Hello
from the Ohio Society of Professional Journalists Awards program, a statewide
journalism honors recognition program that is presented collaboratively by the
Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati chapters of SPJ. This letter is to inform you that our
12th annual, Ohio SPJ Awards Program is coming soon.
We urge
you to start compiling entries for this prestigious contest. The deadline this year for contest
entries is February 29, 2008.
In the
coming weeks, we will be sending you the Official Call for Entry and Rules
booklet, but in the meantime we want to make you aware of five, exciting
categories that have been added this year.
For the
first time, an award will be presented for Best TV News Producer in Ohio, a
category long-overlooked. In addition, we have added four new college journalist
writing awards-news, feature, sports and opinion-- that come with $500
scholarships.
Also, we want
you to be aware that this is the ONLY statewide contest sponsored by the Society
of Professional Journalists. A contest flyer with similar graphics, language and
categories is making the rounds this year and causing some confusion, but be
assured that the Ohio SPJ Awards contest will be the only one bearing the SPJ
logo and name. Information will be
posted soon on www.SPJAwards.org
We in
the Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati SPJ Pro Chapters are looking forward to
another fantastic contest that will honor the best of Ohio's print, online,
radio and television journalism, and we hope you are
too.
Please
watch your mailboxes for contest rules, categories and entry forms. Thank you, and good luck with your
entries.
Sincerely,
Ohio
SPJ Awards, and
Cleveland,
Columbus and Cincinnati Pro Chapters of
SPJ