Longtime Akron Beacon Journal sports reporter and columnist Marla Ridenour will talk about sports in general and the Browns trade for quarterback Deshaun Watson in particular during a virtual presentation by the Akron Press Club on Thursday, May 12 at noon. Ridenour wrote a powerful…
Long-time congressional staffer Jennifer Hoelzer and University of Akron Ray C. Bliss Institute Director Emeritus Dr. John Green will talk politics during a virtual presentation by the Akron Press Club on March 17 at noon. There will be the opportunity for questions. This Press Club…
Between the Akron Press Club and the John S. Knight Memorial Scholarship Fund, 10 scholarships of $5,000 each were awarded in 2021. If you are a journalism or public relations student from or attending school in Summit, Portage, Medina, Stark and Wayne counties, you could…
The executive director of the International Institute of Akron will discuss refugees from Afghanistan during a virtual presentation by the Akron Press Club on March 1 at noon. There will be the opportunity for questions following the speech. Madhu N. Sharma became the International Institute’s…
University of Akron President Gary L. Miller will deliver his first State of the University speech Friday, February 11 at noon before the Akron Press Club. There will be the opportunity for questions following his address. The speech will be delivered before an audience at…
University of Akron School of Law Professor Mike Gentithes will discuss “100 Years of Press Freedom: Where Free Press Litigation Leads, Society Follows” in a virtual Akron Press Club program at noon Wednesday, October 20, 2021. He will talk about how defamation, prior restraint and…
Jeff Woytach of Cleveland’s NASA John H. Glenn Research Center will discuss the exploration of Mars at an Akron Press Club virtual program Friday, October 1 at noon. NASA Glenn was a key participant in the Mars Pathfinder mission, which was designed to show a…
Ohio is in the process of redrawing U.S. Congressional districts, along with Ohio’s House and Senate districts. An Akron Press Club panel will discuss the process and what it means for voters at a virtual program Wednesday, September 22, at noon. The panelists are: Jen…
A State of the University of Akron speech by President Gary L. Miller headlines the Akron Press Club’s fall programming. Also on the schedule are a panel on the First Amendment as part of the University of Akron Law School’s 100th anniversary and a presentation…
Report for America, which works to strengthen communities through local journalism, will be the subject of a virtual panel discussion by the Akron Press Club at noon, Tuesday, May 25, 2021. Report for America came into being as local journalism has struggled because the revenue…