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To Honor, Recognize and Celebrate Mr. Jerry Revish for a Lifetime of Service to Central Ohio
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WHEREAS, Jerry Revish began his career as a radio reporter in his hometown of Youngstown, Ohio and came to Columbus in 1974 as a reporter at WBNS radio; and
WHEREAS, he began working at WBNS 10TV in 1980 as a reporter and now with some 45 years of service to the community, anchoring the 5, 6 and 11pm news nightly; and
WHEREAS, a well-traveled reporter having been around the world to report on major issues and events, Jerry was the first Columbus TV reporter to go to Saudi Arabia to cover the Persian Gulf War and has also reported from Haiti, Barbados, South Africa, Bosnia, Bahrain, Japan and Cuba; and
WHEREAS, in his decades in the field, has earned 13 Emmy awards, four Edward R. Murrow Awards and the Silver Circle Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences; multiple Associated Press awards, the Carl Day Award for Outstanding Achievement, the Best International Reporting Award from the National Association of Black Journalists and inducted into the Ohio Broadcasters Hall of Fame; and
WHEREAS, a family man and man of faith, Jerry founded and is currently the Senior Pastor of Unity Temple Church of God in Christ in Columbus; therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS: That this Council does hereby Honor, Recognize and Celebrate Mr. Jerry Revish for a Lifetime of Service to Central Ohio.