The Society of Professional Journalists' Region 9 Spring Conference

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The Society of Professional Journalists' Region 9 Spring Conference

From Friday, April 09 2010 - 8:00am
To Saturday, April 10 2010 - 8:00pm

Friday, April 9 and Saturday, April 10: The Society of Professional Journalists holds its Region 9 Spring Conference. A partial list of confirmed speakers:

Barry Gutierrez, Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer, formerly of the Rocky Mountain News.

Eileen Welsome, Colorado Springs Gazette and a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for national reporting for her story "The Plutonium Experiment," which was about a government project in which 18 people were injected with plutonium.

Bill McCloskey, a director-at-large on the SPJ national board, and a retired director of media relations for AT&T and a former Associated Press reporter.

Michelle Griego, a reporter for KCNC-TV, Denver's CBS affiliate.

Kelly Kennedy, a reporter for the Army Times, where she covers the health beat. Kelly is the author of a new book, "They Fought for Each Other: The Triumph and Tragedy of the Hardest-hit Unit in Iraq."

Cost: $20 for SPJ student members; $30 for SPJ pro members; $52 for nonmember students; $89 for nonmember pros.

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Hall of Fame

The Denver Press Club will induct five greats of Denver and Colorado journalism into the club’s Hall of Fame at its 14th annual banquet on
Friday, October 2.

Dick Kreck, Marilyn Robinson and Paula Woodward will be honored for outstanding journalism careers, and posthumous awards also will be given to Red Fenwick and Harry Rhoads.

Tickets are $65 and can be purchased by logging on to blacktie-colorado.com, then on Denver under the Event Calendar, and then clicking on October 2. The deadline for ticket purchases is Wednesday, Sept. 30.

The social hour will begin at 6 p.m., followed by the dinner and the awards ceremony at 7 p.m.