Clevelanders rejoice because presses are rolling again, following a 1946 newspaper strike.

 

New Doris O’Donnell’s Cleveland episode recalls Cleveland’s “Golden Age of Print”

KENT, Ohio — Feb. 15, 2008 — PBS 45 & 49 presents the second episode of Doris O’Donnell’s Cleveland, an eight-part series that recalls historic events that occurred during the Cleveland journalist’s 58-year career. Doris O’Donnell’s Cleveland: The Golden Age of Print will premiere on PBS 45 & 49 on Wednesday, Feb. 27 at 10:30 p.m. It will repeat on Thursday, Feb. 28 at 2 p.m. and Friday, Feb. 29 at 4:30 a.m.

The Golden Age of Print features interviews with O’Donnell, writers Dick Feagler and Brent Larkin, photographer Tony Tomsic and former Cleveland City Council president George L. Forbes.

Recalled are the days when three newspapers competed for attention and advertising, when Louis Seltzer was the town crusader who called the political shots, when George Forbes was ridiculed by the only black paper in Cleveland — and when reporters did things they really shouldn’t have.

Doris O’Donnell’s Cleveland, produced by Storytellers Media Group of Lakewood, is based largely on O’Donnell’s memoir, Front Page Girl (The Kent State University Press, 2006). Other episodes of the series detail Cleveland’s inner-city riots and O’Donnell’s swing with the Cleveland Indians in 1957.

The first episode of the series, The Day Marilyn Died, is now available for viewing on Storytellers’ Web site, www.storytellersmediagroup.com, as will ensuing episodes following their premieres.

Author James Jessen Badal hosts each episode. Original theme music for the series was composed by Carl Michel.

 

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