Day: January 22, 2020

Dan Weinrib is the incoming president of the Jefferson County City Clerks Association for the 2020 term. This past August, he received his state municipal clerks certification after completing prerequisite continuing education in just under three years. In June, he will have completed his two-year term as Temple Beth-El board president.

Weinrib pictured here with Baseball Hall of Famer Johnny Bench and Dan’s son, Jack, at the 2019 Opening Day celebration in Cincinnati.

 Stephanie Anton, President of Luxury Portfolio International, was selected for Forbes Real Estate Council, an invitation-only community for executives in the real estate industry. Anton was vetted and selected by a review committee based on the depth and diversity of her experience, her track record of successfully impacting business growth metrics, and her personal and professional achievements and honors. LPI is the luxury marketing division of Leading Real Estate Companies of the World, the largest global network of premier locally branded firms dominated by many of the world’s most powerful, independent luxury brands.

Dani Carlson, director of communications and digital strategy for The Center for Community Solutions, a Cleveland-based nonprofit think tank, launched a health and human services journalism grant for reporters in Northeast Ohio. Five journalists received grant funding, and the first piece funded by the grant was published in one of the final editions of daily Ohio newspaper The Youngstown Vindicator. Before joining the nonprofit, Carlson spent 12 years as a television reporter in markets across the country.

Rod Hicks spent the first half of 2019 conducting a media trust project with 36 residents in Casper, Wyoming, that included discussions about their skepticism of news reporting, presentations about issues such as news bias, and interactions with local and national journalists.

Hicks, Journalist on Call for the Society of Professional Journalists, listened to their grievances with the hope of identifying ways news organizations might address them. He also wanted to expose participants to journalists who could talk about the processes they go through to verify details they report.

Hicks summarized the project and its findings in a video and report released in September. No one changed their view of the press or their news consumption habits after going through the sessions; however, Hicks sees the exercise as a worthwhile undertaking. The project provided a more nuanced understanding of the dissatisfaction some people have with the press, he said.

“For me, one of the big takeaways is that conservatives do not see themselves reflected in mainstream news coverage,” Hicks said.

His recommendations to news outlets include getting input from the public on stories to pursue, explaining how their news operation works, and scouring stories before publication or broadcast for words or phrases that could be considered biased.