Cleveland prepares for journalism uprising

“Rise Up in Cleveland!” is the title of the 2010 Region 4 Spring Conference presented by the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ), April 9-10, in Cleveland. SPJ’s Cleveland Pro Chapter will host programs for professional development and improving journalism at the Cleveland Marriott Downtown at Key Center and the newsroom of The Plain Dealer, the largest daily newspaper in Ohio.

Journalists, students and educators from Ohio, Michigan, West Virginia and western Pennsylvania, which form Region 4, will gather for the annual spring meeting which is open to all journalists, including those not affiliated with SPJ.

High-profile, accomplished journalists speaking at the conference include Jim Schaefer, part of the Detroit Free Press team whose coverage toppled Kwame Kilpatrick, the former Detroit mayor, and won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for local reporting, and Regina Brett, a columnist at The Plain Dealer who twice won first-place National Headliner Awards. The two are among more than two dozen professional journalists, educators and entrepreneurs providing skills training for anyone who plays a journalistic role in any form of media.

For more information, see the event’s registration page.