Publisher named

Circulation executive Rick Szabrak has been named publisher of the Lancaster Eagle-Gazette and the Chillicothe Gazette.
Effective Wednesday, Szabrak will succeed Greg Ptacin, 64, who is retiring after 28 years as a publisher. Ptacin has been the publisher at Lancaster since 1992 and at Chillicothe since 2002.
Both newspapers are owned by Gannett Co. The Eagle-Gazette has [...]

January Board Minutes

Jan. 9, 2006, board meeting

‘Arc of Justice’ author to speak

Ohio State University professor of history Kevin Boyle will headline the next Central Ohio SPJ program, talking about his 2004 book, Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age. Join journalists and students to learn about the case of Ossian Sweet, a black doctor tried for [...]

Glenn Institute hosts Brokaw

The John Glenn Institute at Ohio State University will host former NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw during a public program on March 8.
The lecture at Mershon Auditorium is free but does require registration.
Brokaw, who wrote The Greatest Generation a few years ago, will speak about the sacrifices and accomplishments of the generation who endured [...]

Podcasting program online

If you weren’t able to attend the chapter’s Feb. 2 program on podcasting, here’s your chance to experience it (minus the box lunch). Click here and the audio file will load in your browser and begin playing. The file is fairly large (around 18 MB), so a broadband connection is recommended.
And be sure to check [...]

Thursday at Thurber Feb. 9

All Central Ohio communicators, journalists and writers are invited to join the Central Ohio Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Thursday, Feb. 9, 2006, for our monthly Thursdays at Thurber social shindig. Free appetizers! Cash bar.
Come to the Thurber Bar in the Westin Great Southern Hotel to socialize with other Central Ohio communicators [...]

E-mail signup

We’re in the process of changing our e-mail announcement system. If your e-mail reader can handle HTML, you’ll see a big difference in the presentation.
If you aren’t currently receiving e-mail from the chapter and would like to, follow this link to our automated signup system. After providing your name and e-mail address, you’ll receive a [...]