Drop by Trinity Commons at lunchtime on Thursday, 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?  

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 plan to provide free coffee and bottled water. 

Trinity Commons is attached to Trinity Cathedral, which is at 2230 Euclid Avenue, corner of East 22nd Street. You can park in the lot behind Trinity Cathedral (entrance off Prospect Avenue) or just take the trolley. There's some additional parking and public transit information on the Trinity website here.        

Susan Crowell, editor of weekly newspaper, Farm and Dairy, in Salem, Ohio and adviser to the campus newspaper, The Collegian, Grove City College, Grove City, Pa. has issued a challenge!

Recently she and 5 students who accompanied her to the National College Media Convention took part in the First Amendment Free Food Festival. The festival offered a free breakfast to those who signed away their First Amendment rights. 

Students were in for a shock when they discovered they couldn't talk, meet with their friends or complain when the food was unavailable, or they were unfairly treated. They'd signed away all those rights. There was even a mock "jail" area for those that wouldn't obey. 

Susan was so impressed by this powerful call to look at the freedoms we take so lightly that she wrote this blog, complete with video about the event. It stands as a challenge to the colleges and universities in the Cleveland area to arrange a similar demonstration. 

The First Amendment Free Food Festival was started on Sept. 18 2006  by Michael Koretzky, a freelance journalist and volunteer adviser to the newspaper at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton. Since then it has spread nationwide. 

For more information and to organize your own First Amendment Free Food Festival. Click Here. 

The date and location for the panel discussion has changed to Nov. 15 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. 

The location is now 

Main Classroom Auditorium  Cleveland State University 1899 East 22nd Street, Cleveland, OH  44115

Join the panel discussion with Ohio journalists Nov. 15 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
• 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. 

For more information and to register click here. 

This month's Cuyahoga County Library Writer's Center Stage welcomes Pulitzer Prize Winners Geraldine Brooks and Tony Horowitz, a couple who each have roots in journalism. 

Brooks was a correspondent for the Wall Street Journal for 11 years before she moved into the realm of fiction. She won the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for her second novel, "March". 

Brooks' first international bestseller was "Year of Wonders" about a woman dealing with bubonic plague in 1666, In 2008 she released "People of the Book" a ficitonal story of the history of the Sarajevo Haggedah. Her most recent novel "Caleb's Crossing" was published in 2011. 

Horowitz served for 10 years as a war correspondent for the Wall Street Journal. He earned a Pulitzer Prize for national reporting in 1995. His books include the New York Times Bestseller "Baghdad without a Map" and other critically acclaimed bestsellers "Blue Lattitudes"- about explorer James Cook, and "Midnight Rising- John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War"

Brooks and Horowitz will appear at the Ohio Theatre, Nov. 13 at 7:30 p.m.  Tickets are $30.  For more information click here. 

Calling all communicators! If you are a writer, editor, graphic artist, web content manager, usability expert, consultant, information manager, instructional designer, educator or a student in communication or English, you might want to consider a career in technical communication. 

The NEO STC (Northeast Ohio Community of the Society for Technical Communication) is hosting a Networking Lunch, Nov. 14 at the Sweet Mango Thai Cuisine 14610 Pearl Rd., Strongsville. Come and learn more about this professional association's dedication to technical communication in industries as diverse as software development, financial services, health care and transportation.  

The NEO STC has won awards for its outstanding service to members showing dedication to promoting professional growth. 

If you plan to attend, email Angela Dianetti at  adianetti@radcomservices.com by Nov. 13. For more information on the society itself click here.

PUBLIC RELATIONS, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, COLLEGE OF THE ARTS AND COMMUNICATION, WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY, WAYNE, NJ   

To develop and teach both undergraduate and graduate courses in our rapidly growing public relations/corporate and strategic communication programs. A Master's degree in a relevant field (Public Relations, Communication, Marketing, Public Affairs, Journalism, Management) and substantial record of professional experience is required. Senior-level public relations agency or corporate communication professional experience and a terminal degree (M.F.A. or doctorate) are preferred. Department of Communication Elizabeth Birge, Chairperson birgee@wpunj.edu 

There's a new online resource for SPJ members!

If you must deal with restrictive prison access policies you can now access: 

• Downloadable State-by-State access policies and contact information 
• General information
• Transparency in process
• Inmate interviews
• Staff Interviews
• Online presence

If you are an SPJ member and want more information click here. To join or to renew your membership click here.