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By Beacon Journal staff report
POSTED: 01:16 p.m. EDT, Aug 15, 2007
Akron Beacon Journal sports columnist Terry Pluto announced Tuesday that he is resigning from the newspaper after 22 years.
He has accepted a similar position with the Plain Dealer in Cleveland.
Pluto's last day with the Beacon Journal is expected to be Aug. 31.
''It comes down to being able to perhaps finish my career for the paper that I grew up reading. I am a Clevelander,'' said Pluto, who graduated from Cleveland Benedictine High School and Cleveland State University.
The Plain Dealer has a larger circulation than the Beacon Journal, which Pluto cited as his primary reason for making the change.
Pluto worked for the Plain Dealer from late 1979 to mid-1984 as the Indians beat writer. After a brief stint at a newspaper in Georgia, he joined the Beacon Journal as the Cavaliers beat writer in 1985. He became the newspaper's columnist in 1993 and has won numerous writing awards.
''I just want to thank everyone who has been so tremendous to me in my 22 years at the ABJ,'' Pluto said. ''I will miss the people the most. This paper jump-started my career when it was stalled, allowed me to grow as a writer and a person.''
Pluto said he would not have left the Beacon Journal for any other daily newspaper.
''This allows me to live in the same house and cover the same teams,'' he said.
Beacon Journal Editor Bruce Winges said: ''This decision is not about Terry being unhappy at the Beacon Journal. It is more about Terry seeing an opportunity to reach a wider audience, and to reach that audience in the city and region that he knows best Cleveland and Northeast Ohio.
''We will miss Terry greatly and wish him well.''
Winges said the search for a new columnist will begin immediately.
Akron Beacon Journal sports columnist Terry Pluto announced Tuesday that he is resigning from the newspaper after 22 years.
He has accepted a similar position with the Plain Dealer in Cleveland.
Pluto's last day with the Beacon Journal is expected to be Aug. 31.
''It comes down to being able to perhaps finish my career for the paper that I grew up reading. I am a Clevelander,'' said Pluto, who graduated from Cleveland Benedictine High School and Cleveland State University.
The Plain Dealer has a larger circulation than the Beacon Journal, which Pluto cited as his primary reason for making the change.
Pluto worked for the Plain Dealer from late 1979 to mid-1984 as the Indians beat writer. After a brief stint at a newspaper in Georgia, he joined the Beacon Journal as the Cavaliers beat writer in 1985. He became the newspaper's columnist in 1993 and has won numerous writing awards.
''I just want to thank everyone who has been so tremendous to me in my 22 years at the ABJ,'' Pluto said. ''I will miss the people the most. This paper jump-started my career when it was stalled, allowed me to grow as a writer and a person.''
Pluto said he would not have left the Beacon Journal for any other daily newspaper.
''This allows me to live in the same house and cover the same teams,'' he said.
Beacon Journal Editor Bruce Winges said: ''This decision is not about Terry being unhappy at the Beacon Journal. It is more about Terry seeing an opportunity to reach a wider audience, and to reach that audience in the city and region that he knows best Cleveland and Northeast Ohio.
''We will miss Terry greatly and wish him well.''
Winges said the search for a new columnist will begin immediately.
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