Banquet Speaker

If you're on the fence about the chapter's upcoming Excellence in Journalism awards banquet perhaps this will be of interest.

Marc Steiner, the former WYPR talk show host, will be the event's featured speaker.

Steiner, who is president of the Center for Emerging Media, will talk about "what CEM is doing now and our role as journalists in this society and technologically complicated 21st century."

The event is scheduled for Sunday, May 18 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Marriott Hunt Valley Inn, located at 245 Shawan Road, Hunt Valley, MD 21030.

Tickets are $30. Checks can be mailed to Bryan Sears, 1575 Doxbury Road, Towson, MD 21286-5904.

RSVP by May 13.

Another new free paper

Print is dead, right?

Behold Exhibit A, the new, free publication from The Daily Record.

This from an e-mail announcement forwarded to the chapter:

The first issue of Exhibit A is now available! This quirky legal publication is full of outrageous-but-true crime stories, captivating headlines and practical information to help people understand the legal system.

Published in Baltimore by The Daily Record, Exhibit A is free and available in black boxes on street corners throughout the city and in area retail outlets.

Headlines from the premiere issue include:
•Indentity Theft: Protect your money, your credit, and your family
• A bank's report could put the FBI on your trail
• Don't leave your family with a badly written will
• Take a tip from "The Wire" writers: Jurors should take a stand against 'drug war'