[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 163 (Thursday, October 27, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1957]
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                     IN HONOR OF MR. PHILLIP MORRIS

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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. Phillip 
Morris, a columnist with the Cleveland Plain Dealer, who is being 
honored by the Press Club of Cleveland and inducted into the Cleveland 
Journalism Hall of Fame, Class of 2011.
  Born and raised in Columbus, Ohio, Phillip attended Ohio Wesleyan 
University and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in journalism. After 
graduating in 1987, he began working as a police and courts reporter 
for the Dayton Daily News. He would eventually work as an editorial 
writer for the paper.
  In October of 1990, Phillip joined the Cleveland Plain Dealer's 
Editorial page. His responsibilities included editorial coverage of 
Cleveland city government, Ohio state government, the state and federal 
penal systems, education and children's issues. In 1995, Phillip began 
writing a weekly column for the Plain Dealer's Forum page and continued 
to do so for eleven years. In April of 2007, he became a metro 
columnist and gained national recognition in this role. Currently, 
Phillip is working as a Knight-Wallace Fellow at the University of 
Michigan; he will return to the Plain Dealer in the spring of 2012.
  Despite being at the Plain Dealer for less than twenty years, Phillip 
has garnered local and national recognition based on his work on 
criminal justice issues. He has been awarded a National Association of 
Black Journalists award, a National Headliner Award and has been a 
finalist for a Pulitzer Prize twice. He is also a finalist for a second 
Association of Black Journalists award this year.
  Mr. Speaker and colleagues, please join me in congratulating the 
Cleveland Plain Dealer's Mr. Phillip Morris as the Press Club of 
Cleveland inducts him into the Cleveland Journalism Hall of Fame, Class 
of 2011.

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