Milwaukee Press Club Announces 2022 Media Hall of Fame Honorees

MILWAUKEE, WI – The Milwaukee Press Club is pleased to announce the outstanding journalists who will be inducted into the club’s Media Hall of Fame for 2022.

“This year the Milwaukee Press Club has chosen a group of inductees who have made remarkable contributions to local journalism. Through their work they have informed their audiences while making Milwaukee a better place. We thank them for inspiring a new generation of journalists,” said Corrinne Hess, press club president and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter.

The 2022 inductees to the Media Hall of Fame are:

• Denise Callaway, WTMJ-TV, Milwaukee Public Schools, Greater Milwaukee Foundation, Milwaukee PBS
• Liddie Collins, Milwaukee Courier, WNOV Radio, Milwaukee PBS
• Joyce Garbaciak, WITI-TV, WISN 12 News
• Thomas E. Mitchell Jr., Milwaukee Community Journal
• Jim Stingl, Beloit Daily News, Green Bay Press-Gazette, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
• Martin Hintz, (deceased) Milwaukee Sentinel, Irish American Post, Shepherd Express
• Meg Jones, (deceased) Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Please join this year’s honorees as the Milwaukee Press Club celebrates the newest members of the Media Hall of Fame. The event, which is open to the public, will be held on Friday, October 14 at Potawatomi Hotel & Casino, 1611 W. Canal Street in Milwaukee. A reception will begin at 5:30 p.m. and dinner at 6:30 p.m., with the induction ceremony immediately after dinner. Registration is $85 per person; tables of eight are available for $660; corporate table sponsor $850 (includes a table of eight individuals, company logo in printed program and verbal recognition during the program).

For additional information about the Milwaukee Press Club and previous inductees to the Media Hall of Fame, visit www.milwaukeepressclub.org and click on “Honors”. Click here for advertising or sponsorship opportunities for the Hall of Fame dinner or contact Joette Richards, executive director, at (262) 894-2224.

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

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

NOTE: This press release was submitted to Urban Milwaukee and was not written by an Urban Milwaukee writer. While it is believed to be reliable, Urban Milwaukee does not guarantee its accuracy or completeness.