Moving On with Art and Music Therapies

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SPJ elects 2024-25 Board of Directors and Regional Coordinators

SPJ elects 2024-25 Board of Directors and Regional Coordinators

9/30/2024

CONTACT:
Ashanti Blaize-Hopkins, SPJ National President, ashanti.blaize@gmail.com
Kim Tsuyuki, SPJ Communications Specialist, ktsuyuki@hq.spj.org

INDIANAPOLIS – The Society of Professional Journalists has elected its 2024-25 Board of Directors and Regional Coordinators. Voting closed at noon EDT today. Newly elected SPJ Board of Directors members and Regional Coordinators for Regions 1, 4, 5 and 9 are:

• Chris Vaccaro as Vice President, running unopposed
• Sara Catania as Secretary-Treasurer, with 56.9% of votes for that role
• Patricia Gallagher Newberry as Director At-Large, with 29.8% of votes for that office
• Nicole DeCriscio as Director At-Large, with 28.5% of votes for that position
• Michelle Watson as Region 1 Coordinator, with 53.4% of votes for that office
• Ginny McCabe as Region 4 Coordinator, with 94.7% of votes for that role
• Nicole DeCriscio as Region 5 Coordinator, running unopposed
• McKenzie Romero as Region 9 Coordinator, running unopposed

A swearing-in ceremony will be held at 5:30 p.m. EDT Tuesday via Zoom. SPJ’s 108th president, Emily Bloch, will be sworn in alongside new 2024-25 Board of Directors members and Regional Coordinators.

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Lindenwald Porch Fest this weekend is free and features 5 bands

 

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Hamilton’s Lindenwald neighborhood is trying something new to bring community members together through music. Read more in Journal-News: https://www.journal-news.com/news/lindenwald-porch-fest-this-weekend-is-free-and-features-5-bands/D3OPQLOOFVAJTAYUSU4YZDIEJQ/

Children’s Entrepreneur Market to sell kids wares at Fairfield Farmers Market

 

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The Fairfield Farmers Market has partnered with Children’s Entrepreneur Market, a program that teaches young people about the power of entrepreneurship, innovation and leadership through experiential learning, for two markets this summer. Read more in Journal-News: https://www.journal-news.com/news/childrens-entrepreneur-market-to-sell-kids-wares-at-fairfield-farmers-market/TWT5MJ6BPZHSVBJWYLRIMXAQUQ/

Greater Cincinnati Radio Control Club to present Flying Circus Airshow

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Flying Circus Airshow is set to take place on Father's Day Weekend at the Butler County Regional Airport. https://www.daytondailynews.com/news/greater-cincinnati-radio-control-club-to-present-flying-circus-airshow/62SVYQF2KJF2BIV3KUAMR7GFMQ/

Local man seeks to break Guinness World Record for most hours playing pinball

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Ginny McCabe has more on local man seeking to break Guinness World Record for Journal-News: Local man seeks to break Guinness World Record for most hours playing https://www.journal-news.com/what-to-love/local-man-seeks-to-break-guinness-world-record-for-most-hours-playing-pinball/34YNZWASPZDTRGDZQDH3JENAHI/

Boy sees YouTube video of local train display, family travels more than 13K miles to see it

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Boy sees YouTube video of local train display, family travels more than 13K miles to see it. Ginny McCabe has more for Journal-News: https://www.journal-news.com/news/boy-sees-youtube-video-of-local-train-display-family-travels-more-than-13k-miles-to-see-it/D7ZWQ3R5BRB6XKWF6ZMQFHT3QU/