More Kudos to Paul Kostyu

From John Curry, January 6, 2007
....Yet another proud moment for an investigative reporter who kept retirees, active teachers, and the public abreast of STRS events over the last several years and who wasn't afraid of asking questions so as to inform the public of what really transpired! Congratulations, Paul Kostyu, your search for the truth has not gone unappreciated.
John Curry - A Proud CORE member

Canton Repository, January 6, 2007

Copley bureau chief heads Statehouse press corps

COLUMBUS The Columbus bureau chief of Copley Ohio Newspapers has been elected president of the Statehouse press corps.

Paul E. Kostyu, who joined Copley in September 2000, was elected Tuesday to a two-year term as president of the Ohio Legislative Correspondents Association. His term began Tuesday.

Kostyu, who has won state and national awards for his coverage of Ohio government, has been vice president, treasurer and secretary of the association.

The association credentials journalists who cover the Legislature. Its governing board is a liaison between the press corps and legislative leaders, the governor and his administration, other statewide office holders, the Ohio Supreme Court and the Capitol Square Review and Advisory Board.

Kostyu graduated from Heidelberg College and has master's and doctoral degrees from Bowling Green State University. He has worked at papers in Ohio, Michigan and North Carolina and at National Geographic magazine.
Before joining Copley, he spent 10 years as a professor at Ohio Wesleyan University, where he continues to teach part time. He has also taught at Ohio State University.

Other officers elected were Julie Carr Smyth of The Associated Press as vice president, Jim Siegel of the Columbus Dispatch as treasurer, and Laura Bischoff of the Dayton Daily News as secretary.