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EVENT CALENDAR

2010

April

April 5 – Speak to Kirkland Rotary, Carillon Point

April 6 – Speak to Queen Anne Rotary, Best Western Inn

April 10 – SPJ Convention, Bell Harbor Conference Center

April 20 – Edward R. Murrow Symposium, WSU in Pullman

March

March 1 – TVW Gala, Red Lion Hotel in Olympia

March 5 – Speak to SODO Rotary, Starbucks HQ

March 10 – Attend Board Development seminar, SPU

March 12 – Speak to Lake Union Rotary, Wooden Boats Ctr.

March 12 – Journalism That Matters meeting, WNC Office

March 13 -- Washington Journalism Education Association (WJEA) spring conference at Mountlake Terrace H.S.

March 14 – Co-sponsor “Where I Stand” movie at SIFF, followed by dinner at Ivar’s Salmon House, Lake Union

March 18 – Speak to Federal Way Rotary, Twin Lakes CC

March 19 – Sunshine Week panel, KCTS 9 Studio

March 24 – Moderate Media Panel, Seattle #4 Rotary

March 25 – WNC Board Meeting, WNC Office 

February

Feb. 8 – CDRT at WAC, Edelman Global Trust Index

Feb. 10 – Speak to Men’s Breakfast, Covenant Shores

Feb. 11 – Town Hall with Robert McChesney, John Nichols

Feb. 12 – Meet with Jean Godden, et al., re “Newsroom”

Feb. 25 – Speak to Magnolia Rotary; WNC Exec Committee

 

January

Jan. 7-10 – Journalism That Matters: Re-imagining News & Community in the Pacific Northwest, University of Washington

Jan. 14 – Journalism That Matters follow-up lunch meeting

Jan. 19 – WNC Executive Committee meeting

Jan. 22 – Journalism That Matters Collaboratory meeting

Jan. 26 – Speak to GYRO Club, Tacoma CC

Jan. 28 – WNC Board Meeting, WNC Office

 

 

2009

December

Dec. 3 – Speak to Washington Bankers Association, Seattle

Dec. 8 – Journalism That Matters planning meeting

Dec. 10 – Tape Comcast Newsmakers with Sabrina Register

Dec. 18 – WNC Executive Committee, WNC Office

Dec. 22 – Journalism That Matters planning meeting

Dec. 29 – Journalism That Matters planning meeting

November

Nov. 2 – Meet Hedrick Smith at University of Washington

Nov. 4-8 – Washington D.C., meetings at Pew Center for the People & the Press, Project for Excellence in Journalism, & Center for Media and Public Affairs

Nov. 12 – U. of Wisconsin Event with Prof. Stephen Ward, Center for Ethical Journalism, Washington Athletic Club

Nov. 13 – WNC Event with Prof. Stephen Ward, Ivar’s Salmon House on Lake Union

Nov. 15-18 – Public Trust Through Public Engagement seminar at University of Missouri’s Reynolds Journalism Institute, with Mike Fancher

Nov. 18 – MIT Enterprise Forum Panel on New Media, Hyatt Regency Bellevue

Nov. 20 – Meet with David Domke, U. of Washington Communications Department chair; WNC Exec Committee

Nov. 24 – Journalism That Matters planning meeting

 

OCTOBER

Oct. 1 -- Journalism That Matters planning meeting, Center for Ethical Leadership

Oct. 10 -- Future of News conference, Seattle University

Oct. 14 -- WNC Board Meeting, Pyramid Alehouse

Oct. 20 -- Mock Student Hearing, Western Washington University, Bellingham

 

SEPTEMBER

Sept. 1 -- Meet with Mike Egan, Jim Anderson re: Gridiron planning

Sept. 9 -- Meet Larry Pintak, Murrow College Dean, at Rotary

Sept. 12 -- Gridiron West Dinner "Toast" to Suzie Burke, Fremont Studios

Sept. 17 -- WJEA Journalism Day, University of Washington

Sept. 21 -- Meet with Olivia Voigts, ClearChannel

 

AUGUST

Aug. 4 -- Speak to Fremont Rotary Club

Aug. 6 -- Meet with Mike Fancher; Journalism That Matters planning meeting

Aug. 11 -- Meet with David Postman, Vulcan; meet with Steve Smith, Carla Savalli, Cliff Rowe

Aug. 12 -- WNC Board Meeting, Pyramid Alehouse

Aug. 13 -- Meet with Paula Boggs, Starbucks

Aug. 17 -- Meet with Moss Bresnahan, KCTS-9

Aug. 19 -- Meet with Bill Wertz, Wal-Mart Inc.

Aug 21-22 -- GNOMEDEX, Bell Harbor Conference Center

 

JULY

July 3 -- WNC office closed for long holiday weekend

July 8 -- Meet with George Cox of Alexander Hamilton Friends Association
Attend Gen. David Petraeus reception/speech at Town Hall

July 9 -- Gridiron West Dinner planning meeting in Fremont

July 13 -- Speak to Prof. Roger Simpson's Media Ethics class at U.W.

July 15 -- Fremont Chamber of Commerce marketing meeting

July 21 -- Attend Tri-Chamber meeting at University House

July 28 -- Lunch with Keith Thomson; meet with Mike Flynn

July 31 -- Fishing on Yakima River with Eddie Reed


JUNE

June 2 -- Lunch with Shelby Scates and Paul Kraabel

June 3 -- Attend Seattle Post-Intelligencer Community Tribute at Town Hall

June 8 -- Gridiron West Dinner planning meeting

June 9 -- Journalism That Matters planning meeting

June 17 -- Take David Brewster to Seattle Rotary Lunch

June 22 -- Meet with Mike Kittross of Media Ethics magazine

June 28 -- WNC Scholarships Reception at WNC Office

June 30 -- Lunch with John Norden, former KIRO-TV executive

 

MAY

May 14 -- John Hamer speaks to Tacoma Rotary Club

May 15 -- John Hamer attends "Conversations in Ethics" at University of Oregon Journalism School's Turnbull Center in Portland

May 22 -- Mock hearing at Olympic College in Bremerton

May 26 -- WNC Executive Committee meeting

May 27 -- WNC Board/Council meeting

 

APRIL

April 1 -- Meet with Bob Royer of The Gallatin Group

April 6 -- Sponsor WNC Table at WSU's Edward R. Murrow College of Communication/CityClub lunch with Helen Thomas and Bob Schieffer, Seattle Sheraton Hotel

April 9 -- Attend "No News Is Bad News" event at Seattle City Hall

April 14 -- WNC Executive Committee meeting

April 16 -- Meet with Randy Pepple of Pepple Communication

April 28 -- Speak to Mount Vernon Rotary luncheon meeting

 

March

March 1-4 -- Attend "Journalism That Matters" conference at Poynter Institute in St. Petersburg, Florida

March 12 -- Speak to University Sunrise Rotary at Talaris Conference Center

March 14 -- Washington Journalism Education Association (WJEA) spring conference in Lacey. Do "mock hearings" with high-school students using Sam Reed vs. KIRO7 Eyewitness News complaint.

March 17 -- Executive Committee meeting, WNC office

March 23 -- WNC Full Board Meeting, Pyramid Alehouse

March 30 -- Meet with Secretary of State Sam Reed in Olympia; also Charles Earl of State Community Colleges Board

 

February

Feb. 10 -- Meet with Mike Fancher

Feb. 12 -- Do "mock hearings" at Green River Community College

Feb. 18 -- Edelman Global Trust Index breakfast

Feb. 21 -- WNC Full Board Meeting, Pyramid Alehouse

Feb. 25 -- Attend "Journalism on the Brink" meeting, University of Washington

 

January

Jan. 13 -- Executive Committee meets at WNC office

Jan. 17 -- WNC Board Meeting at Pyramid Alehouse

Jan. 22 -- Presentation to The Fearey Group, Seattle

 

2008

EVENT CALENDAR

December

Dec. 5 -- Interviewed by Washington Law & Politics magazine

Dec. 9 – Lunch meeting with Greg Lane of TVW

Dec. 11 -- Meet with Steve Leahy of Chamber of Commerce

Dec. 12 – Financial Committee meets at WNC office

 

November

Nov. 9 – Gridiron West Dinner at The Westin Bellevue

Nov. 18 – Executive Committee meets at WNC office


October

Oct. 10 – Meeting with Fr. Steven Sundborg at Seattle U

Oct. 27 – Executive Committee meets at WNC office

Oct. 29 – WNC board meets at Pyramid Alehouse


September

Sept. 2 – Meet with Sarah Bauer at Minnesota News Council

Sept. 2 – Lunch with Gary Gilson of Minnesota News Council

Sept. 3 – Meet with Jane Kirtley at Silha Center for Media Ethics and Law at University of Minnesota

Sept. 5 – Lunch with Helen Silha of Silha Center

Sept. 15 – Executive Committee meets at WNC office

Sept. 18 – Speak to Washington Policy Center board meeting

Sept. 19 – Introduce Steve Smith at WJEA Journalism Day, UW. Do two workshops on media ethics.

 

August

Aug. 1-3 – Public Innovators Summit, Skamania Lodge, WA

Aug. 7 – Meet with Generation Next, WNC office

Aug. 19 – Executive Committee meets at WNC office


July

July 14 – Speak to Communications class at UW

July 15 – Executive Committee meets at WNC office

July 22 – Speak to Columbia Tower Rotary Club lunch

July 24 – Meet with Kemper Freeman Jr. at KDC in Bellevue

July 26 – WNC Board Retreat, Mercer Island Community Center

July 28 – Lunch meeting with Bob Donegan of Ivar’s

June

June 9 -- Richard Engel, NBC News Chief Middle East Correspondent, speaks at The Seattle Times auditorium as part of WNC Speaker Series, 7-9 pm.

June 10 -- WNC Executive Committee meets at WNC office.

June 12 -- John Hamer speaks to WANDY breakfast group at Washington Athletic Club.

June 20 -- Dick Larsen and Herb Robinson Scholarships awarded to three winners.

June 28 -- Society of Professional Journalists "Citizen Journalism Academy" at Loyola University, Los Angeles

May

May 8 -- Ancil Payne Award for Ethics in Journalism given for Washington News Council's report published in The Spokane Spokesman-Review. John Hamer attends ceremony at University of Oregon School of Journalism in Eugene.

May 13 -- WNC Executive Committee meeting

May 22 -- John Hamer speaks to Enumclaw Rotary

May 28 -- John Hamer speaks to Central Washington University media-ethics class in Ellensburg

May 31 -- Society of Professional Journalists Execellence in Journalism Awards Banquet, Meydenbauer Center, Bellevue

 

April

April 1 -- Lunch with Don Hewitt of "60 Minutes" at Rainier Club

April 3 -- John Hamer speaks on "Media Ethics: What Would Murrow Do?" at WSU's Murrow Symposium in Pullman

April 8 -- WNC Executive Committee meeting

April 18 -- John Seigenthaler of First Amendment Center at Seattle Public Library

April 30 -- WNC Board Meeting at Fisher Plaza with Fisher Broadcasting/KOMO executives

March

March 6 -- Meeting with Bill Gates Sr. at Gates Foundation

March 11 -- WNC Executive Committee meeting

March 15 -- John Hamer does presentation at Washington Journalism Education Association annual conference, Auburn High School

February

Feb. 18 -- WNC Executive Committee meeting

Feb. 18 -- WNC Board Development Committee meeting with prospective new board member

January

Jan. 24 -- WNC Executive Committee meeting

Jan. 26 -- WNC Board of Directors annual meeting

 

2007

January

Jan. 9 - WNC Executive Committee meeting

Jan. 20 -- WNC Board of Directors annual meeting

Jan. 23 -- John Hamer speaks to Edmonds Rotary breakfast meeting

Jan. 24 -- John Hamer meets with Bill Gates Sr. at Gates Foundation

Jan. 26 -- River Park Square project team meets at WNC office

February

Feb. 3 -- WNC Public Forum on Student Press Freedom at Tacoma News Tribune auditorium

Feb. 5 -- River Park Square project team meets at WNC office

Feb. 17 -- John Hamer speaks to Whidbey Island Lincoln Day Dinner, Oak Harbor


March

March 2 -- John Hamer speaks to Covington Rotary

March 5 -- Board Development Committee meets

March 8 -- John Hamer speaks to Northshore Rotary

March 13 -- John Hamer speaks to Green River Community College class

March 21 -- John Hamer speaks to Cascade Women's Club


April

April 6 -- WNC Executive Committee meets

April 12 -- WNC Reception for Peter Horvitz at Hyatt Regency Bellevue

April 18 -- WNC Quarterly Board Meeting at Fremont Studios

April 26 -- John Hamer speaks to Snoqualmie Valley Rotary

May

May 4 -- WNC Executive Committee meets

May 5 -- WNC's "Reporting on Yourself" report posted online

May 6 -- WNC's "Reporting on Yourself" published in Spokane Spokesman-Review

May 7 -- John Hamer and David Schaefer meet with Bill Gates Sr.

May 13 -- Responses to "Reporting on Yourself" published in Spokesman-Review

June

June 15 -- WNC Executive Committee meets

June 28 -- Reception for 2007 Larsen/Robinson Scholarship Winners at WNC office

July

July 6 -- WNC Executive Committee meets

July 23 -- Orientation meeting for new WNC board members

July 25 -- John Hamer speaks to Bellevue Overlake Rotary

July 27 -- John Hamer speaks to University District Rotary

August

Aug. 1 -- WNC's "Reporting on Yourself" report published in hard copies

Aug. 3 -- WNC Annual Retreat at Dumas Bay Conference Center, Federal Way

Aug. 6-8 -- John Hamer attends "Journalism That Matters" meeting in Washington, DC

Aug. 9-11 -- John Hamer attends Association of Education in Journalism & Mass Communications (AEJMC) meeting in Washington, DC

September

Sept. 5 -- WNC Executive Committee meets

Sept. 6 -- Menu Tasting for Gridiron West Dinner at Washington State Convention & Trade Center

Sept. 7 -- Meeting with Washington State University's Murrow School of Communication at WSU West office

Sept. 17 -- WNC Public Forum on "Today's News: A 'Webolution' in Progress" at Seattle Public Library

Sept. 20 -- Journalism Day at University of Washington with Washington Journalism Education Association (WNC co-sponsor)

Sept. 21 -- Washington Coalition for Open Government breakfast at Washington Athletic Club (WNC co-sponsor)

October

Oct. 2 -- Meeting with Czech journalist at WNC office, sponsored by World Affairs Council

Oct. 4 -- CityClub luncheon panel on "Wiki-Media" at Washington Athletic Club (WNC co-presenter)

Oct. 4-6 -- Washington Newspaper Publishers Association annual meeting, Yakima

Oct. 15 -- WNC Executive Committee meets, WNC office

Oct. 17 -- WNC Board Meeting, Pyramid Alehouse

November

Nov. 8 -- 9th Annual WNC Gridiron West Dinner at Washington State Convention and Trade Center

Nov. 22-23 -- WNC office closed for Thanksgiving

December

Dec. 24-25 -- WNC office closed for Christmas