Former Beacon Journal and Plain Dealer newsroom dynamo Stuart Warner will begin as a full-time lecturer at Case Western Reserve University on Monday. He will be teaching introduction to journalism and literary journalism.
Stuart came to the Beacon Journal after 10 years with Knight-Ridder's Lexington newspaper. He was at the BJ from 1979 until 1998. He left the BJ for the PD in January 1999. By the time he took a PD buyout on Oct. 13, 2008, he was writing coach and projects editor.
Stuart, a bit of a mad hatter as a BJ columnist, edited Connie Schultz's Pulitzer-winning columns and Pulitzer finalist articles by Connie and former BJ columnist turned PD columnist Regina Brett. He was a busy guy at the PD, editing material that brought more than 40 national awards to the PD.
He also did his own freelance writing, editing and coaching for Gray Publishing, AOL.com, Key Bank, the Beacon Journal and Marcus Thomas LLC. He's chairman of the Cleveland Journalism Hall of Fame, which will induct Regina in October.
Stuart's first book, "JOCK: The Quickest Thinking Coach in America," is scheduled for publication by Wind Publishing in Kentucky early next year.
When pressed for more information by me, Stuart admitted that "mostly I'm riding my bike and walking my beast, Tyrone, who was supposed to be a beagle, but is now upwards of 60 pounds."
Wife Debbie Van Tassel, another BJ expatriate, is Assistant Managing Editor/Features at the PD. Daughter Denise is a producer of AOL's entertainment site, popeater.com.
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