Wednesday, April 22, 2009

[CW:MONTHLY] Chapter in the Spotlight

Join NLGJA-DC and the DC Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists for an evening with Washington Post Ombudsman Andrew Alexander on Monday, May 4 at 7 p.m.

Find out about the work of the Post's Ombudsman, his thoughts about the future of the newspaper business, and a discussion of changes at the paper. Alexander has been a newspaper reporter and editor for almost 40 years. He grew up in the small southwestern Ohio town of Urbana and graduated with a journalism degree from Ohio University.

Before joining The Washington Post in February of 2009, he had spent his entire career working for the Cox Newspapers chain. He began at a Cox paper in Dayton and in 1976 was transferred to the Cox Newspapers Washington Bureau. He is a member of the board of the American Society of Newspaper Editors and is a former chairman and current co-chairman of its Freedom of Information Committee.

Monday, May 4, 2009
McClatchy Washington Bureau
700 12th Street, NW, Suite 1000
Washington, DC
(Near Metro Center Station)

RSVP is required. RSVPs being accepted via NLGJA DC's Facebook page or by e-mail.