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April 18, 2005 ▪ A periodic online newsletter |
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enews@cincyspj.org ▪ More than
785 subscribers |
We’re having a judging party (please don’t
judge us for doing so)
Come
help judge SPJ contest entries from the
SPJ
is hosting a party to judge entries in our reciprocal agreement with three
different SPJ chapters in the
If
you cannot make the party and still would like to judge a category, please
contact Joe Wessels at the telephone number or e-mail address below. But hurry,
they need their entries back…
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WHEN: |
5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m., Wednesday, April
25, 2005 |
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INFO: |
Let us know if you can make it: info@cincyspj.org or (513) 621-NEWS |
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Free |
SPJ co-sponsors program on genocide in the
In association with the
The event is free and open to the public. A flyer is downloadable from the SPJ Web site, www.cincyspj.org.
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WHEN: |
7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m., Monday, May
2, 2005 |
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Free |
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SPJ regional conference this weekend in
WVU Mountaineers host
event;
The
SPJ Region 4 annual conference will be this weekend in
Saturday’s workshops include:
• “Where Do We Go from Here,” Region 4 development session
for chapter leaders.
• “Jump-Starting Your Career,” with newspaper and broadcast
recruiting specialists, and representatives from graduate schools.
• “Protecting Sources, Preserving Rights,” with investigative
journalists from the Washington Post, USA Today and The Charleston Gazette.
• “Rural Journalism: Small Ain’t Necessarily Bad,” with
former SPJ president Al Cross, director of the Institute for Rural Journalism
and Community Issues at the University of
Kentucky with a panel of rural editors and broadcasters.
• “Balancing Act: Managing Families and Careers,” with two
national reporters at competing publications who have been married for 15
years.
• “Documentary Journalism,” the impact of in-depth stories
told through the camera lens.
• “Better Storytelling,” with Kate Long, a national expert on
better writing and frequent presenter at the National Writers Workshop.
For more information visit http://spj.org/chapters_regionalconf.asp. And get ready for next year’s
mega bi-regional conference when Region 4 teams up with Region 5 and hosts the
event in Greater Cincinnati.
See yourself in pictures
SPJ posts
photographs from recent events
Photographs
have been posted from several recent SPJ events including talks with Leonard
Pitts, Jr. and Tim Gallagher, Paula Froelich and Jerry Springer.
To see
those photographs, visit
www.cincyspj.org.
NY Post’s Froelich returns
to sign book at Joseph-Beth
For more information, contact
Joseph-Beth at (513) 396-8960.
Student newspaper Milford Reflector gives extensive
coverage to drug arrests
Students
at
To
see the Reflector’s coverage
visit http://milfordschools.org/reflector/currentissue.htm.
Ethics in Journalism Week April 25 to May 1
The
Cincinnati SPJ chapter has materials to help you recognize Ethics in Journalism
Week. Pocket-sized Code of Ethics and posters are available by e-mailing info@cincyspj.org. During Ethics Week, the SPJ
Board will award a plaque to a local media organization that has done an
exceptional job upholding ethical standards. To nominate someone or a media
outlet: board@cincyspj.org.
”Understanding the Social Security Debate” seminar to be
given
The nation is now launched on the
most important domestic debate in decades: whether to change Social Security. Designed
to inform in a balanced and interesting way, but not to advocate any specific
viewpoint, the seminar will feature speakers recognized as national experts but
with different perspectives:
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William J. Arnone, Partner, Human Capital Practice
at Ernst & Young;
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David John, Research
Fellow, The Heritage Foundation;
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Laurel Beedon, Senior
Policy Advisor, AARP Public Policy Institute;
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Robert Rosenblatt, Senior Fellow at the
The
program will look at the fundamentals of Social Security, examine how government
programs fit into retirement, and include a debate on the merits of private
accounts in the Social Security system.
The seminar will be held from 9
a.m. until 1:15 p.m., in the Alumni Lounge,
$2000 scholarship available to students interested in political reporting
Deadline April 25
The James Faulkner Scholarship is provided
through the Columbus Foundation and is administered through the Central Ohio
Chapter of SPJ.
The
$2000 award is given annually to a journalism student at an
2005 SPJ Board confirmed
Some
new faces and lots of familiar faces were confirmed to the SPJ Board for 2005
during the February meeting. Though officially enacted a month behind schedule,
terms will still continue through January 2006. To meet the board, visit http://www.cincyspj.org/board.html. All board meetings and seats are
open to interested SPJ members – full-time and freelance journalists.
NOTE: Two key roles on the board were
not filled – chapter treasurer and newsletter editor. If you are interested
in either position, please contact Chapter President Joe Wessels, president@cincyspj.org. Requirements are pulling the
trigger and finally joining SPJ plus attending monthly SPJ Board meetings,
among other duties related to each position.
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May 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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