Upcoming Events

Chapter officials are busy putting together this year’s program lineup. Here’s a preview of coming attractions. Save these dates:

• Sept. 6 — Free Press, Free Speech, Free People: 162 Years of Hometown Newspapering, Main Street Free Press Museum, Fredericktown; free; speaker: John C. Long of the Wall Street Journal, museum co-founder; museum tours at 6 and 6:30 p.m.; program at 7 p.m. Reservations arent required, but are desired for planning purposes. For more information, or to make a reservation, call John Long at 917-693-7664 or chapter programming chair Jennifer Monnin at 614-677-5391.
• Oct. 5 — Law & Media Conference: Issues affecting media and the judicial system featuring Ohio journalists, lawyers, judges and academics as panelists and a keynote address by Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann;
  Ohio State Bar Association, 1700 Lake Shore Dr. (off W. 5th Ave., just west of Rt. 33); Registration information.
• Oct. 27 — 2007 Ohio SPJ Awards Luncheon, hosted by the Columbus Pro Chapter of SPJ at the River Club in Columbus. Tickets: $40; students, $20; Sponsor: The Columbus Dispatch. Registration information to follow at ohiospjawards.org