Former Central Ohio SPJ President James Hunkler passes
Hunkler served as president of the Central Ohio Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists for 1969-1970. He was awarded the Chapter’s Distinguished Service Award in 1977.
Category: Chapter News
Ohio’s Best Journalism – 2017: Competition Call for Entries!
UPDATED: Ohio’s Best Journalism contest is now accepting submissions honoring the Best of Ohio’s Print, Broadcasting, Digital Media, Freelance, Trade and College Journalism in 2016. The Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati chapters of the Society for Professional Journalists (SPJ) are accepting …
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Journalism workshop focuses on better storytelling about suicide
Media coverage about suicide may be a factor in others’ decisions to take their lives by suicide. That’s the premise behind a series of six workshops around Ohio that will teach campus and professional journalists the strategies and language they …
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68th Annual Founders’ Day Celebration – Thursday April 6, 2017
Please join us for the 68th annual Central Ohio SPJ Founders’ Day Celebration Thursday, April 6, 2017, 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. at Amelita Mirolo Barn Sunny 95 Park, 4395 Carriage Hill Lane, Upper Arlington, Ohio 43220. Gather with your central Ohio …
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It’s almost time for Founders’ Day!
Mark your calendars for Thursday, April 6, 2017, Our 68th Annual Founders’ Day celebration will take place from 5:30-7:30 p.m. that Thursday. For the second year in a row, we’ll hold the shindig at the Amelita Mirola Barn in Upper …
SPJ-PRSA Mixer: Tour Capital University’s Convergent Media Center – March 7
Please join us! The Central Ohio Society of Professional Journalists invites its members to join our friends and colleagues at the Central Ohio Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America for a joint member mixer and reception. The SPJ-PRSA …
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Join us! An evening of mystery with authors Marilyn Greenwald and Julie Rubini, Thurs., Feb. 2, 7 p.m.
Please join the Thurber House, Central Ohio SPJ members and friends for an evening with The Hardy Boys and SPJ member and former Central Ohio SPJ board member and president, Marilyn Greenwald. Greenwald, a former newspaper journalist, is a journalism …
Supreme Court hands down major Open Records ruling
In a major Open Records decision, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled Wednesday, Dec. 28, that Columbus Division of Police must release its files on closed criminal cases. Columbus officials had argued the records could not be released as long as defendants …
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Post-Election Happy Hour
You survived Election Day! Now you deserve a drink. Wednesday, Nov. 16, at 5:30 p.m. Join fellow journalists to celebrate the end of the 2016 election at Land Grant Brewing Company! Located at 424 W. Town St., just west of COSI. …
Free Press Museum celebration
“College and High School Journalism Today” was the topic of the annual celebration of local journalism held Thursday, Sept. 8 at the program at Main Street Free Press Museum in Fredericktown, Ohio. The Central Ohio Society of Professional Journalists sponsors the …