December 5, 2007
Results from the 2007 Florida Awards of Excellence media contest
Awards will be handed out at an awards banquet Jan. 12, 2008 at Clarion Gainesville Hotel West.
Florida Awards of Excellence Banquet
Saturday, Jan. 12, 2008
Clarion Gainesville Hotel West
Gainesville
Guest speaker: Stephanie Abrams, meteorologist for The Weather Channel
Social: 6:15 p.m. (cash bar will be available)
Dinner: 7 p.m.
Banquet: 7:45 p.m.
Cost: $35 ($36.50 per if pay by credit card, $1.50 paypal service fee)
Checks payable to North Central Florida SPJ
Send to: Larry Savage
Coordinator
Florida Awards of Excellence
1924 SW 42nd Drive, Apt. D, Gainesville, FL 32607
Credit card payments accepted, payable through paypal to floridaspjawards@yahoo.com
More information... (including directions and guest speaker)
November 14, 2007
This is just a reminder that results from the Florida Awards of Excellence contest will be posted here by the first week of December.
Awards coordinator Larry Savage will email contest participants when results are posted on the site. Our banquet will be held on Saturday, Jan. 12 at the Clarion Hotel West (formerly Holiday Inn West) in Gainesville. Information on the banquet will be released with the results of the contest.
Any participant who has questions or concerns about the contest, should contact Larry at his new email address, which is lars062@gmail.com, or phone him at the Gainesville Sun at (352) 374-5050.
Mark your calendars for the next Big Event of the North Central Florida Chapter of Society of Professional Journalists:
“From Articles to Books: Writing and Publishing for Emerging Authors”
Featuring: Cynthia Barnett, a writer for Florida Trend, and author of “Mirage: Florida and the Vanishing Water of the Eastern U.S.,” and John Byram, Associate Director and Editor & Chief of the University of Florida Press
When: Wednesday, Nov. 14 at 6:30 p.m.
Where: Amelia’s Downtown, 235 S Main St. # 107.
Also:
We’ll be raffling off 2 Club Level Seats to a Miami Heat Basketball Game
There will be assorted prizes and special announcements
Copious amounts of free food and non-alcoholic beverages will be provided
(Free drink tickets for all chapter members)
Come join us and bring friends, too. Hope to see you there…
Deadline approaching for Florida Awards of Excellence contest
This is just a friendly reminder that entries for the Florida Awards of Excellence contest must be postmarked no later than two weeks from today, Sept. 26.
All entries must be mailed to:
Larry Savage/SPJ contest
The Gainesville Sun
2700 SW 13th St.
Gainesville, FL 32608-2015.
Make checks payable to North Central Florida SPJ.
Results will be emailed to you and posted here on the website.
If you have any questions or concerns, e-mail Larry Savage (lars62@earthlink.net) or call (352) 374-5050
(office)
or (352) 484-1274 (home).
JAZZ, JOURNALISM AND JUMBO SHRIMP IN 1 BIG NIGHT
Mark your calendars for our chapter's annual Fall Kick-off Party Celebration Fiesta in celebration of our 2nd anniversary in existence.
Do you like jazz? Do you like food? Come try out a little of both as we get together on Thursday, Sept. 27 at 7 p.m. at Leonardo’s 706, 706 W.
University Ave.
That's Jazz Night at Leonardo's, featuring the sweet sounds of Marty Liquori and Friends. We'll provide the food and have some valuable prizes to give away, too.
Also:
--We'll announce plans for many events, trips and assorted gatherings that are in the works for the coming year.
--A new membership initiative for prospective members will be unveiled.
--And we'll update everybody on our 2nd Annual Florida Awards of Excellence Journalism Contest.
--We'll vote in some new officers to lead our chapter -- it could be you.
Hope to see you there...
Ted Geltner
NCF SPJ President
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