From the Louisville Pro SPJ Chapter:

Each year, the Louisville Pro SPJ Chapter gathers to honor the best work in journalism in Louisville. This year, we’ve set our annual awards dinner for June 21 beginning at 6:30 p.m. at Sawyer Hayes Community Center at Tom Sawyer Park. We’ll be giving out awards to students and professionals alike in a variety of categories that include print, online and broadcast.

You can enjoy a full buffet meal with us as part of your ticket price.

Cash bar will be available.

Questions? Call Robyn Davis Sekula at (502) 608-6125 or e-mail her at robyn@robynds.com.

Buy tickets online here:

http://spjlou2012.eventbrite.com/

If you’d rather pay by check, please send your check to:

Kathy Francis
Doe Anderson
620 West Main St.
Louisville, KY 40202

You can find information on past award winners here: http://www.spjlouisville.com/awards/

If you’re purchasing tickets, please note that individuals, not organizations, are members of SPJ. So if you’re buying on behalf of a group, you will need to ask for membership numbers from those in your group who are SPJ members. If you’d like to join, great! You can do that online at www.spj.org.

SPJ President John Ensslin will hold a virtual meeting for SPJ members in Region 5 on Saturday, June 9, at noon Eastern Daylight Time. I encourage you to attend.

As outgoing Region 5 Director, I will participate in the meeting as will Susan Stevens, a past president of the Chicago Headline Club, who is running for Region 5 Director.

“Seating” is limited to 25 people. If you plan to attend, please email John at spjprez@gmail.com.

Here is the information from John on how to join the meeting either online or by telephone on Saturday:

1.  Please join my meeting, Saturday, June 09, 2012, at 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time.

https://www4.gotomeeting.com/join/507929231

2.  Use your microphone and speakers (VoIP) – a headset is recommended.

Or, call in using your telephone.

Dial +1 (267) 507-0013
Access Code: 507-929-231
Audio PIN: Shown after joining the meeting

Meeting ID: 507-929-231

SPJ DePaul won three awards at the Eighth Annual Leadership and Involvement Celebration May 30 on the Lincoln Park Campus.

SPJ DePaul was a finalist in four categories — more than any other student organization. The three winning entries:

Executive Board of the Year (Lauren Camplin, Meredith Gonsalves, Tabitha Hurley, Katie Karpowicz, Ewa Lyczewska and Ali Trumbull)

Outstanding Loop Campus Program of the Year (Freedom of Information Panel Discussion)

Faculty Adviser of the Year (Mike Reilley)

SPJ DePaul also was a finalist for Organization of the Year, an award it won in 2011.

The competition is sponsored and judged by DePaul’s Student Leadership Institute and the Office of Student Involvement. There are more than 300 registered student organizations at DePaul.