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Online OnPress

 February 21, 2005 A periodic online newsletter

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Sign up for FREE brunch Saturday with Leonard Pitts, Jr. and 3 Pulitzer winners
Pre-student conference event open to journalists and teachers, catered by master chef Jimmy Gherardi

 

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 and teachers are invited to a special free pre-conference brunch, sponsored by SPJ. Come meet our Pulitzer Prize-winning colleagues, and talk with local media professionals. Teachers are also invited to the event.

 

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 master chef Jimmy Gherardi and his crew from The Restaurant at Harper’s Point.

 

SPJ Brunch Information

WHEN:

10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Sat., Feb. 26, 2005

WHERE:

Mariemont High School
3812 Pocahontas Ave.

COST:

Free for journalists and teachers. Reservation required. Please register at www.cincyspj.org/brunch.htm by Feb. 23, 2005.

BRUNCH INFO:

www.cincyspj.org/brunch.htm

CONFERENCE INFO:

www.tristatestudentjournalists.com or tsj@cincinnati.com

 

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.

 

The Cincinnati Pro Chapter also is requesting help to host an information table the day of the event. Slots are open in one hour shifts, noon to 5 p.m. To volunteer, contact president@cincyspj.org.


New York Post “Page Six” reporter Paula Froelich to address local journalists Friday

Think going to endless parties in New York City and getting to write about the guests’ bad behavior is fun? Ever decide to challenge Tara Reid to a Jell-O smack-down to settle a score about something written in your column? If you have, you might be Paula Froelich, the Cincinnati-raised and former Walnut Hills High School student who now writes for the famous Page Six at the New York Post.

 

Froelich will be in Cincinnati to speak to local journalists about her current job and her career, which included a stint writing for Dow Jones and Derivatives Weekly. She credits her Post editors with “saving my life” when they hired her to write New York gossip. Froelich has just written her first book, “IT!: Nine Secrets of the Rich and Famous That’ll Take You to the Top” ($21.95, Miramax Books). It will be released April 20, 2005.

 

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.

 

WHEN:

7-9 p.m., Fri., Feb. 25, 2005

WHERE:

The Bankers Club
Fifth Third Bank Center
511 Walnut St., Suite 3000
Downtown Cincinnati

COST:

Free, Cash Bar

INFO:

programs@cincyspj.org


February SPJ social to return to old journalist hangout Thursday

 

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 Elm Street, local media were often found gathered around the hotel bar sharing the latest news. Join us for a low-key evening with free hors d’oeuvre and a cash bar and get to know your local colleagues.

 

WHEN:

6:30-9 p.m., Thurs., Feb. 24, 2005

WHERE:

The Cricket Lounge, 601 Vine St. (6th & Vine streets, inside Cincinnatian Hotel)

COST:

Free, Cash Bar

INFO:

programs@cincyspj.org

 


SPJ Contest time again: Prepare your entries!

 

It’s contest time again!

 

Contest entry brochures and forms were sent first-class mail on Friday, Feb. 4 to nearly 1,000 local journalists and media-interested people. Contest submissions will be accepted in all 41 categories, including one addition to this year’s contest: Radio Public Affairs. All entries must be postmarked by Fri. March 4, 2005.

 

To download a brochure now and additional entry forms in PDF format, 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.

 

Correction: The contest deadline listed in the last issue of Online OnPress was incorrect. It should have been Fri., March 4, 2005. We apologize for any inconvenience.

SPJ launches speakers bureau

Local media professionals sought to join presenter database

 

SPJ is looking to better educate the public about journalism. To do so, the Cincinnati chapter is starting a speakers bureau. If you're a professional journalist - freelance or working for a media company - join the SPJ community speakers bureau. SPJ hopes to offer speakers from several different backgrounds.

 

To learn more about the program or to request a speaker, please visit this Web page: http://www.cincyspj.org/speakers.htm

 

JOURNALISTS: If you're interested in becoming an SPJ speaker, please visit this Web page: http://www.cincyspj.org/speakerjoin.htm. You do not need to be a member of SPJ to participate. Once approved by the SPJ Board, speakers booked through the speakers bureau will be entitled to a $.35 per mile reimbursement for travel (up to 100 miles).

 


 

Next SPJ Board Meeting:
11 a.m. Feb. 25, 2005
The Kentucky Enquirer

 

March board meeting:
11 a.m. Mar. 25, 2005
WCPO-TV


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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