Corresponding Secretary
Thomas P. Farley
NY Insider TV
Financial Secretary
Nicole Bode
DNAinfo.com
Student Member Representative
Nicole Turso
CUNY Journalism
BOARD OF GOVERNORS
Stephannia Cleaton Staten Island Advance
Frances Grace
Public Agenda
Winne Hu New York Times
Rich Lamb
WCBS Newsradio 880
Phillip O'Brien
Freelance
Gabe Pressman
WNBC-TV
Elizabeth Semrai
Grandparents.com
Murray Weiss New York Post
TRUSTEES
Mark Lieberman
Fox Business News
John Mulligan
Past President
Tom Poster
Past President
Jerry Schmetterer
Past President
Deborah Wetzel
Past President
Consulting Director
Peter O.E. Bekker
Clergy
Rev. Joseph O'Hare, S.J.
Rabbi Joseph Potasnik
Public Relations
Debra J. Caruso
Counsel
Farrell Farrell Burke
New York Press Club
Special Honors
New York Journalism
Hall of Fame
and
The President's Award
The New York Journalism Hall of Fame Award and the New York Press Club President's Award were instituted at the Press Club's 60th Anniversary Celebration in September, 2008, and are awarded periodically.
The New York Journalism Hall of Fame Award
honors journalists whose careers in New York media are exemplified by
long tenure, integrity and extraordinary achievement.
The New York Press Club President's Award
honors communications professionals whose careers have had a significant salutary impact on the practice of journalism and whose involvement in community affairs has enriched the lives of New Yorkers.
The New York Journalism Hall of Fame
2009
Walter Cronkite (1916-2009) A long time supporter of the New York Press Club, Walter Cronkite's career had extraordinary impact on the practice of journalism in the 20th Century and beyond. Best known as anchorman for the CBS Evening News (1962–81), Cronkite was often cited as "the most trusted man in America"
2008 - (Inaugural Members)
Stan Brooks was news director at 1010 WINS when, in 1965, that "Top 40" radio station became the nation's first all-news broadcast outlet. Honored and admired for his political coverage from New York's City Hall, Stan's 50-year career as an intrepid metropolitan reporter has touched every journalistic base more than several times.
Gabe Pressman is a TV news pioneer and a tenacious fighter for First Amendment rights. Winner of nearly every professional accolade available, Gabe is Senior Correspondent at WNBC, president of the New York Press Club Foundation and chairman of its Freedom of the Press Committee.
Winners of The New York Press Club President's Award
2009
Irene Cornell is familiar to New Yorkers as the crime and courts reporter for WCBS Newsradio 880. For more than 30 years she has been "courtside," covering most of the city's high profile trials. Her skills as a reporter and communicator are brought home to listeners in her eminently listenable serializations of cases that are often complicated and lengthy.
2008 (Inaugural Honorees)
Dominic Carter was on board in 1992 when NY1 News came alive as New York City's first all-news cable TV channel. Renown for his reporting on state and city politics, Dominic is host of "Inside City Hall", NY1's highly regarded political news, opinion and interview broadcast. A skilled interviewer, Carter is also author of the gripping autobiography, "No Mamma's Boy".
Rossana Rosado is Publisher and CEO of El Diario La Prensa, the oldest Spanish-language newspaper in the country. Editor-in-Chief before becoming Publisher, Rossana also worked as a reporter for the paper, covering the Bronx, City Hall and writing a weekly column. Her awards for journalism include a Peabody and an Emmy.
