The Central Ohio Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists invites local journalists, communicators, public relations professionals and marketers to celebrate the holidays with a happy hour to mix, mingle and network.

The Kiplinger Program in Public Affairs Journalism at Ohio State and the SPJ Central Ohio Pro Chapter recently hosted the 2012 Social Media Summit at The Ohio State University.

The Central Ohio Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists and the Main Street Free Press Museum
in Fredericktown invite you to “Politics and the Hometown Press,” 7:15 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 6 at the First Baptist Church, Fredericktown.

The chapter will host a free two-hour program “The Art of Access: Strategies for getting public records to improve your reporting and life” on June 22, 2012, from 2 to 4 p.m. at WOSU’s Public Media Station at COSI, 333 West Broad St. Columbus, OH 43215. (Parking available in nearby lots.)

Mindset Digital co-founders Debra Jasper and Betsy Hubbard will lead the annual chapter training session June 27.

Departing WBNS-10TV anchor Andrea Cambern talked about breaking into the business, her career in Columbus and the little things she’ll miss most about the city and its people at the Central Ohio SPJ Founders Day event last week at the River Club.

This is extremely short notice, but we need your help to wrap up a bit of housekeeping before next week’s Founders Day event. We’re asking all chapter members in good standing to download the pdf ballot, print it, vote and …

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Thanks to Dan Trevas, chair of the Ohio State Bar Association’s Media Law Committee, for sharing his time, talent, opinions and insight at the chapter’s ethics program last week at Plank’s.