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Posted onSeptember 27, 2022September 30, 2022Announcements

Summit Executive Shapiro to deliver State of the County speech October 19

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Summit County Executive Ilene Shapiro will deliver the annual State of the County speech at the John S. Knight Center on Wednesday, October 19, 2022. Doors open at 11 a.m. and the program will begin at noon.             There will be the opportunity for questions…

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Posted onSeptember 7, 2022October 5, 2022Announcements

$50,000 in Scholarships Awarded for 2022 College Students

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A total of 10 students received scholarships for $5,000 each from the Akron Press Club and the John S. Knight Journalism Fund in 2022. Five area college students were selected for scholarships in memory of longtime Akron Beacon Journal editor John S. Knight. The John…

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Posted onMay 24, 2022Announcements

Akron Press Club presents local news landscape discussion

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Akron Beacon Journal/BeaconJournal.com Editor Michael Shearer and WKSU News Director Andrew Meyer will talk about the changing Akron media news market during a virtual presentation by the Akron Press Club on Thursday, June 9 at noon. There will be the opportunity for questions during the…

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Posted onMay 4, 2022Announcements

Akron Press club presents Sports Columnist Marla Ridenour

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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…

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Posted onMarch 1, 2022Announcements

Akron Press club presents Spinproof: Antidotes for Political Messages

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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…

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Posted onFebruary 21, 2022Announcements

Apply for a $5,000 scholarship by March 4

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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…

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Posted onFebruary 15, 2022Announcements

Akron Press club presents International Institute executive director

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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…

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Posted onJanuary 23, 2022February 1, 2022Announcements

President Gary L. Miller to deliver State of University of Akron speech Feb. 11

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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…

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Posted onSeptember 27, 2021Announcements

Press Club presents program on press freedom and litigation

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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…

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Posted onSeptember 15, 2021Announcements

Akron Press Club speaker to zoom in on Mars

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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…

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