Monthly SPJ Board Meeting - January 2010

This month's meeting will be January 2, 2010 at the offices of the Intermountain Catholic Newspaper in Salt Lake City. The address is 27 C Street. The meeting starts at 9 a.m.

The agenda is as follows:

Agenda

January 2, 2010

Intermountain Catholic

1. Video progress
1. Linda

2. Sunshine/Black Hole
1. Linda/Don

3. Contest Judging for Oklahoma Pro

4. Canal Letter to Representative Hunsaker
1. Allison

5. Colorado SPJ board seeks clarity on Summit Daily newsroom policies following firing of reporter.
1. Tom

6. Contest
1. Online issues that need discussion
1. Trent
2. Suggestions and offer of help with online submissions
3. Judges? Suggestions welcome
4. Advertising: Sound out first e-mail immediately.
1. Send forms first of January
2. Follow-up e-mail every three weeks?
5. Presentation
1. Video for first place
2. Booklet for all winners
3. Allison provides info. Jim produces

7. Social Meeting
1. Entering Contest, having a member of their club attend our meetings or vice versa, joint activity

8. Next meeting Feb. 6, 2009

Minutes from November meeting.

Nov. 3, 2009 -- SPJ Meeting

Members present: Gus Garcia, Tom Haraldsen, Laura Hancock, Doug Gibson, Jim Fisher, Ben Winslow, Allison Barlow-Hess, Amy K. Stewart

AWARDS BANQUET UPDATE: Officer's Club booked for next year's banquet. Amy brought up sending out an e-mail about holiday clip gathering to encourage people to get ready for the contest.

CONTEST UPDATE: Laura contacted other SPJ chapters about how they handle contests. Utah has most categories of each of the comparable contests. We also have more entries than any other chapter. Laura wants to do more research on # of entries, etc. Discussion held on how to streamline the awards presentation, etc., a program for winners with only first place announced in the presentation video? Some categories need to be overhauled. Ben will inquire as to whether some TV stations are willing to edit the video.

Video may focus solely on first place award winners, with a program listing the second, third, honorable mention, etc. A booklet distributed at the banquet will include judge's comments. VOTE to be held next month for the benefit of two contest committee members not here.

PROGRAMMING UPDATE: Still in planning/brainstorming stage.
Training on covering LGBT issues?
Blogging/ethics, etc.?


DECORUM ORDER ISSUE: Too many unknowns over SL Trib issue. Allison does not support sanctions, it is not the Utah SPJ's role to formally sanction media organizations. Doug motions to do nothing. Jim seconds. Motion passes unanimously.

MEETING MINUTES: Approved and posted.

NEXT MEETING: December 5, 9 a.m. at the Deseret News.

SPJ Board - December meeting

Agenda

December 5, 2009

Deseret News

1. Video progress
1. Linda

2. Sunshine/Black Hole
1. Linda/Don

3. Top of Rockies
1. Don

4. Contest
1. Suggestions by Trent about how to change photo:
2. Suggestions and offer of help with online submissions
3. Changing web and magazine categories
4. Judges? Suggestions welcome
5. Advertising: Sound out first e-mail immediately.
1. Send forms first of January
2. Follow-up e-mail every three weeks?
6. Presentation
1. Video for first place
2. Booklet for all winners
3. Allison provides info. Jim produces

5. Handing out entries from Oklahoma

6. Next meeting Jan. 2, 2009

SPJ Board - October minutes

Approved at the Nov. 7, meeting.

10/3/09 SPJ meeting @ KSL

9 a.m.

Present: Allison Barlow-Hess, Sethina (KTALK), Ben Winslow, Gus Garcia, Doug Gibson, Jim Fisher, Linda Petersen, Maria Titze, Don Meyers, Sheryl Worsley, Maria (Intermountain Catholic), Amy K. Stewart.

Don Meyers has agreed to help John Ensslin with the Top of the Rockies contest.

Contest/Banquet -- Jim Fisher updated the board on the costs for banquet facilities. Allison has agreed to contact City Weekly about sponsorship of a cash bar (they expressed interest last year). The banquet will be held June 11. Motion held to spend $600 to book the officer's club at Ft. Douglas. Ben motions, Amy K. seconds. Motion passes unanimously.

Linda and Allison met with Utah AG Mark Shurtleff, staffers, to discuss GRAMA issues and pending legislation. The perspective is that support for pro-GRAMA legislation is waning. Linda and Allison feel it was a productive meeting.

Shield rule issues: National SPJ is urging calls, letters about the national shield law. Allison urges all to contact their senators in support.

Programming update:

Contest: Allison, Connie, and Sheryl to meet to do some planning for this year's contest.

Sunshine Week: Linda is looking at developing a series of workshops to go out to communities and teach open government issues wherever/whenever. John Daley of KSL expressed interest in helping out.

Ethics: Doug and Gus is looking at an ethics event at the University of Utah.

Diversity: Maria brought up diversity within newsroom, possible forum idea.

New Media: Ben will think of ideas to advance new media reporting.

Other: A seminar on H1N1, vaccination, issues, etc., with scientific community.

Elizabeth Smart decorum order: There is concern over the Tribune's apparent violation of a decorum order. Discussion held on what to do. Maria motions to wait and see, Ben suggests a letter to the US District Court on relaxing the rules, Linda suggests a letter to the Trib. Gus seconds. Motion carries. Don abstains.

Hospital privacy/DWR: Jim is still drafting the letter regarding issues of agencies not sharing which hospitals victims are taken to.

UFOG: Nothing new to report.

Other: Concerns raised about closing governor's commission meetings.

Nominations still being accepted for Sunshine/Black Hole.

Next meeting 11/7/09 at 9 a.m. Location TBA

SPJ

Agenda Utah Headliners Chapter

Society of Professional Journalists

November 7, 2009

Tribune 9 a.m.

Volunteer to help Top of the Rockies

Date of Awards Banquet

Contest

• Ideas for contest entries
• Ideas for awards banquet

Programs for the year

• Contest: Allison, Connie Sheryl
• Sunshine Event Linda, Don
• Ethics Event? Doug
• Diversity Event?
• New Media Event? Jim, Ben, Laura, Sheryl and Maria (if available)

Decorum Order

Freed journalist to speak Saturday in SLC

Freed Iranian-American Journalist Roxana Saberi, along with National Public Radio Sr. News Analyst Daniel Schorr, will speak at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10, at Rowland Hall St. Mark's School, 720 Guardsman Way, Salt Lake City. The event is free to the public.For information, contact Mary Kay Lazarus, (801) 209-3029.