MEDIA ADVISORY
November 17, 2017
Contact:
Stephanie A. Jansky
Director of Programming
The City Club of Cleveland
216.350.5577
sjansky@cityclub.org
The City Club of Cleveland Presents Free Primary Debate Featuring Democratic Candidates for Governor of Ohio
Debate produced in collaboration with ideastream and WKYC
Who: Four Democratic candidates for Governor of Ohio: Connie Pillich, Joe Schiavoni, Betty Sutton, and Nan Whaley. Moderated by Statehouse News Bureau Chief Karen Kasler and WKYC Anchor Russ Mitchell.
What: Debating Ohio: Democratic Candidates for Governor
When: Monday, December 4, 2017. 6:30 p.m.–8 p.m. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Debate is from 7–8 p.m.
Where: Westfield Insurance™ Studio Theatre
Idea Center® at Playhouse Square
1375 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44115
How to attend: Tickets are free and are available through the City Club’s website. There is a limit of four (4) tickets per person.
How to cover the event:
- Media passes for all reporters are available through the City Club; email sjansky@cityclub.org to request a pass.
- Watch the live-stream beginning at 7 p.m.: http://cityclub.org/live-stream, www.ideastream.org, or www.wkyc.com.
- Here & Now featuring The Sound of Applause weekdays 12–2 p.m. on 90.3
- If you would like to embed the live stream on your site, please email sjansky@cityclub.org for information and instructions.
- If you need broadcast quality audio or video, it will be available at ftp.ideastream.org
- The User ID: ftpguest and Password: Str3am5
- The file will exist in the “City Club” folder
- Media using audio or video excerpts are asked to provide the following via email to maxie.jackson@ideastream.org:
- Length of excerpt
- Credits to be assigned on screen
- Usage (news only)
- For high resolution photos, contact Maria Gerstenberger at maria.gerstenberger@cityclub.org.
About:
The City Club of Cleveland is one the nation’s great free speech forums. A product of the Progressive Era, it was founded in 1912 and remains one of the nation’s oldest continuous independent free speech forums, renowned for its tradition of debate and discussion. For more than a hundred years, all speakers, from sitting presidents to community activists, have answered unfiltered, unrehearsed questions directly from the audience. The mission is to create conversations of consequence that let democracy thrive. More info: http://cityclub.org.
The mission of ideastream® is to strengthen our communities. ideastream pursues this mission as a multiple media public service organization by providing distinctive, thought-provoking programs and services that enlighten, inspire, educate and entertain. More info: http://www.ideastream.org.
WKYC Channel 3 has a rich broadcast heritage. We first went on the air as WNBK on October 31, 1948 as an NBC owned-and-operated station and have been affiliated with NBC ever since. We have a long history of excellence in local programming including shows like "Barnaby,” highest-rated, locally produced show ever, and "The Mike Douglas Show" which went on to be syndicated nationally.
Over the years we have been the first station in Northeast Ohio to broadcast in color, the first to broadcast in stereo, the first to add closed captioning for the hearing impaired and the first to broadcast a digital signal. Our news teams have won countless regional Emmy awards, and several local and national awards for our reporting and community service as a station. In November of 1995, WKYC was purchased by Gannett, Co. Inc. Gannett spun its publishing properties from its broadcast and digital properties, making Channel 3 part of TEGNA Media, one of the largest, most geographically diverse broadcasters in the U.S.
To learn more about TEGNA and its subsidiary brands, visit www.tegna.com.
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