Hall of Fame class that will include Joe Frolik, Janet Macoska, David Molyneaux, Carol Story, and former WKYC reporter Joe Mosbrook. Tom Moore of radio station WTAM 1100 will receive the 10th annual Chuck Heaton Award. The event will be held at LaCentre Conference & Banquet Facility in Westlake. "It's an honor," Russ told me in our conversation. "Cleveland is a wonderful town. When I came here, it was almost like coming to high school for the first time. You ask yourself all of these questions that lead to anxiety, 'will they like me? Will I like them? Will I fit in?' I knew wit...

Channel 3 News at 11 pm was honored tonight as "Best Television Newscast in Ohio in a Major Market" from the Press Club of Cleveland at their annual awards ceremony. The station also received a first place finish for best television news website ( wkyc.com ) and a first place finish for on-going coverage of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland in July 2016. Congratulations to my WKYC colleagues!

The Press Club of Cleveland honored Ohio media with their 2016 All Ohio Excellence in Journalism awards last Friday, June 3rd. WKYC received a number of awards for the broadcast year of 2015 including the following: Best Television Newscast in Ohio First Place: Channel 3 News at 11 (WKYC Staff) Breaking News Series First Place: Ohio State Buckeyes win National Championship (Matt Florjancic) Online Story Telling Third Place: Domestic Violence: A Crime Without Boundaries (WKYC Staff, WKYC.com staff) Television News Website Second Place: WKYC.com (WKYC Staff) Online Feature Story Second Place: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame turns 20 (WKYC.com Staff) Third Place: Akron's Sina King of Queen of the Comeback (Matt Florjancic) On-Going Coverage First Place: Prosecutor "Called Out" by Family, Community in Tamir Rice Case (Hilary Golston) Public Service First Place: United Against Domestic Violence (WKYC Staff) Second Place: Hidden Hom...

Congratulations to the following Channel 3 staffers on winning a Cleveland Press Club Award as part of this year's All Ohio Excellence in Journalism. Triumph Uplifts Cleveland Community - Hilary Golston  United Against Domestic Violence - Monica Robins, Matt Hein, Susan Moses, Carl Bachtel  Hidden Homeless Left Out in the Cold in Northeast Ohio - Hilary Golston  See The Possible: Jobs - WKYC staff Domestic Violence: A Crime Without Boundaires - WKYC staff, wkyc.com staff  Rock and Roll Hall of Fame turns 20 - wkyc.com staff Akron's Sina King is Queen of the Comeback - Matt Florjancic  WKYC.com, best Television News Website in Ohio -  wkyc.com staff  The Press Club of Cleveland Excellence in Journalism Awards event will be held June 3rd at the House of Blues in downtown Cleveland.

Congratulations to everyone at Channel 3 who was honored for their work at last week’s 2015 All Ohio Excellence in Journalism Awards. The awards were presented at the Press Club of Cleveland. Digital Media - Breaking News 1st Place: Ebola Patients Travels to Cleveland - WKYC Staff  3rd Place: Return of the King: LeBron James rejoins the Cleveland Cavaliers – Matthew Florjancic Digital Media - Online Storytelling 1st Place: Investigation: High School Helmet Safety Ratings - Dustin Wadsworth, Monica Robins, Tim Dubravetz, Susan Moses  3rd Place: Cop Cam: Who’s watching you and who’s not - Rona Proudfoot and Wale Aliyu Digital Media - Online General News 2nd Place: Schools: Preparing For Tragedy - Dustin Wadsworth, Will Ujek  3rd Place: Cop Cam: Who’s watching you and who’s not - Rona Proudfoot and Wale Aliyu  Digital Media - Television News Website 1st Place: wkyc.com  Digital Media - Online Feature Story 2nd Place: Geauga Lake: From Ico...

The Press Club of Cleveland is hosting a meet-and-greet luncheon with WKYC's lead 6pm and 11pm anchor, Russ Mitchell, on Friday, February 24. The event, "Meet Russ Mitchell -- From CBS to Cleveland," will take place at the Hilton Garden Inn in downtown Cleveland from 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Most recently, Russ was anchor of the CBS Evening News weekend editions and The Early Show on Saturday and served as a national correspondent for CBS News Sunday Morning, the CBS Evening News, and The Early Show. He joined the WKYC staff on January 16. With a special introduction by WKYC-TV 3 News Director Rita Andolsen, Russ will discuss his decision to leave the network and move to Cleveland and local television news. No doubt Russ tell a few tales from his years at CBS as well. "Meet Russ Mitchell -- From CBS to Cleveland," marks the start of a year-long celebration of the 125th anniversary of the founding of The Press Club of Cleveland. Founded in 1887, The Pre...

Congratulations to WKYC Assistant News Director Howard Fencl for his recent appointment to the Board of Directors for the Press Club of Cleveland. The Press Club of Cleveland unites news-breakers and news-makers through a variety of social and educational activities. By becoming a member, you will have opportunities to make friends and business contacts, as well as to participate in the annual Excellence in Journalism Awards. Howard tells the Director's Cut Blog that he is excited about his appointment, "and that going forward I'd like to expand membership to embrace new media." Howard has been Assistant News Director since September 2007 and just finished up graduate work at Hiram College earlier this spring as he keeps his hand in education, as well.