BILL SHIPP, JOURNALIST AND COMMENTATOR, WILL BE INDUCTED INTO ATLANTA PRESS CLUB’S HALL OF FAME ON OCTOBER 8

Bill Shipp, legendary Georgia journalist and political commentator, will be one of the five local media legends inducted into the Atlanta Press Club Hall of Fame on Tuesday, October 8. The ceremony will take place during a dinner beginning at 7 p.m. (reception at 6 p.m.) at the InterContinental Hotel in Atlanta’s Buckhead neighborhood. In addition to Shipp, the 2013 Hall of Fame inductees are Ed Baker, Margaret Mitchell, Monica Pearson, and Dale Russell.

“The Atlanta Press Club Hall of Fame recognizes journalists for their lifetime achievements and those whose careers represent the highest standards of journalistic integrity and ethics,” notes Lauri Strauss, executive director of the Atlanta Press Club. ”Our honorees have made outstanding contributions either to journalism in Georgia, and/or advancing the mission of the Atlanta Press Club. They often courageously overcame obstacles to pursue and find the truth that the public needed to know.”

Bill Shipp began his writing career with the University of Georgia’s Red and Black and went on to write for the Atlanta Constitution starting in the 1950s.

Former Governor of Georgia, Roy Barnes, will introduce Bill Shipp.

Tickets are $75 for Atlanta Press Club members and $100 for nonmembers. Sponsorships and full tables also are available.   Click here for more information and to register: http://atlantapressclub.org/2013halloffame/.

Event sponsors this year include Georgia State University Department of Communications, Atlanta Business Chronicle, Crawford Media Services, Wells Fargo, Cox Media Group, Delta, Fitzgerald & Company, The Home Depot, J B Fuqua Foundation Inc., Atlanta Commercial Board of Realtors, AT&T, Georgia State University, Habif, Arogeti and Wynne LLP, Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau, Ernst &Young, Georgia Public Broadcasting, Georgia Trend Magazine, Hal’s The Steakhouse, John Portman and Associates, Junior Achievement of Georgia, Margaret Mitchell House and Museum, Pendleton Consulting Group, The Networks of 11Alive, Dr. and Mrs. Lloyd Timberlake, The Turner Foundation and United Way of Greater Atlanta. The VIP Reception Sponsors are Georgia Power and Southern Company.

Please contact 404.577.7377 or email info@atlantapressclub.org for information on tickets and sponsorship opportunities.

About the Atlanta Press Club

The Atlanta Press Club is one of the largest and most dynamic professional journalism associations in the country. The membership encompasses Atlanta’s burgeoning media community - print, broadcast and online, large and small, national and local media outlets. More than half the club’s 500 members are working journalists; the balance consists of public relations professionals, educators, retirees and students. The APC’s mission is to serve the professional and social needs of Atlanta’s journalism community, foster journalistic excellence and advance the public's interest in and understanding of a free press. Please visit www.atlantapressclub.org for more information.