Cincinnati Professional Chapter
 Online OnPress

 July 4-10 , 2004 ▪ A weekly online newsletter

 enews@cincyspj.org ▪ More than 550 subscribers

Independent Media Network plans mixer

 

Join the independent media scene in Cincinnati 6-9 p.m. tonight – Wednesday, July 7 – at Sitwells coffee shop, 324 Ludlow Ave., in Clifton for a social event and meeting.

 

WHAT:

Indie Media Mixer

WHO:

Everyone in Cincinnati's independent press!

WHERE:

Sitwells Coffee House, (513) 281-7487, 324 Ludlow Ave at the Telford intersection, near the Esquire.

WHEN:

6-9 p.m., tonight, Wednesday July 7

 

More information about the IMN: http://www.indynet.org

An appeal from a troop in Afghanistan

 

Recently former Enquirer reporter (now at the Honolulu Advertiser) Tanya Bricking sent out an e-mail from her husband. Just married and, as an Army helicopter pilot, her husband was sent to serve in Afghanistan. There he noticed while troops handed out candies to throngs of children meeting them as they drove into towns and villages, one child wanted something a little different: a pen. Seeing a soldier writing in a notebook one child wanted to barter the candy just received for the pen the soldier was using to take notes. The troop would find out through an interpreter that pens weren’t allowed under Taliban rule. Tanya’s husband has started a campaign to get pens sent to the country to be handed out as soldiers go to the towns.

 

Read Eric’s e-mail and learn how to contact him (PDF 20K).

Looking to join SPJ?

Have we whetted your appetite? Several people have inquired about joining our chapter. But before you do, here’s a little sampler of some of SPJ benefits:

  • Subscription to Quill magazine, SPJ’s national monthly publication.
  • Subscription to OnPress, the Cincinnati Pro Chapter's bi-monthly newsletter.
  • A personalized membership card including a copy of the First Amendment.
  • The opportunity to utilize the Society's credit card, travel benefits and insurance program.
  • Professional development meetings, workshops and mission committees at the local and national level.
  • Legal advice and support if your First Amendment rights are violated.
  • Information, publications and guidelines concerning Freedom of Information issues, state sunshine laws and ethical standards in journalism.
  • An invitation to participate in one of the country's oldest and most prestigious journalism awards programs, The Sigma Delta Chi Awards.
  • The opportunity to meet, talk and network with professionals in your area at your local chapter meetings, and at regional and national events.

To get more information on membership and about the local chapter, use this link: http://www.cincyspj.org/join.html. This has a link to the national Web site and way to join online. Or, just go directly to the national Web site’s join page: http://spj.org/join.asp.

SPJ National Convention draws journalism pioneers

 

The Society of Professional Journalists' National Convention offers our members and the journalism community an opportunity to reflect on the industry and to engage in thought-provoking, stimulating and hands-on training. Reporters, editors, educators and students from across the U.S. and several foreign nations will make this event a top priority.

 

This year’s convention will run September 9-11 in New York City. With the theme of “Raising the Torch,” we are putting together a convention that will be the pinnacle of the journalism year.

 

Speakers this year include Walter Cronkite, Clarence Page, Brian Williams, Bill Moyers, Jill Abramson, David Brooks and Paula Madison – among others. To learn more or to register, please go visit http://spj.org/convention.asp.

Got an idea?

 

Journalists in Cincinnati haven’t had a voice to communicate with one another for years. SPJ is about to change that. And you can help. If you have an idea for an article for our weekly online newsletter or want to write a longer article for our print newsletter – or write for our web site, it’s easy. Or if you have an announcement or just some thing to say, plus SPJ is always looking for program ideas, send an e-mail to onpress@cincyspj.org.

Next SPJ Board Meeting:
12 p.m. July 23, 2004
Main Cincinnati Public Library 800 Vine Street, Meeting Room 3B

No August 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.

Board Meetings, fourth Friday every month (except August)


Meet the Board: http://www.cincyspj.org/board.html
To contact the entire chapter board at once: board@cincyspj.org
Join SPJ: http://www.cincyspj.org/join.html
National SPJ: http://spj.org
Cincinnati’s chapter: http://www.cincyspj.org

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