Nov. 5 at 2:15 p.m., Dwayne Bray, senior coordinating producer for ESPN, will speak at Kent State University on how ESPN balances journalism and its business relationships with the sports conferences and leagues whose games they broadcast.

"Dwayne's experience can help students learn about what it means to be a sports journalist today. And really, what it means to be a journalist in any area," says Sue Valerian, an adjunct instructor in Kent State's School of Journalism and Mass Communication. She was one of those who arranged Bray's visit with the goal of increasing Kent State students' perspective and adding to their knowledge and insight.  

"Several of my students want to go into sports broadcasting or write about sports." she stated. "Either way, Dwayne has experience in both areas. And today, the lines are blurred between print and broadcast. Students need to be proficient in both writing and shooting video."

Bray is an East Cleveland native whose road to ESPN started with a stint as a courts reporter for the Los Angeles Times (1993-95), wound on to assistant metro editor (1995-97) and sports editor (1997-2000) of the Dayton Daily News, and then to assistant sports editor (2004-05), sports editor (2004-05) and deputy managing editor (2005-06) of the Dallas Morning News. 

The event will take place at FirstEnergy Auditorium in Franklin Hall at Kent State University. It is open to the public at no charge. Kent State students will tweet live from the event using the hashtag #brayatjmc.

Drop by Trinity Commons at lunchtime on Nov. 15 and join panelists:

• Harlan Spector, The Plain Dealer's chair of the Newspaper Guild; 
• Tom Moore, WTAM news anchor 
• Jean Dubail, senior regional editor at Patch.com.

as they discuss the question - how will the news business look in the years ahead? 

Trinity Commons  is at 2230 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland. You can park on Prospect Ave. behind Trinity Cathedral or just take the trolley. It's free and open to the public so bring a friend and your brown bag lunch or get a sandwich next door at Café  Ah Roma. We'll serve the beverages. 

Those of us who know about the doctrine of "fair use" but are secretly unsure about how to apply it, can tune into the online radio show Studio SPJ, Nov. 10 at 3:30 p.m. on BlogTalkRadio (see link below).  

Hosted by former SPJ national president ethics committee chairman Kevin Smith the show will feature guests Patricia Aufderheide and Peter Jaszi, professors at American University and the authors of "Reclaiming Fair Use - How to Put Balance Back in Copyright." 

Aufderheide, Jaszi and two colleagues published a study this past July that revealed how a great number of journalists don't completely understand the meaning of "fair use" of copyrighted materials - which is understandable, given that copyright owners often claim infringement when it's really fair use.   

"This is extremely valuable information, (for journalists) to be able to do their jobs better, said Smith during a recent interview. "I hope to see a set of principals evolve, which can make it easier to know what's the right thing to do."

So if you have ever silently admitted to yourself that you'd love to be absolutely sure you're using "fair use" properly, click here on Nov. 10 at 3:30 p.m. 

 The 12-day U.S. Presidential Election Reporting Seminar will be making a stop at John Carroll University on Nov. 5 for a panel discussion about "U.S. Election Issues: Race and Gender in 2012"

This panel has been organized by the East-West Center for a group of 11 foreign journalists from Afghanistan, China, Hong Kong, India, Nepal, New Zealand and Vietnam, who are in the U.S. to cover the presidential election. This is the Cleveland leg of a journey that also visits Tampa and Washington. 

In an election as tight as this one, questions of equality can become deciding factors. The visiting journalists have asked to hear about these issues from our Cleveland panel, and the foreign journalists will be given a chance to ask questions of the panelists before any questions are taken from the audience. 

The panel will ask and answer: 

How is the U.S. Presidential Election dealing with the most urgent and important issues in front of ethnic and racial communities?

How are women reacting to the way both the Democratic and Republican parties have been focusing on gender related issues?

This panel discussion will be moderated by SPJer and Writer's Week editor Carrie Buchanan, assistant professor of communication at John Carroll University.

• Arlene Anderson, Executive Director, Cleveland Branch NAACP
• Mike Brickner, Communications and Policy Director, ACLU Ohio
• Penny Jeffrey, President, League of Women's Voters Cleveland
• Marsha A. Mockabee, President and CEO, Urban League Cleveland

Designed to make international coverage of the election deeper and stronger, this event is part of a professional study and reporting tour put together by the East-West Center for foreign print, broadcast and online journalists who will be reporting from some of the key states in the 2012 U.S. presidential election. The public is welcome to attend.

When: Nov. 5 from 3:45 to 5:15 p.m.  

Where: at John Carroll University, Lombardo Student Center, Jardine Room, 1 John Carroll Blvd (formerly North Park Blvd), University Heights 44118.   

Cost: This event is open to the public at no charge.   

Join the panel discussion with Ohio journalists Nov. 13 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. as they discuss what it was like to cover the 2012 elections, the highlights and the special times only they saw. What did they go through to get an interview?  How did they maintain objectivity?

A joint effort between the Press Club of Cleveland and the Cleveland State University School of Communication, the panel includes:

• Rick Jackson/WVIZ/PBS
• Tom Beres/WKYC Channel 3
• Henry J. Gomez/The Plain Dealer
• John Arthur Hutchison/The News-Herald
• Karen Kasler/Statehouse News Bureau

The event is free for press club members, students and CSU professors and only $12.50 for others. It will be held at Waetjen Auditorium, Cleveland State University, 2001 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH  44115

For more information and to register click here. 

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