Showing posts with label Chapter Spotlight. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chapter Spotlight. Show all posts

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.

Friday, February 20, 2009

[CW:MONTHLY] Chapter Spotlight

NLGJA South Florida and The National Gay & Lesbian Task Force are once again teaming up to present The Second Annual Winter Party Media Cocktail Event during the Winter Party Festival. Join your NLGJA friends and colleagues on Friday, February 27 from 6:30- 8:00pm at the Van Dyke Café, 846 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach, FL.

Complimentary cocktails & hors d’oeuvres will be served.

RSVPS must be received no later than Tuesday, February 24, 2009. Respond to David Orchard by stating your affiliation.

Didn’t see this until after the deadline? Contact South Florida Chapter president Jon Schwenzer.

This is a media only event and your invitation as a member of NLGJA is non-transferable.