Patch Editor Re-Elected CSWA President

Tim Jensen, an editor with the Patch Media Corp., was elected Thursday to a second term as president of the Connecticut Sports Writers' Alliance (CSWA), one of the nation's oldest sports journalism associations.

A veteran of more than three decades in the media industry, Jensen, a 1983 graduate of Enrico Fermi High School in Enfield, was founding editor of Enfield Patch in 2010, and is currently editor of Enfield, Suffield, Simsbury and Farmington Patches. He also recently added the title of Connecticut sports editor for Patch, implementing sports coverage on sites throughout the state.

He has chaired the annual Gold Key Dinner, one of Connecticut's most prestigious sports honors, since 2015. Among recent Gold Key recipients are Craig Janney, Marlon Starling, Dwight Freeney, Amby Burfoot, Gretchen Ulion Silverman, Lou Marinelli, Dot Johnson and Howard Baldwin.

The Gold Key Dinner was inaugurated by the CSWA in 1940, with baseball legend Connie Mack and golf superstar Bobby Jones among the initial honorees. A roster of stellar names have received the award since then, including Gordie Howe, Willie Pep, Joe Cronin, Ron Francis, Geno Auriemma, Julius Boros, Andy Robustelli, Joan Joyce, Bill Rodgers, Rebecca Lobo, Brian Leetch, Kristine Lilly and Calvin Murphy.

Jensen's great-uncle, the late Earl Yost, was sports editor of the now-defunct Manchester Herald for nearly 40 years, and served as Alliance president in 1959.

Jensen also serves as vice chairman of the Enfield Athletic Hall of Fame. He is the proud dad of two children: Alex, a junior at Castleton University in Vermont, and Mia, a junior at Enfield High School.

Other officers elected to lead the CSWA are Rich Gregory of the Danbury News-Times, vice president; Ken Lipshez of the Meriden Record-Journal (retired), treasurer; and Peter Vander Veer of Hersam-Acorn Newspapers, secretary.

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