Youngstown Press Club

A group of journalists and communications professionals in the Mahoning Valley who support educational, social and charitable initiatives

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Year 2 of the YPC's Scholastic Journalism Awards is in the books!
🌟 102 students participated
💰 $1,300 awarded in cash prizes
📝 100% of participants got feedback from our judges - & these nifty armbands.
We are already counting down the days until next year's awards!

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Congrats to the winners of the Best Video Package category in the YPC's Scholastic Journalism Awards! 🏆Jaxson Bell, TCTC, 1st
🏆Haylee Tatar & Ariana McCreery, Valley STEM, 2nd
🏆Novella Poole, Ursuline, 3rd.
Video Package prizes sponsored by WKBN-TV.
https://t.co/82CN8XPmsN

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Secure your seat at the YPC's June event: "From the front lines of press freedom: The legal threats reshaping the news" w/speaker Atty. David Marburger, nationally known expert on press law.
June 18, at the main branch library, 12-1:30 pm. Lunch included.
https://t.co/9I3Q6sjwXH

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Congrats to the winners of the Best Review in the YPC's Scholastic Journalism Awards!
Mary Ramovs, Boardman, placed 1st; Delaney Painter, Struthers placed 2nd; & Trent Parker, Harding, placed 3rd.
These student journalists did an amazing job! Kudos to all!
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Missed one of our speaker programs? We have you covered! 🎥
The YPC YouTube channel is packed w/full videos of all our speaker series events from the past 4+ years. Dive deeper into the topics shaping our industry today.
📺 Watch and subscribe now: https://t.co/Ao8yD2bvtn

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🏆 Congrats to the outstanding student journalists who placed in the YPC Scholastic Journalism Awards in the category of Editorial, Column & Opinion.
Prizes for this category were sponsored by Andrea Wood & Dennis LaRue.
The future of journalism is bright!
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📸 Congratulations to these photographers who took honors in the Scholastic Journalism Awards!
Layla Francisco, Grand Valley-1st $100
Piper Currie, Shenango-2nd $50
Symira Footman, Farrell-3rd $25
The Anderson Program of Journalism at YSU sponsored photo category prizes.
👏

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Get the latest news coming out of the Youngstown Press Club right here in our May issue of News Flash!⚡️Be sure to subscribe to stay in the loop!
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🏆Congratulations to the winners of the Best Feature Story category in the YPC Scholastic Journalism Awards!
Kudos to these and all students who entered the contest this year. You all did an outstanding job!
The future of journalism is bright! 🌞
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Lawsuits, censorship & newsroom raids are making it more difficult for reporters to do their jobs & for you to stay informed. Join us to hear David Marburger discuss what this means for our democracy.
June 18 | 12 – 1:30
Tickets: $40 ($30 for YPC members) https://t.co/9I3Q6sjwXH

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We are thrilled to announce the 2026 YPC scholarship recipients!
🌟 Joslyn DelSignore-YSU
🌟 Omar Frazier-YSU
🌟 Kaitlin Hogg-OU
🌟 Maggie McGlone-Capital University
Each of these local students is receiving a $4,000 scholarship. Read more: https://t.co/fbRPhdJCe8

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👏 Join us in congratulating Stephanie Mickler, journalism teacher & student newspaper adviser at Struthers High School, who was named Journalism Adviser of the Year in the YPClub Scholastic Journalism Awards!

Read more here: https://t.co/cGlwbpn0hf

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🏆Kudos to Struthers HS students + adviser Stephanie Mickler who won awards in the Scholastic Journalism Awards! The Student Prints won 2nd place for Best Newspaper. Other winners were Gianna Bonini, Wesley Jones, Madelyn Hanna, Leah Markotan, Trynyty Nail, Delaney Painter 👏

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👏 Brava to Novella Poole of Ursuline High School, who earned 3rd place in the Video Package category in the Youngstown Press Club's Scholastic Journalism Awards. YPC member Jim Houck stopped in to Ursuline's broadcast classroom recently to present the award & talk to students.

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"We need a frree press. We must have it. It's vital. If you want to preserve ... democracy as we know it, you have to have a free and many times adversarial press. And without it ... we would lose so much of our individual liberties over time."
~ John McCain

#FreePressFriday

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Join the YPC for an essential event w/David Marburger, a nationally known press & constitutional law attorney. 📅 Thursday, June 18, 2026
⏰ 12 p.m.
📍 The Public Library of Youngstown & Mahoning County, 305 Wick Ave., Youngstown, OH
🎟️ Tickets/RSVP: https://t.co/9I3Q6sjwXH

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🏆Congratulations to the winners of the Best Layout & Design category in the Scholastic Journalism Awards!

1st place - Piper Currie of Shenango High School; 2nd & 3rd places - Dane Menough & Elise Bender, both of Salem High School.

The future of journalism is bright! 🌞

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Congrats to students at Salem High School who won awards in the Scholastic Journalism Awards! Presented w/their awards were Aiden Crum, 2nd place Editorial; and in Layout & Design, Dane Menough, 2nd place & Elise Bender, 3rd place.
Congrats and keep up the great work!

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Congratulations to the Boardman High students who were awarded honors in the YPC's Scholastic Journalism Awards! Andrea Wood presented awards to Harper Liller, Mary Ramovs, James Mitchell, Hebah Arida & Tessa Ross. Congrats to these students & their adviser, Dana Safarek!

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Listen as members of the Youngstown Press Club read the names of the 129 journalists and media workers who were killed while practicing their profession in the past year.

Thank you to Jim Stickel for capturing this annual event on video.

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