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Regina with Angela’s Ashes author Frank McCourt

 

"...for her range of compelling columns that move the heart, challenge authority and often trigger action while giving readers deeper insight into life’s challenges."

                 - 2009 Pulitzer Prize

                   Committee

 

   

 

Regina Brett is a columnist for The Plain Dealer in Cleveland, Ohio. Her column runs on Thursday and Sunday.

Recently, Regina was a finalist for the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary She was also a finalist in the same category in 2008. And in October , she was inducted into the Press Club of Cleveland's Journalism Hall of Fame

In addition, Regina recently received the Liberty Bell Award from the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association and the Silver Gavel Award from the American Bar Association, both for her efforts to bring Open Discovery to Ohio. You can see a video of her introduction at the Silver Gavel event and her remarks commemorating - and Illuminating - the intersection of law and the media here.  You may also find a list of past award winners to be of interest. You can read more about Regina and all of these awards here.

You can also check out her most recent columns as well as a limited archive of older columns, including her most requested columns, columns about issues most important to Regina, as well as the columns submitted for the Pulitzer Prize.

You will find a link to Regina's blog here.

50 Life Lessons

The single most popular column ever written by Regina was "50 Life Lessons," written for The Plain Dealer when she turned 50 years old in 2006.  Despite what you may have read on the internet, Regina is NOT 90 years old !!  You can read the original column here (and a recent column by Regina about the "internet aging process" here).

You'll get to read more about the "Lessons" in April of 2010 when Grand Central Publishing releases her book, "God Never Blinks: 50 Lessons for Life's Little Detours."  Below, a copy of the book cover.

Regina recently gave the keynote address for the Northcoast 99 Award ceremony.  You can see that speech here. She was also featured on Oprah & Friends Radio with Dr. Oz.

For over 7 years, Regina was a columnist at The Beacon Journal in Akron, Ohio. During that time, Regina was diagnosed and successfully treated for breast cancer. Regina wrote 15 columns about her experience that were printed in the pages of The Beacon Journal. Unfortunately, those columns are not currently available on the internet, but we are working to change that. For those of you with access to Nexis, you will find those columns there. You can also find those columns at www.ohio.com for a fee.

Need a copy of one of Regina's columns and you just can't find it on the web? Sometimes, the library at The Plain Dealer can help. You can contact them at library@plaind.com.

To contact Regina, you can send email to her at regina@reginabrett.com. To leave a voicemail for Regina, please call 216-999-6328.

Photo of Regina Brett, Metro Columnist for The Plain Dealer  

 

Follow Regina on Twitter here.

Connect with Regina on Facebook here.

 
 
 

Regina is also on WCPN 90.3 FM, the NPR affiliate radio station located in Cleveland, Ohio every Friday from 9:05 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

You can listen to Regina LIVE on radio here or access older shows via streaming media here (be sure to scroll down that page for month-by-month archives and look for Regina's show on Fridays.

  Regina Brett in the radio studios of WCPN 90.3 FM in Cleveland
 

    View the downloadable PDF of Regina’s biography