Feb. 27 ³ WNC co-sponsors James Fallows, national correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly, keynote speaker at ¦Breaking News: The State of TodayÃs Information Media,² Bainbridge Island Arts & Humanities Council (BIAHC) 2004 Humanities Inquiry, The Playhouse on Bainbridge, 7 p.m.

March

March 1 ³ WNC co-sponsors panel on ¦The Media and the Law,² BIAHC Humanities Inquiry, Bainbridge Public Library, 7 p.m.

March 8 ³ WNC co-sponsors panel on ¦The Impact of New Technology on the News Media,² BIAHC Humanities Inquiry, Bainbridge Public Library, 7 p.m. Moderated by WNC Media Member Steve Silha. Panel includes WNC Media Member Cyrus Krohn.

March 15 ³ WNC co-sponsors presentation on ¦The History of Political Cartoons² with David Horsey, Seattle Post-Intelligencer cartoonist, Bainbridge Public Library, 7 p.m.

March 22 ³ WNC co-sponsors panel on ¦Television News: If It Bleeds, It Leads?² BIAHC Humanities Inquiry, Bainbridge Public Library, 7 p.m. Panel includes WNC Media Member Larry Cali.

March 26 ³ WNC Mock Student Hearing, Bainbridge High School, time TBA.

March 29 ³ WNC co-sponsors panel on ¦Journalistic Ethics, Objectivity, Accuracy and Fairness,² BIAHC Humanities Inquiry, Bainbridge Commons, 7 p.m. Moderator: John Hamer, Executive Director of WNC.

April

April 2 - WNC co-sponsors panel on "The News Media and Society," BIAHC
Humanities Inquiry, Bainbridge High School, 7 p.m. Panel includes WNC Public
Member Margo Gordon and WNC Media Member Steve Silha.

April 13 - John Hamer speaks to Valley Rotary luncheon, Spokane Valley. Mock
student hearing at Eastern Washington University, Spokane campus.

April 14 - Edward R. Murrow Symposium, Murrow School of Communication,
Washington State University, Pullman. John Hamer on media-ethics panel. WNC
Media Member John Irby conducts student mock news council hearing with his
journalism class. Attend Murrow Award banquet and speech by Peter Jennings
of ABC News.

April 15 - Murrow School Advisory Board meeting, Pullman. Mock student news
council hearing at Gonzaga University, Spokane.

April 19 - WNC co-presents "Jobs, Globalism and Seattle" panel/roundtable
discussion at Town Hall.

April 23 - Presentation to Professor Cliff Rowe's journalism class, Pacific
Lutheran University, Tacoma.

April 28 - Society of Professional Journalists panel on "The Ethics of
Accuracy," Seattle Times auditorium.

May

May 15 - Deadline for Dick Larsen and Herb Robinson Scholarship
applications.

June

June 1 - Presentation to Professor John Knowlton's journalism class, Green
River Community College

June 9 ³ Complaints Committee meeting

June 24 ³ Complaints Committee meeting

July

July 1 ³ Executive Committee meeting

July 9 ³ Reception at WNC office for Dick Larsen & Herb Robinson Scholarship winners, and for WSU Professor John IrbyÃs new book, ¦Kill the Editor.²

July 10 ³ Council/Board Meeting, VIP Room, Pyramid Alehouse. Guest speaker: David Zeeck, Executive Editor, The News Tribune (Tacoma)

July 20 ³ Executive Committee meeting

July 22 ³ John Hamer speaks to Magnolia Rotary, Palisade Restaurant

July 29 ³ WNC social event at Chuck & Tracy NordhoffÃs home

August

Aug. 17 ³ Gridiron West Dinner planning meeting, Convention & Trade Center

Aug. 21 ³ Council/Board Meeting, Safeco Jackson Street Center

Aug. 26 ³ John Hamer speaks to Redmond Rotary, Marriott Town Center

September

Sept. 9 ³ John Hamer speaks to Spokane Rotary, Ridpath Hotel

Sept. 21 ³ Gridiron West Dinner planning committee meeting

Sept. 24-26 ³ John Hamer speaks to Canadian Press Councils conference, Vancouver, BC

Sept. 29 ³ John Hamer speaks to Redmond Rousers Rotary, Emerald Heights

October

Oct. 1 ³ John Hamer speaks to visiting Asian journalists, Trade Development Alliance, Rainier Tower

Oct. 11 ³ Executive Committee meeting

Oct. 16 ³ Council/Board meeting, History House, Fremont

November

Nov. 5 - WNC's 6th Annual Gridiron West Dinner ³ WA State Convention & Trade Center, Seattle

December