Election ...

Just got the following e-mail:

The Greater Cincinnati Society of Professional Journalists will be holding elections for a new Vice President. The term runs through June 2009. The vice president's duties include making sure voting follows Rules of Order, running any meeting or program the president is unable to attend, and attending monthly regularly scheduled board meetings. The vice president will help with programs and projects as needed.
If you're interested in this position, please submit your name to Hagit Limor at hlimor@wcpo.com by Monday, February 11, along with a brief statement as to why you're interested. Hagit will compile candidates' statements to forward to the entire membership. Members will then have until Tuesday, February 19 to submit their votes via email to Monica Dias at mdias@fbtlaw.com The results of the election will be announced at our next board meeting: 11:30 AM Wednesday February 20 at WCPO-TV, 1720 Gilbert Avenue. As always, everyone is welcome to attend.

Thank you,
Hagit Limor
President, Greater Cincinnati SPJ
Visit us on the Web at www.cincyspj.org

This might be fun ...

Journalism Training Workshop Offered in India

The Reuters Foundation, in collaboration with the Iowa-based Stanley Foundation, is accepting applications from US journalists to participate in an all-expense-paid journalism training workshop in Mumbai, India, April 21-25.

The weeklong course will pair six American journalists with six Indian journalists in a workshop aimed at helping reporters develop their international news writing skills with a specific emphasis on US and Indian audiences.

Guest speakers, reporting field trips, and classroom training will be an integral part of the workshop. India’s rise as a global power and connections to US communities will be explored with reporting on Bollywood; outsourced call centers; poverty; and growing Indian political, media, and business linkages to the world.

The course is aimed at full-time reporters from the United States and India with a minimum of three years experience in journalism. Economy-class airfare, hotel accommodations and some meals will be provided.

This professional development course is intended to be a perspective-widening experience. Participating US journalists will be expected to file stories based on the reporting they conduct in India.

The deadline to apply is March 1. Participants will be selected by The Reuters Foundation. For more information and application guidelines, visit www.reuterslink.org/courses/winstanleyF.htm.


About The Reuters Foundation
Reuters Foundation is the charitable arm of Reuters, the world’s largest multimedia news agency, which is internationally respected for its fast, accurate, and impartial reporting. Reuters Foundation has shared these reporting skills for more than two decades by providing training for journalists in a wide range of specialized reporting fields, including international news coverage, writing business news, working in conflict zones, and writing about environmental issues. Online at www.reuterslink.org.

About The Stanley Foundation
The Stanley Foundation seeks a secure peace with freedom and justice, built on world citizenship and effective global governance. It brings fresh voices, original ideas, and lasting solutions to debates on global and regional problems. The foundation is a nonpartisan, private operating foundation, located in Muscatine, Iowa, that focuses on peace and security issues and advocates principled multilateralism. Online at www.stanleyfoundation.org.

New OU student publication seeks your help ...

Just got the following e-mail:

Dear Mr. Ryan Ernst,

My name is Shane Barnes and I'm writing you on behalf of Backdrop Magazine, a new and completely student-run magazine here on campus at OU. All of the writing, editing, photography, design and advertising sales are done bystudents, for students.

Our magazine represents the iconic flavor of college life, with Ohio University as our backdrop. It informs, intrigues, entertainsand reflects its readers in the OU community. The magazine covers the current issues, style, culture and feeling of college life as we live it.

Backdrop is not for profit and will be distributed to the student body for free. However, as with any student-run publication, we have to realize the issue of funding, and that's where supportive alumni like you come in. Please consider making any kind of donation to aid our cause, and to help liven up the journalistic scene in Athens.

In addition, if you or anyone you know, may it be an employer, friend or family,would like to advertise in Backdrop, please let us know. Upon further contact, we can provide you with a media kit and publishing plan that can answer any and all questions you may have about Backdrop.

So, please, let us know as promptly as possible. We appreciate your support.

Senior Saturday ...

Scripps seniors and Scripps grads are invited to attend Senior Saturday, an SAF job search seminar, Feb. 16 in Athens. Below is the invtation for current seniors. Grads, if you're interested in participating, contact SAF.

Journalism Seniors!!Questions about the Job Market? Resumes? Interviewing? Networking? Salary and Benefits?

Register now for:

Senior SaturdaySaturday, February 16th
9:30am-5pm

Professionals from every sequence tell you how to get your ideal job and keep it

*Advice on every aspect of the job hunting process *Plenty of time for your questions *Resumes, portfolios, clips, and tapes critiqued *One-on-one networking with professionals

Register by e-mailing Vicki Stewart at stewartv@ohio.edu.

Web job opening ...

Here's a job opening from the Visiting Nurse Associations of America. It's one of the most complete job postings I've seen in a while. If you get this job, sounds like you'll know exactly what you're getting into.