Bench/Bar/Media dinner to focus on San Diego’s changing media

The North County Bar Association’s 10th annual Bench/Bar/Media Program, set for Thursday, Oct. 15, will focus on “San Diego’s Changing Media Part Two: Where are the Reporters?”

The dinner program follows last year’s discussion of how the Internet and expansion of 24-hour radio and television news broadcasts have changed the way we get our news.  This year’s panel of journalists will focus on how shrinking budgets, depleted staff and compressed deadlines are affecting court news coverage in San Diego.  Panelists include North County Times editor Kent Davy, Clear Channel’s Phil Farrer, and others.  San Diego Superior Court Judge Harry Elias will moderate the discussion.

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Got ideas? Tell us what you want from your SPJ chapter

The chapter board is planning now for the 2009-10 year of events, so let us know your ideas.  We’re bouncing around ideas for skills workshops (multimedia training and the like), a program on San Diego’s new trend in niche media, a program on using social media, a program on boosting your freelance career, a panel on women in journalism, and a student/pro mixer, plus programs focusing on ethics, Sunshine Week, and diversity. We’re also working on a mentor/mentee program and, possibly, a job board.

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Former San Diego chapter president elected Region 11 director

Former SPJ San Diego Pro Chapter president Jodi Cleesattle, who served from 2007-09, was elected to the SPJ national board representing Region 11 at the SPJ Convention & National Journalism Conference in Indianapolis over the weekend.

Jodi Cleesattle

Jodi Cleesattle

Cleesattle, a former reporter and editor turned lawyer, will represent SPJ chapters in California, Nevada, Arizona, Hawaii, Guam and the Mariana Islands as Region 11 director. She currently serves on the San Diego Pro Chapter board as well as on the national Freedom of Information committee.

Four brand new media outlets? SPJ sponsors program on niche media trend Oct. 14

The journalism industry may be in trouble, but here in San Diego, at least four new media outlets started up in the last 12 months, targeting audiences in specific geographic areas and with specific interests.  Is niche media the wave of the future?

Join the SPJ San Diego Pro Chapter and the San Diego State University Student Chapter on Wednesday, Oct. 14 for a program taking a look at this trend, “The Upstarts: Will San Diego’s niche media be the new face of local journalism?”

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