Join the North County Bar Association for the next Bench/Bar/Media lunch Wednesday, Dec. 2.
The lunch program, set for 12:15 p.m., will feature a discussion of the obstacles reporters, attorneys and court personnel face in the light of court budget cuts and reduced access to courthouses. Submit suggestions for additional discussion topics as soon as possible to Bench/Bar/Media Committee chair Lynn Behymer at behymeresq@aol.com.
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.
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.
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
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.
San Diego Society of Professional Journalists 