Saturday, Sept. 21, 9:30 a.m. — SPJ Colorado Pro September Board Meeting at Metropolitan State University of Denver. Room C119. All members are welcome.
Tuesday, Sept. 24, 6-7:20 p.m. — How Cities Deal With Climate Change. Panel discussion featuring Denver Mayor Michael Hancock, Golden Mayor Margorie Sloan, Wheat Ridge Mayor Bud Starker and Jonathan Wachtel for Lakewood Mayor Adam Paul. Moderated by Tom Plant, senior policy advisor, Colorado State University Center for the New Energy Economy. Denver Press Club, 1330 Glenarm Place, Denver. Cash bar, 5:30 p.m. Tickets required.
Thursday, Sept. 26, 5-9 p.m. — Memorial for the late Neil Westergaard, Infinity Park Event Center, 4400 E. Kentucky Ave., Glendale. Westergaard, a long-time Denver journalist, was editor of the Denver Business Journal and The Denver Post. The memorial originally was to be at the historic Denver Press Club, but RSVPs exceeded the club’s capacity. The new venue has so much greater capacity that no tickets actually will be required.
Friday and Saturday, Sept. 27 and 28 — Migrahack, a workshop about depth stories on immigration to Colorado. At University of Denver, Anderson Academic Commons, 2150 E. Evans Ave., Denver. Free and open to the public but registration required.
Saturday, Sept. 28, 2-3 p.m. — Denver Press Club Honors Mortgage Challenge Donors. Drinks, 1:30 p.m. Denver Press Club, 1330 Glenarm Place, Denver. Free, but tickets required.
Thursday, Oct. 3 — Colorado Press Association – SPJ Colorado Pro Campus Visit, Colorado State University – Fort Collins.
Thursday, Oct. 3, 5:30-7 p.m. — Denver Press Club mixer, membership card distribution. Denver Press Club, 1330 Glenarm Place, Denver.
Thursday, Oct. 3, 7-8 p.m. — Screening of Lost Highways episode about the late Alan Berg, a Denver radio personality who was shot dead in his front yard in the 1980s. Denver Press Club, 1330 Glenarm Place, Denver. Free, but tickets required. Social hour, 6 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 4, 7 p.m. — Historic Denver Press Club inducts 2019 Hall of Fame quintet. Denver Athletic Club, 1325 Glenarm Place, Denver. Social hour, 5-6:30 p.m., Denver Press Club. Tickets required for the dinner.
Wednesday-Sunday, Oct. 9-13 — Society of Environmental Journalists national conference, Colorado State University, Fort Collins. Fee, registration required.
Saturday, Oct. 12, noon-4p.m. — College Journalism Resume Workshop sponsored by Denver Press Club and SPJ Colorado Pro. Very important: Students — bring your resumes and work samples for the professionals to critique. At historic Denver Press Club, 1330 Glenarm Place, Denver. Free, and open to all students.
Sunday, Oct. 13 — SPJ Colorado Pro marks its 70th anniversary. The chapter was organized on Oct. 13, 1949. Watch for details.
Monday, Oct. 14, 7:30-9:30 a.m. (yes, a.m.) — Local News as a Public Good: New Pathways for Support of Civic Journalism, a panel discussion sponsored by Colorado Media Project and University of Colorado – Denver School of Public Affairs. CU – Denver School of Public Affairs, Terrace Room, 1380 Lawrence St., Denver. Free, but registration requested.
Tuesday, Oct. 15, 5:30-7:30 p.m. — First Draft, a social event and discussion of local news sponsored by Colorado Media Project. At Gates Family Foundation, 1390 Lawrence St., Unit 400, Denver. Free, but registration requested.
Wednesday, Oct. 16, 6-8 p.m. — Local Voices for Local News, a community forum on the future of local news, sponsored by the Colorado Media Project and Free Press. Doors open, 5:30 p.m., light refreshments. Longmont Museum, 400 Quali Road, Longmont. Free but registration requested.
Thursday, Oct. 24 — Colorado Press Association – SPJ Colorado Pro Campus Visit to University of Colorado – Boulder.
Thursday, Oct. 31 — Deadline for applications to The Denver Post for paid internships for college seniors.
Tuesday, Nov. 5 — Colorado Press Association – SPJ Colorado Pro Campus Visit, Metropolitan State University of Denver.
Wednesday, Nov. 13, 8 p.m. — National Public Radio host Guy Raz, How I Built This, Paramount Theater, 1621 Glenarm Place, Denver. Admission Charge.
