Register for Poynter event in Chicago

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RSVP deadline nears for Saturday's Poynter workshop

The response has been overwhelming, but you have until noon Friday to reserve a seat at a special interactive workshop: Ethical Journalism in a Digital World. The respected Poynter Institute is coming to Chicago to present a unique workshop, usually available only on its Florida campus.

The Chicago Headline Club is sponsoring the workshop with the help of Loyola University's School of Communication and SPJ-Loyola Student Chapter.

WHEN: 1-4 p.m. Saturday, March 14
WHERE: Beane Hall, on the 13th floor of Loyola University's Lewis Tower, 820 N. Michigan Ave. (Entrance is to the north, on Pearson Street.)
HOW MUCH: Free for Headline Club members, $25 for nonmembers, $5 for students. Join Society of Professional Journalists/Chicago Headline Club and be admitted free. Payment will be accepted at the door.
RSVP: By noon Friday; call (312) 553-0393 or e-mail chc.kathy@gmail.com

Robert M. Steele and Al Tompkins, two Poynter ethics and multimedia applications experts, will lead the workshop that will explore the increasing use of digital information and the possible pitfalls.

Local journalists joining them include: Wes Bleed, news director for WGN-AM; Nicole Dizon, news editor for the Chicago bureau of The Associated Press; Steve Edwards, acting program director for WBEZ-FM; Ron Gleason, director of news and programming for WBBM Newsradio – 780; Jeff Kiernan, CBS 2’s new news director; Anne Swaney, executive producer, online operations for ABC 7 Chicago; Norm Parrish, night editor for the Chicago Sun-Times; Frank Whittaker, vice president of news and station manager of NBC 5; and Don Wycliff, former public editor of the Chicago Tribune.

Steele and Tompkins will involve the audience of journalists, bloggers and students in an interactive discussion of privacy and copyright issues, documentation of research, video usage, Twitter and Facebook and how to maintain credibility and integrity across all platforms. The workshop will be interactive so that participants can join in on discussions, case studies, role-playing and other exercises.