{"id":2693,"date":"2019-02-12T21:39:08","date_gmt":"2019-02-13T02:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centralohiospj.org\/?p=2693"},"modified":"2019-02-12T21:39:16","modified_gmt":"2019-02-13T02:39:16","slug":"submit-your-nominations-for-the-annual-founders-day-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centralohiospj.org\/index.php\/submit-your-nominations-for-the-annual-founders-day-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Submit Your Nominations for the Annual Founders&#8217; Day Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Central Ohio Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists gathers every summer to celebrate journalists\u2019 best work at our annual Founders\u2019 Day reception.<\/p>\n<p>A big part of that celebration \u2013 the awards that honor the best among us and their noteworthy accomplishments.<\/p>\n<p>And we\u2019d love to hear from you. We\u2019re seeking your nominations for our journalist colleagues whom you think are most deserving of the following awards:<\/p>\n<p><strong>FIRST AMENDMENT AWARD:<\/strong> This award recognizes significant contributions to the First Amendment rights of freedom of expression. Individuals and organizations both inside and outside of journalism are eligible.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD:<\/strong> This award is for a member of the chapter who demonstrates professional excellence and dedication to the Central Ohio Society of Professional Journalists.<\/p>\n<p><strong>APPRECIATION AWARD:<\/strong> This award is presented to individuals or organizations for their outstanding contributions to journalism in central Ohio.<\/p>\n<p><strong>BRICK WALL AWARD:<\/strong> Started in 2001, this dubious distinction is presented to the individual or organization that, according to chapter members, did the most to block citizen access to public records and proceedings or otherwise violated the spirit of the First Amendment or the Ohio Open Records and Open Meetings laws during the past year. Anyone is eligible, but special consideration will be given to public officials and tax-funded agencies that fail to follow the law.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Please include the name of the person you\u2019d like to nominate, along with a brief description why, and forward your nominations to: <a href=\"mailto:hunt.754@osu.edu\">hunt.754@osu.edu<\/a> by Thursday, Feb. 22.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2694\" src=\"https:\/\/centralohiospj.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/FoundersDay.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/centralohiospj.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/FoundersDay.jpg 800w, https:\/\/centralohiospj.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/FoundersDay-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/centralohiospj.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/FoundersDay-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/centralohiospj.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/FoundersDay-100x66.jpg 100w, https:\/\/centralohiospj.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/FoundersDay-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/centralohiospj.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/FoundersDay-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/centralohiospj.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/FoundersDay-450x298.jpg 450w, https:\/\/centralohiospj.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/FoundersDay-600x398.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Central Ohio Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists gathers every summer to celebrate journalists\u2019 best work at our [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-founders-day"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Submit Your Nominations for the Annual Founders&#039; 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