Youngstown Press Club
@yopressclub.bsky.social
Non-profit club in the Mahoning Valley, Ohio, supporting journalists and local journalism.
"Without debate, without criticism, no administration and no country can succeed - and no republic can survive."
~ John F. Kennedy
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~ John F. Kennedy
#FreePressFriday #PressFreedom #journalismmatters #FreeSpeechMatters
November 28, 2025 at 12:53 PM
"Without debate, without criticism, no administration and no country can succeed - and no republic can survive."
~ John F. Kennedy
#FreePressFriday #PressFreedom #journalismmatters #FreeSpeechMatters
~ John F. Kennedy
#FreePressFriday #PressFreedom #journalismmatters #FreeSpeechMatters
Congratulations to YPC Board member Madison Tromler on being named Spanning the Need’s Person of the Week! Madison’s positivity, dedication & enthusiasm shine through in everything she does, and the Mahoning Valley is fortunate to have her making a difference!
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#POTW, Madison Tromler, WFMJ
Each week, #SpanningtheNeed will present an “Inspirational Person of the Week’ and have a “Q & A” with one of its many gifted individuals and/or groups who are willing to
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November 26, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Congratulations to YPC Board member Madison Tromler on being named Spanning the Need’s Person of the Week! Madison’s positivity, dedication & enthusiasm shine through in everything she does, and the Mahoning Valley is fortunate to have her making a difference!
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The Scholastic Journalism Awards are back! ✨ The contest is sponsored by Andrea Wood & Dennis LaRue, The Houck Agency, The Laney Fitzpatrick Family Fund, WKBN-TV & the Anderson Program in Journalism at YSU. A big thank-you to them for their support! Learn more at www.youngstownpressclub.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:13 PM
The Scholastic Journalism Awards are back! ✨ The contest is sponsored by Andrea Wood & Dennis LaRue, The Houck Agency, The Laney Fitzpatrick Family Fund, WKBN-TV & the Anderson Program in Journalism at YSU. A big thank-you to them for their support! Learn more at www.youngstownpressclub.com
Stay connected with everything happening at the Youngstown Press Club! Sign up for our monthly e-newsletter, ⚡️News Flash!
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November 21, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Stay connected with everything happening at the Youngstown Press Club! Sign up for our monthly e-newsletter, ⚡️News Flash!
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❄️ Whatever Mother Nature sends our way, the Youngstown Press Club’s member holiday party on Dec. 3 is calling for flurries of fun and a blizzard of happy snow! YPC members, sign up here:
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November 19, 2025 at 5:34 PM
❄️ Whatever Mother Nature sends our way, the Youngstown Press Club’s member holiday party on Dec. 3 is calling for flurries of fun and a blizzard of happy snow! YPC members, sign up here:
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We’re thrilled to be a recipient of WRTA ’s Holiday Lights Awards! YPC President Elise Skolnick accepted the honor Monday at the recognition dinner. Thank you to WRTA and our community for this incredible recognition and continued support!
November 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
We’re thrilled to be a recipient of WRTA ’s Holiday Lights Awards! YPC President Elise Skolnick accepted the honor Monday at the recognition dinner. Thank you to WRTA and our community for this incredible recognition and continued support!
Members of the Youngstown Press Club’s Scholastic Journalism Awards team spent time recently w/the talented students at Choffin Career & Technical Center.It was inspiring to see the hands-on learning & real-world experience these students are gaining! 👏🎥🎧
November 12, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Members of the Youngstown Press Club’s Scholastic Journalism Awards team spent time recently w/the talented students at Choffin Career & Technical Center.It was inspiring to see the hands-on learning & real-world experience these students are gaining! 👏🎥🎧
Tomorrow is the last day to vote for the WRTA's Holiday Lights Non-Profit of the Year award. The Youngstown Press Club is among the 10 award winners up for this top award. We would appreciate your vote! Click below!
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Vote For the Holiday Lights Non-Profit of the Year! - Western Reserve Transit Authority: WRTA
Help Your Favorite Organization Win WRTA’s Top Award YOUNGSTOWN, OH — The election may be over, but not the voting. Western Reserve Transit Authority (WRTA) is calling on all Valley residents to parti...
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November 11, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Tomorrow is the last day to vote for the WRTA's Holiday Lights Non-Profit of the Year award. The Youngstown Press Club is among the 10 award winners up for this top award. We would appreciate your vote! Click below!
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We are honored to be among the nonprofits being recognized for the WRTA Holiday Lights awards!
We would be honored to have your vote! Most of all we hope you'll help celebrate community commitment by voting for any of these worthy groups. Voting ends Nov. 12.
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We would be honored to have your vote! Most of all we hope you'll help celebrate community commitment by voting for any of these worthy groups. Voting ends Nov. 12.
www.wrtaonline.com/2025/11/06/v...
Vote For the Holiday Lights Non-Profit of the Year! - Western Reserve Transit Authority: WRTA
Help Your Favorite Organization Win WRTA’s Top Award YOUNGSTOWN, OH — The election may be over, but not the voting. Western Reserve Transit Authority (WRTA) is calling on all Valley residents to parti...
www.wrtaonline.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:25 PM
We are honored to be among the nonprofits being recognized for the WRTA Holiday Lights awards!
We would be honored to have your vote! Most of all we hope you'll help celebrate community commitment by voting for any of these worthy groups. Voting ends Nov. 12.
www.wrtaonline.com/2025/11/06/v...
We would be honored to have your vote! Most of all we hope you'll help celebrate community commitment by voting for any of these worthy groups. Voting ends Nov. 12.
www.wrtaonline.com/2025/11/06/v...
The annual Youngstown Press Club Holiday Party — a chance for our members to kick back, celebrate the season, and enjoy the success we’ve built together this year.
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Event: Dec 3 Holiday Party
YPC members holiday party
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November 5, 2025 at 12:34 PM
The annual Youngstown Press Club Holiday Party — a chance for our members to kick back, celebrate the season, and enjoy the success we’ve built together this year.
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✨ We are honored! ✨The YPC is proud to be named one of WRTA’s 2025 Holiday Lights Award recipients — a recognition celebrating nonprofits that make a positive impact in the Mahoning Valley. Join us in supporting all the organizations being honored!
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WRTA Announces Recipients of 2025 Holiday Lights Awards
The Western Reserve Transit Authority on Tuesday announced the recipients of the 2025 Holiday Lights Awards.
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November 5, 2025 at 11:53 AM
✨ We are honored! ✨The YPC is proud to be named one of WRTA’s 2025 Holiday Lights Award recipients — a recognition celebrating nonprofits that make a positive impact in the Mahoning Valley. Join us in supporting all the organizations being honored!
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"If you want a society that is free and vibrant and successful, part of that formula is the free flow of information, of ideas, and that requires a free press. A free press is a foundation for any democracy."
~ Barack Obama
#FreePressFriday
~ Barack Obama
#FreePressFriday
October 31, 2025 at 6:22 PM
"If you want a society that is free and vibrant and successful, part of that formula is the free flow of information, of ideas, and that requires a free press. A free press is a foundation for any democracy."
~ Barack Obama
#FreePressFriday
~ Barack Obama
#FreePressFriday
🎉 Congrats to Elise Skolnick — this week’s Spanning the Need Inspirational Person of the Week! As YPC president Elise leads by example. Her leadership, professionalism & commitment to serving our community inspire us every day!
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#POTW, Elise Skolnick, Youngstown Area Jewish Federation
Each week, #SpanningtheNeed will present an “Inspirational Person of the Week’ and have a “Q & A” with one of its many gifted individuals and/or groups who are willing to
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October 30, 2025 at 1:54 PM
🎉 Congrats to Elise Skolnick — this week’s Spanning the Need Inspirational Person of the Week! As YPC president Elise leads by example. Her leadership, professionalism & commitment to serving our community inspire us every day!
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20 Youngstown Press Club members got a behind-the-scenes tour of the Mahoning Valley Historical Society’s Stewart Media Archives. Old newspapers, broadcast scripts, recordings, vintage equipment — journalism history right here at home. Huge thanks to Connie Jones and Chris Rutushin for the tour! 🗞️✨
October 29, 2025 at 5:27 PM
20 Youngstown Press Club members got a behind-the-scenes tour of the Mahoning Valley Historical Society’s Stewart Media Archives. Old newspapers, broadcast scripts, recordings, vintage equipment — journalism history right here at home. Huge thanks to Connie Jones and Chris Rutushin for the tour! 🗞️✨
Sid Davis, Youngstown native and former reporter and news director for @wkbn.bsky.social, has died at 97. He covered the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and provided the pool report on the ceremony aboard Air Force One.
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Sid Davis, Reporter Who Witnessed Johnson’s Swearing-In, Dies at 97
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October 28, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Sid Davis, Youngstown native and former reporter and news director for @wkbn.bsky.social, has died at 97. He covered the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and provided the pool report on the ceremony aboard Air Force One.
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Missed the Hall of Fame and Awards Dinner? 🎥 Watch the full program — with emcee Lori Factor, our honorees, and scholarship winners — filmed by Jim Stickel.
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YPC Hall of Fame and Awards Dinner 2025
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October 27, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Missed the Hall of Fame and Awards Dinner? 🎥 Watch the full program — with emcee Lori Factor, our honorees, and scholarship winners — filmed by Jim Stickel.
🎬 Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YNY...
🎬 Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YNY...
Check out this special edition of News Flash, the YPC's e-newsletter. Read all about our scholarship fundraising drive, our amazing donors & accomplished scholarship recipients . If you aren't already subscribed, sign up on our website.
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October 25, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Check out this special edition of News Flash, the YPC's e-newsletter. Read all about our scholarship fundraising drive, our amazing donors & accomplished scholarship recipients . If you aren't already subscribed, sign up on our website.
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October 24, 2025 at 4:10 PM
We’re thrilled to share some amazing news! Thanks to extraordinary community support, we've raised $17,000 for student scholarships. The more we raise, the more scholarships we can give. You can donate year-round at yopressclub.com/scholarship.html
October 22, 2025 at 7:19 PM
We’re thrilled to share some amazing news! Thanks to extraordinary community support, we've raised $17,000 for student scholarships. The more we raise, the more scholarships we can give. You can donate year-round at yopressclub.com/scholarship.html
🎓 Hey, high school students! Did you know you can join the Youngstown Press Club? 🗞️ Membership is free and comes with all the same benefits our college members enjoy — networking, events, recognition and more.
Join today by going to: yopressclub.com/membership.html
Join today by going to: yopressclub.com/membership.html
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October 20, 2025 at 7:10 PM
🎓 Hey, high school students! Did you know you can join the Youngstown Press Club? 🗞️ Membership is free and comes with all the same benefits our college members enjoy — networking, events, recognition and more.
Join today by going to: yopressclub.com/membership.html
Join today by going to: yopressclub.com/membership.html
If you can't laugh at the serious stuff, you’ll never make it through the hard times. Hang in there, journalists! We love you ❤️
October 18, 2025 at 1:55 PM
If you can't laugh at the serious stuff, you’ll never make it through the hard times. Hang in there, journalists! We love you ❤️
In a statement, the Pentagon Press Association says Wednesday marked “a dark day for press freedom” after the Defense Department confiscated nearly all Pentagon reporters’ badges for refusing to sign a policy they say threatens to criminalize national security reporting.
October 17, 2025 at 11:06 AM
In a statement, the Pentagon Press Association says Wednesday marked “a dark day for press freedom” after the Defense Department confiscated nearly all Pentagon reporters’ badges for refusing to sign a policy they say threatens to criminalize national security reporting.
The school year is in full swing & it’s time to launch our Scholastic Journalism Awards!
Here’s how to get a head start:
1️⃣ Make sure you’re on our contact list
2️⃣ Review contest rules
3️⃣ Start planning your entries
4️⃣ Stay connected with us
👉 Learn more: yopressclub.com/scholasticjournalismawards.html
Here’s how to get a head start:
1️⃣ Make sure you’re on our contact list
2️⃣ Review contest rules
3️⃣ Start planning your entries
4️⃣ Stay connected with us
👉 Learn more: yopressclub.com/scholasticjournalismawards.html
October 14, 2025 at 8:22 AM
The school year is in full swing & it’s time to launch our Scholastic Journalism Awards!
Here’s how to get a head start:
1️⃣ Make sure you’re on our contact list
2️⃣ Review contest rules
3️⃣ Start planning your entries
4️⃣ Stay connected with us
👉 Learn more: yopressclub.com/scholasticjournalismawards.html
Here’s how to get a head start:
1️⃣ Make sure you’re on our contact list
2️⃣ Review contest rules
3️⃣ Start planning your entries
4️⃣ Stay connected with us
👉 Learn more: yopressclub.com/scholasticjournalismawards.html
The MVHS's Stewart Media Archives is a true local gem. A big thank-you to MVHS and WKBN 27 Youngstown OH for preserving — and sharing — such a remarkable piece of our region’s media history!
October 13, 2025 at 7:56 AM
The MVHS's Stewart Media Archives is a true local gem. A big thank-you to MVHS and WKBN 27 Youngstown OH for preserving — and sharing — such a remarkable piece of our region’s media history!
“'The disturbing detentions, arrests, and physical attacks that we have seen in recent weeks targeting journalists covering the actions of federal law enforcement officers raise serious First Amendment concerns..."
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RCFP calls DHS actions against journalists 'disturbing,' seeks meeting with federal officials
In a letter to DHS, RCFP highlights several incidents in which federal agents have arrested and used force against journalists.
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October 10, 2025 at 7:14 AM
“'The disturbing detentions, arrests, and physical attacks that we have seen in recent weeks targeting journalists covering the actions of federal law enforcement officers raise serious First Amendment concerns..."
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