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January 28, 2005 ▪ A periodic online newsletter |
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enews@cincyspj.org ▪ More than
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SPJ Contest time again: Prepare your entries!
It’s contest time again!
Materials are being prepared for the local SPJ contest and will be in the mail
next week (Jan. 31-Feb. 4) for a Fri.
March 4, 2005 entry deadline.
To download a brochure now, visit
the Cincy SPJ Web site: www.cincyspj.org/contest.htm
For more information, e-mail localcontest@cincyspj.org or call contest chairperson Mike
Rutledge, (859) 578-5586.
Deadline for the Ohio SPJ contest
is Monday, Jan. 31. Entering the
2004 Pulitzer Prize winner Leonard
Pitts, Jr. among 3 Pulitzer winners to meet Tri-State students
Local pros
invited to SPJ-sponsored brunch to meet winners
The
Tri-State Student Journalists Association, a group of Greater Cincinnati area
high school journalists interested in media careers, has planned a journalism
conference that will put participants face-to-face with 2004 Pulitzer Prize
winner for commentary, Leonard Pitts, Jr. as well as Pulitzer Prize winner, Tim
Gallagher and J. Bruce Bauman.
Local
working journalists are invited to a special pre-conference brunch, sponsored
by SPJ. Come meet our Pulitzer Prize-winning colleagues, and talk with local
colleagues. In exchange for the brunch, SPJ and TSJA is asking attendees to
stay and greet students after the brunch. Feel free to stay for the entire
program, listen to the speakers and pitch in to help make the conference run
smoothly. Brunch being catered by Jimmy Gherardi and his crew from The
Restaurant at Harper’s Point.
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SPJ Brunch Information |
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WHEN: |
10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Sat., Feb. 26, 2005 |
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Free for journalists and teachers. Reservation required. Please register
at
www.cincyspj.org/brunch.htm by Feb. 23, 2005. |
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BRUNCH INFO: |
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CONFERENCE INFO: |
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Additional conference information
Several
local professional journalists have agreed to present at the conference. TSJA
will be offering 18 different workshops on a wide variety of topics, including
sports casting, photography, investigative reporting, student press law and
blogging as a new form of journalism. SPJ is a co-sponsor of the event.
Organizers
are looking professional journalists to help the day of the event. Help is
needed in answering questions, attending sessions and other pre-conference
work. To offer assistance, e-mail tsj@cincinnati.com. The
To
download the registration form, click this link: http://www.cincyspj.org/Downloads/TSJA/register.doc
Think going to endless parties in
Froelich will be in
Froelich is one of three by-lined reporters covering gossip news at the Post. She is also a correspondent for the TV show “Entertainment Tonight.” For more information and a photo of Paula, visit the chapter’s Web page, www.cincyspj.org.
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WHEN: |
7-9 p.m., Fri., Feb. 25, 2005 |
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WHERE: |
Location to be announced |
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COST: |
Free, Cash Bar |
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INFO: |
February SPJ social to
return to old journalist hangout
The
Cricket Lounge,
inside the Cincinnatian Hotel, 6th &
Vine streets, will be the setting for the second monthly SPJ social gathering
6:30-9 p.m. Thurs. Feb. 24, 2005.
Before the Enquirer
moved to
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WHEN: |
6:30-9 p.m., Thurs., Feb. 24, 2005 |
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WHERE: |
The Cricket Lounge, |
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COST: |
Free, Cash Bar |
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SPJ/Bloomberg Training offered near Columbus
The Central Ohio SPJ
chapter is offering a world-class training experience for business writers and
all journalists who want to write better and more concise.
Just
the facts:
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Date:
Feb. 12.
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Time:
10 a.m.-3 p.m.
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Cost:
$40 for SPJ members, $65 for non-members.
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Presenters:
Chris Thompson of Bloomberg, covers heavy industry and aerospace defense contractors,
formerly of Reuters in
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Galen
Meyer of Bloomberg, formerly a finance editor for the Tampa Tribune, and a team
head in industries including retailing, insurance, consumer goods, energy and
transportation.
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Topics:
(10 a.m.-noon) Precision in Writing: “Learn how to eliminate loaded words
and misleading modifiers.” (1-3 p.m.) Knowing the Numbers, “glean
the stories that matter from numerical facts.”
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Includes:
Tasty box lunch.
Salesian
Guild honors WCPO’s Michael Flannery
The
Salesian Guild offers Catholic communicators in Greater Cincinnati and
WCPO’s
Michael Flannery will be honored as the Guild’s “Distinguished
Communicator of the Year”. Michael Flannery is the creator and reporter
of WCPO-TV’s feature segment “9 on Your Kid’s Side.”
Through the power of television, his touching features spark viewers’
generosity to help kids in need.
Keynote
speaker Terry Mattingly teaches at
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WHEN: |
6:30-9 p.m., Mon., Jan. 31, 2005 |
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WHERE: |
The |
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COST: |
$35 per ticket |
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INFO: |
To download a flier
about the program, visit: http://www.cincyspj.org/Downloads/Salesian.pdf
For more information about the program, please visit this Web site:
www.catholiccincinnnati.org/salesian
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Next SPJ Board Meeting: |
March board meeting: |
About SPJ The Society of Professional Journalists works to improve and protect
journalism. For more than 95 years, SPJ has been dedicated to encouraging a
climate in which journalism can be practiced freely and fully, stimulating
high standards of ethical behavior in the practice of journalism, and
perpetuating a free press as the cornerstone of our nation and our liberty. |
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Board Meetings, fourth Friday every month (except August) |
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