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The VIFF 2016 Vienna Independent Film Festival named "Violins of Hope: Strings of the Holocaust"the winner of its Best Documentary award the final day of the festival in Vienna, Austria. WVIZ/PBS ideastream produced the acclaimed film, which was directed by Lance K. Shultz and narrated by Adrien Brody.  The film features Israeli Violinmaker Amnon Weinstein and his efforts to restore violins recovered from the Holocaust. Some were played by Jewish prisoners in concentration camps; others belonged to the Klezmer musical culture, which was all but destroyed by the Nazis. Their amazing stories and Weinstein’s mission to collect and restore the instruments was the inspiration for this one-hour documentary.

The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) announced the recipients of its inaugural AACR June L. Biedler Prize for Cancer Journalism, and Kay Colby, ideastream managing producer, is the winner in the Television category for her work on a series of Be Well health stories, “Cancer in Northeast Ohio,” a WVIZ/PBS ideastream production.  Each of the four award-winning “Cancer in Northeast Ohio” stories focuses on a different aspect of the cancer experience in this region:
• living with stage IV breast cancer,
• how targeted therapy works in cancer treatment,
• early integration of palliative care in treatment plans for advanced lung and pancreatic cancers and
• groundbreaking research into colon cancer biology conducted at the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center.

The 56th Annual Cleveland Arts Prize Awards Event presented by The Cleveland Foundation was held at the Cleveland Museum of Art on June 30, 2016.  Dee Perry was awarded The Robert P. Bergman Prize.  The Robert P. Bergman Prize is awarded annually to an exceptional individual, who has shown passionate leadership and opened his/her field more broadly, and whose life and activities communicate the joys, excitement, and deep human relevance of the arts.  Dee Perry has been a part of the Cleveland broadcasting scene since 1976, and with her work at 90.3 WCPN since 1989, she has made herself a Cleveland broadcasting icon. Dee is currently the host and producer of 90.3’s hourlong daily magazine talk show, The Sound of Applause, which focuses on visual and performing arts, cultural trends, and current events. Dee also serves as host and producer for Applause, WVIZ/PBS’ halfhour weekly television series, which is also devoted to arts and culture.

The League of Women Voters of Metropolitan Columbus has announced that the Statehouse News Bureau is a 2016 recipient of a Democracy in Action award from the civic organization. This is the 25th year of Democracy in Action, which, according to a press release from the regional League, “recognizes individuals or organizations for their outstanding participation in civic affairs.”

82nd National Headliner Awards

Broadcast or Cable Television Stations Environmental Reporting
First Place: “Be Well: Lead Poisoning” a two-part television report that highlighted the personal stories of two Cleveland boys produced by Kay Colby, Anne Glausser and edited by Sally Lewis, WVIZ/PBS ideastream

Broadcast or Cable Television Stations Health/Science Reporting
Second Place: “Be Well: Cancer in Northeast Ohio” which featured four TV stories about local patients and research produced by Kay Colby and Anne Glausser, WVIZ/PBS ideastream

Public Radio News Directors Inc. (PRNDI) Awards

Nationally Edited Continuing Coverage
First Place: "137 Shots: The Trial of Michael Brelo" 90.3 WCPN ideastream

Sports Feature
Second Place: “Cavs Look to End Northeast Ohio’s 51 Year Title Drought” 90.3 WCPN ideastream

The Communicator Awards

News: On Air Talent/News Anchor/Reporter
Award of Distinction: "All Things Considered" Host Tony Ganzer, 90.3 WCPN ideastream

News: Writing/Script
Award of Distinction: "Brick City Tells of the Forgotten Neighborhood" David C. Barnett, 90.3 WCPN ideastream

47th Annual Lower Great Lakes Chapter National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Emmy Awards

Director - Live or Recorded Live
"The Cleveland Orchestra: Violins of Hope Concert" Mike Vendeland, WVIZ/PBS ideastream

Research
"Be Well: Lead Poisoning" Kay Colby, WVIZ/PBS ideastream 

Editor - Program (Non-News)
"Applause Special: Beyond The Dish -  Farmer's Market" Jeff Haynes, WVIZ/PBS ideastream

Historic/Cultural Program or Special
"Ideas: Violins of Hope" Amy Cummings and Rick Jackson, WVIZ/PBS ideastream                                                       

Education/Schools - News Single Story/Series/Feature
"Steelworker for the Future" Mary Fecteau, WVIZ/PBS ideastream                       

Special Event Coverage
"The Cleveland Orchestra: Violins of Hope Concert" Mike Vendeland, Bill O'Connell and Mark Rosenberger, WVIZ/PBS ideastream          

Ohio Society of Professional Journalists 2016 Awards

RADIO
Best Minority Issues Coverage
First Place:  “What’s with the ‘T’ in “LGBT”? Joanna Richards, 90.3 WCPN ideastream

Best Sports Reporting
First Place: “Cavs Look to Bring NE Ohio First Title in 51 Years” Mark Urycki, 90.3 WCPN ideastream

Best Criminal Justice Reporting
First Place: “Police Treated Differently” Joanna Richards, 90.3 WCPN ideastream

Best Continuing Coverage
First Place:  “Tamir Rice” News Team, 90.3 WCPN ideastream

Best Government Reporting
First Place: "Adoptees Make Emotional Choices To See Long-Hidden Adoption Records" Karen Kasler, Statehouse News Bureau

Best Enterprise Reporting
Second Place: “Lead Crisis Abandoned” Health Unit, 90.3 WCPN ideastream

Best General Assignment Reporting
Second Place: “Official Michael Brelo Trial Begins” Joanna Richards, 90.3 WCPN ideastream

Best Documentary
Second Place: “Our Land” Tony Ganzer, 90.3 WCPN ideastream

BEST OF SHOW-RADIO
Best News Operation
First Place:  “90.3 WCPN ideastream” News Team, 90.3 WCPN ideastream

Best Public Affairs Program
First Place: “Sound of Ideas: International Literacy Day” SOI Team, 90.3 WCPN ideastream

DIGITAL MEDIA
Best Medical/Science Story
Second Place: “Lead Poisoning Maps in Cuyahoga County” Nick Castele, ideastream

BEST OF SHOW-TELEVISION
Best Public Affairs Program
First Place: “Ideas: Violins of Hope” Amy Cummings and Rick Jackson, WVIZ/PBS ideastream

Best Anchor
First Place: "Rick Jackson” WVIZ/PBS ideastream

Best Public Affairs Program
Second Place: “The State of Ohio” Karen Kasler and Ron Corby, Statehouse News Bureau

TELEVISION
Best Documentary
Second Place: “The Original North Pole” WVIZ/PBS ideastream and Jennifer Boresz/Larry Baker Productions

Best Medical/Health Reporting
Second Place: “Be Well: Cancer in Northeast Ohio” Kay Colby, WVIZ/PBS ideastream

Ohio Associated Press Media Editors Awards

First Place:  General Excellence 2015: “90.3 WCPN ideastream”

Best Feature Reporting
First Place:  "Brick City Tells Tales of the Forgotten Neighborhood" David C. Barnett, 90.3 WCPN ideastream

Best Reporter
First Place:  "Sarah Jane Tribble” 90.3 WCPN ideastream

Best Documentary or Series
First Place:  "Our Land: A Conversation About Community Policing" Tony Ganzer, 90.3 WCPN ideastream

Best Continuing Coverage
First Place:  "The Case of Police Shooting of 12 year-old Tamir Rice" News Staff, 90.3 WCPN ideastream

Best Enterprise Reporting
First Place:  "Lead: Crisis Abandoned" News Staff,  90.3 WCPN ideastream

Best Use of Sound
Second Place:  "Ice Fishing Hooks the Brave and the Cold" Brian Bull, 90.3 WCPN ideastream

2016 All Ohio Excellence in Journalism Awards – The Press Club of Cleveland 

Radio   
On-Going Coverage
First Place:   “Wrapping Up 2016” Andy Chow, Jo Ingles and Karen Kasler, Ohio Public Radio

Documentary
First Place:  “Out Land: A Conversation About Community Policing” Tony Ganzer, 90.3 WCPN ideastream

Human Interest
First Place:  “Brick City Tells Tales of the Forgotten Neighborhood” David C. Barnett, 90.3 WCPN ideastream

Radio Show
First Place:  “Sound of Ideas: Syrian Refugees” Amy Cummings and Mike McIntyre, 90.3 WCPN ideastream

On-Going Coverage
Second Place:  “Tamir Rice” News Team, 90.3 WCPN ideastream

In-Depth Coverage
Second Place:  “Election Day 2015” Karen Kasler, Jo Ingles and Andy Chow, Ohio Public Radio
Third Place:  “Adoptees Make Emotional Choices To See Long-Hidden Adoption Records” Karen Kasler, Ohio Public Radio

Television
Television Show
Second Place:  “Ideas: Violins of Hope” Amy Cummings, Rick Jackson and Lance Shultz, WVIZ/PBS ideastream

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WVIZ/PBS Ohio (25.2) online schedule can be found here.

On Friday, April 7th 2017, at the Idea Center at Playhouse Square, ideastream hosted a forum with municipal judges from across Northeast Ohio to get their perspective on how issues surrounding court fines, fees, and the bail system affect their work and communities. This forum was part of ideastream's Justice for All series as well as its Courting Justice Ohio initiative, a year long initiative to engage criminal justice stakeholders and residents on the reforms needed and already underway to address the disproportionate impact of fines, fees and bail on the poor. 

This forum was moderated by ideastream Coordinating Producer, Anne Glausser. 

The judges (l-r):

Judge Charles L. Patton, Cleveland Municipal Court

Judge Suzan Marie Sweeney, Cleveland Municipal Court

Judge Donna Congeni Fitzsimmons, Presiding Judge, Rocky River Municipal Court

Judge Jimmy L. Jackson, Jr., Cleveland Municipal Court 

Judge Annalisa Stubbs Williams, Presiding Judge, Akron Municipal Court

Judge Michael R. Sliwinski, Cleveland Municipal Court 

Judge K.J. Montgomery, Shaker Heights Municipal Court

Judge Terri Stupica, Chardon Municipal Court 

Judge Deborah LeBarron, Euclid Municipal Court

On Wednesday, April 12th 2017, ideastream held a panel discussion and forum disproportionate impact of court fines, fee and bail have on the poor with counselors and social workers at East Office of The Centers for Families and Children.

This forum was part of ideastream's Justice for All series as well as its Courting Justice Ohio initiative, a year long initiative to engage criminal justice stakeholders and residents on the reforms needed and already underway to address the disproportionate impact of fines, fees and bail on the poor. 

The panelists were:

Robert Triozzi
Law Director for Cuyahoga County

Elizabeth Newman
President and CEO for The Centers for Families and Children

Sara Dorn
Public interest and advocacy reporter for cleveland.com

The moderator was Mike Shafarenko, Manager of Civic Engagement, Web and Social Media for ideastream.

Find more Courting Justice Ohio discussions and join the conversation at http://courtingjusticeohio.org

On Monday, May 15th 2017, ideastream held a panel discussion and forum on the disproportionate impact of court fines, fees and bail have on the poor with grantees, funders, and other stakeholders of the Ohio Transformation Fund.

The Ohio Transformation Fund is a collaborative fund focused on transforming the justice system, supporting efforts to address the negative impact of the current system on youth, families and communities.

This discussion was part of idestream's ongoing Courting Justice Ohio initiative, and took place at Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry's Richard Sering Center.

Our panelists were:

Judge K.J. Montgomery
Shaker Heights Municipal Court

Mike Brickner
Senior Policy Director, ACLU Ohio

Tony Minor
Director of Advocacy, Lutheran Metropolitan Ministries

Our moderator was Mike Shafarenko, Manager of Civic Engagement, Web and Social Media for ideastream

Find more Courting Justice Ohio discussions, and join the conversation at courtingjusticeohio.org

Find out how your neighborhood compares to others when it comes to asthma, tooth loss, mental health, diabetes, binge drinking, and more.

Just select "Ohio" from the drop down menu above to get started. Data is available for Cleveland, Akron, and Parma.

This neighborhood-level health data was recently released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as part of their 500 Cities Project. Experts say health is profoundly linked to where your live and the available resources and opportunities for making healthy choices, so it's important to be able to see health data at the more granular level. Local health data can help community members and public health officials take more targeted, effective action to address root causes of health problems.

Click on your county to find out more about rates of smoking, violent crime, teen births, STDs, poverty, air pollution, and much more. This data can be crucial for making decisions about where to put resources for improving the health of a community. 

Embed courtesy of University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute. County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2017.

On Thursday, Sept. 21 at 6pm at the Idea Center at Playhouse Square, the Prevention is the Cure program will explore the revolutionary possibility of breast cancer vaccination, a preventative measure that could use a woman’s own immune system to protect herself from developing the disease. This program will feature a talk on groundbreaking vaccine research by Dr. Vincent Tuohy, along with a panel discussion featuring experts who will explore the current state of breast cancer in the United States, from incident rates to treatment paradigms. The panel (listed below) will identify the scientific basis underlying a breast cancer vaccine, and address the political, scientific/medical, financial and public perception barriers that stymie the rapid progress needed to bring such a vaccination to fruition.

Doors open at 5:30pm. A light reception will follow the discussion and Q&A. Tickets are complimentary, but required for admission.

Attendees can find parking in the Playhouse Square Parking Garage (1450 Chester Avenue) or in nearby surface lots.

Moderator:

Romona Robinson
Primary Anchor, WOIO-TV 19
Author, "A Dirt Road to Somewhere"
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Panelists:

Dr. Margaret I. Cuomo, MD
Board-certified Radiologist
Author, "A World Without Cancer: The Making of a New World and the Real Promise of Prevention"
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Jack Miner
Managing Director
Cleveland Clinic Ventures
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Dr. Holly Pederson, MD
Staff Physician and Director of Medical Breast Services
Breast Center, Cleveland Clinic
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Dr. Kathleen Ruddy, MD
Founder and Medical Director of the Breast Service, Clara Maass Medical Center
Founder and President, Breast Health And Healing, private practice
Founder and Executive Director, Breast Health & Healing Foundation
Creator, Pink Virus Project
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Dr. Vincent Tuohy, PhD
November Distinguished Chair in Innovative Breast Cancer Research and Staff, Department of Immunology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic
Professor, Department of Molecular Medicine, Lerner College of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University
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This program is generously supported by Women Who Care About Breast Cancer.

Panelist Bios:

Romona Robinson
Romona Robinson is an eight-time Emmy award winning anchor, speaker and author of “A Dirt Road to Somewhere.” She is one of the most respected and admired journalists in northeast Ohio and was inducted into the Press Club of Cleveland's Journalism Hall of Fame in 2016. She is winner of the prestigious Edward R Murrow Award along with her station, WOIO-TV 19, where she serves as primary anchor. She received EWAW's 2017 Alpha Woman Award, given to women who exemplify power in their field and uses it to empower women.

Her tireless work in the community with children, women and diversity issues, has earned her many prestigious awards. The YWCA's Women of Achievement, The Diversity in Media Award and many more. For 20 years, she has served as Honorary Chair of the Komen Race for the Cure. She's most proud of creating Romona's Kids in 1990, a program to highlight and encourage children to realize their full potential. 

Romona earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Broadcast Journalism from Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri.

Dr. Margaret I. Cuomo, MD
Dr. Margaret I. Cuomo, MD, is the author of “A World Without Cancer: The Making of a New Cure and the Real Promise of Prevention," published by Rodale in 2012. Dr. Cuomo is a board certified radiologist who served as an attending physician in diagnostic radiology at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, New York. Specializing in body imaging, involving CT, ultrasound, MRI, and interventional procedures, much of her practice was dedicated to the diagnosis of cancer and AIDS. She is the daughter of the late New York Governor Mario Cuomo and Mrs. Matilda Cuomo, sister to Governor Andrew Cuomo and CNN’s Chris Cuomo, and the wife of Howard Maier.

Dr. Cuomo is the creator and host of the first TV one-hour special program on cancer prevention, entitled, "A World Without Cancer," produced by PBS. The program has been airing nationally since November 2016. She has been interviewed on many TV shows, such as Good Morning America, Morning Joe and Inside Edition, and has been featured in many magazines including Better Home and Gardens, Glamour, O Magazine, Parade, Redbook and People.

Jack Miner
An accomplished expert in biomedical commercialization, Mr. Miner is Managing Director of Cleveland Clinic Ventures. In his role at the helm of Cleveland Clinic Ventures, Mr. Miner oversees a team that focuses on the 77 spin-off companies in its portfolio.  He also plays a lead role in spinning off new companies and raising the funds needed to not only get off the ground, but to get all the way to market.

Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic, Miner was director of the Venture Center at University of Michigan and was responsible for launching startups and creating a business formation infrastructure around intellectual property. In that role, he helped to launch more than 50 startup companies and worked with a portfolio of more than 300 emerging technologies spanning all industries.

Dr. Holly Pederson, MD
Holly Pederson, MD, is a Staff Physician and Director of the Medical Breast Program at the Cleveland Clinic, which she helped create, and is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University. Dr. Pederson is a nationally recognized specialist in breast cancer risk assessment and prevention. She runs a Hereditary High Risk Clinic for patients with identified genetic mutations predisposing to breast cancer, family members of mutation carriers or patients from families with a strong family history of breast cancer. 

Dr. Pederson earned her M.D. from the University of California-San Francisco School of Medicine where she was recognized in the Alpha Omega Alpha honors society. She completed her internship and residency at the University of California San Francisco Medical Center in internal medicine, as well as a clinical fellowship in Genomics at Cleveland Clinic. She serves on the Genomics High Risk Focus Group at Cleveland Clinic as a member of the Cancer Genetics Program of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center and on the NCCN Breast Cancer Risk Reduction Committee.

Dr. Kathleen Ruddy, MD
Kathleen T. Ruddy, MD, author of “The End Of Breast Cancer: A Virus and the Hope for a Vaccine” (Skyhorse Publishing) is an internationally recognized breast cancer expert; Founder and Medical Director of the Breast Service at Clara Maass Medical Center in Belleville, New Jersey (1995); Founder and President of Breast Health And Healing, her private practice in New Jersey (1999); Founder and Executive Director of the Breast Health & Healing Foundation (2008); and creator of the ongoing Pink Virus Project (2009). After completing her surgical residency as Chief Resident in 1994, Dr. Ruddy was chosen as the first Fellow on the Breast Service at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. The following year, Cancer Treatment Centers of America recruited her to establish the Breast Service at the Clara Maass Medical Center.

In 2006, Dr. Ruddy was invited by the royal family of Kuwait to create a Breast Service at the Royal Hayat Hospital, and, in 2007, she received a WHO grant to begin a mammogram screening program in Uganda. In 2008, Dr. Ruddy earned the first International Masters for Health Leadership at McGill University and established the Breast Health & Healing Foundation, the first and only nonprofit devoted to the discovery of the causes of breast cancer and primary prevention of the disease.

Dr. Vincent Tuohy, PhD
Dr. Vincent K. Tuohy, Ph.D is the Mort and Iris November Distinguished Chair of Innovative Cancer Research, a member of the Staff in the Department of Immunology at the Lerner Research Institute at the Cleveland Clinic, and a Professor of Molecular Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University. Dr. Tuohy hails from Brooklyn, NY where he received his Ph.D. in Pathology from SUNY Downstate Medical Center. Dr. Tuohy completed his postdoctoral studies in autoimmunity at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center, Waltham, MA.

As a Cleveland Clinic immunologist since 1989, Dr. Tuohy characterized several new autoimmune animal models for studying human diseases including sudden deafness, heart failure, interstitial cystitis, prostatitis, and ovarian failure. More recently, Dr. Tuohy developed a novel vaccine for preventing triple negative breast cancer and another vaccine for preventing epithelial ovarian carcinoma. In recognition for his breast cancer vaccine studies, Dr. Tuohy received the F. Mason Sones 2010 Innovator of the Year Award from the Cleveland Clinic as well as the 2010 Excellence in Science Award from the Lerner Research Institute.

The Courting Justice Ohio Discussion Guide was developed to encourage dialogue on the nuances of the issues that create the disproportionate impact of fines, fees and bail on the poor and to generate solutions that could be used to drive policy change.

This guide provides insight on what resources are needed to conduct a successful dialogue, a sample agenda, guidelines for discussion facilitators, and video clips from the televised forum with accompanying prompts to generate dialogue.

A template for documenting the dialogue is also included.

Download the guide now.

Further Community Conversations

Throughout the year, ideastream will be partnering with other community organizations and stakeholders involved in criminal justice to get their perspective on the disproportionate impact of fines, fees and bail on the poor. Scroll below for video documents of those conversations. We will post them here as they become available.

Law Students Forum at Cleveland-Marshall College of Law

This forum took place Thursday, March 23rd 2017 in the Moot Court Room at Cleveland State University's Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. More information on this forum and the participants can be found here.

Northeast Ohio Municipal Judges Forum

This forum took place Friday, April 7th 2017 at The Idea Center at Playhouse Square. More information on this forum and the participants can be found here.

Forum at the Centers for Families and Children

This forum took place on Wednesday, April 12th 2017 at the East Office of The Centers for Families and Children. More information on this forum can be found here.

Forum with Stakeholders of the Ohio Tranformation Fund

This forum took place on Monday, May 15th 2017 at Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry's Richard Sering Center. More information about the forum and the participants can be found here.