[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 163 (Thursday, October 27, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1954-E1955]
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                       IN HONOR OF MR. TOM BERES

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                        HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, October 27, 2011

  Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of Mr. Tom Beres, a 
reporter for Cleveland's WKYC, who is being honored by the Press Club 
of Cleveland and inducted into the Cleveland Journalism Hall of Fame, 
Class of 2011.

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  Tom was born and raised Ashtabula, Ohio. He graduated from Westlake 
High School and earned bachelor's and master's degrees in broadcast 
journalism from Northwestern University. During his last year at 
Northwestern, Tom worked as a radio correspondent covering Watergate 
for WMAQ in Chicago.
  Before returning to his hometown of Cleveland, Tom worked as an 
anchor/reporter for WDTN and WLWD TV in Dayton, Ohio for four years. He 
has been working for WKYC in Cleveland since July 1979 and is the 
longest tenured reporter with one station in the City of Cleveland. He 
worked for many years as a general assignment reporter before being 
promoted to senior political reporter in May of 1998. Throughout his 
career Tom has garnered several awards including the Best Broadcast 
Writing award from the Ohio Associated Press in 1984 and three local 
Emmys. His 1989 Emmy for Investigative Reporting was for his coverage 
of ticket abuse by Cleveland police officers.
  In addition to his storied career with WKYC, for the past eight years 
Tom has hosted the political discussion show, Between the Lines. He has 
moderated countless local and state wide political debates. Tom is on 
the Board of Directors for the local chapter of the American Federation 
of Television and Radio Artists and Camp Ho Mita Koda, a camp for 
diabetic children. He has also served on the boards of the Diabetes 
Association of Greater Cleveland.
  Mr. Speaker and colleagues, please join me in congratulating WKYC's 
Mr. Tom Beres as the Press Club of Cleveland inducts him into the 
Cleveland Journalism Hall of Fame, Class of 2011.

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