Milwaukee Community Journal Editor Thomas Mitchell, Jr. is one of seven outstanding Milwaukee journalists who will be inducted into the Milwaukee Press Club’s Media Hall of Fame for 2022.
Mitchell will be the fourth member of the Community Journal staff to be inducted into the hall of fame. MCJ Publisher Patricia O’Flynn Pattillo, Associate Publisher and former Editor Mikel Holt, and Photographer Harry Kemp are previous MCJ inductees.
A graduate of Concordia University and Marquette University’s ‘Second Edition’ accelerated journalism program, Mitchell joined the MCJ staff in 1984 as a reporter. In the following years, he rose to reporter, managing editor to editor, handling the newspaper’s layout and design, copyediting, photo editing, and assignment editor. He also wrote a column at one time called, ‘Just Venting,’ which focused on timely issues within the community and the culture.
Mitchell has covered stories for the MCJ of historic import that have impacted Milwaukee’s Black community and beyond, from the Parental School Choice education revolution to the murder trial of serial killer Jeffery Dahmer, to the Milwaukee police involved shooting deaths of Dontre Hamilton and Sylville Smith.
The other 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
- 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
“This year the Milwaukee Press Club has chosen a group of inductees who have made remarkable contributions to local journalism,” said Corrinne Hess, press club president and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter.
“Through their work they have informed their audiences while making Milwaukee a better place. We thank them for inspiring a new generation of journalists.”
The honorees will be inducted Friday, October 14, at Potawatomi Hotel & Casino, 1611 W. Canal Street. 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.’
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