Ex-BJers help nonprofits cope with media

Media Relations 101: Strengthening Communications with the Press on Nov. 16 will help nonprofit organizations deal more effectively with the media. The workshop is sponsored by the Center for

Kirksey

Nonprofit Excellence and the Akron Area Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America.

The presenters are Dave Hertz, who left the Beacon Journal newsroom and advanced to vice president of the Dix & Eaton public relations firm, and former BJ editorial page editor Ron Kirksey, owner of Kirksey Communications.

The media panel includes WKSU radio "Morning Edition" host Jeff St. Clair, The Suburbanite editor Tammy Proctor, former Channel 5 newsman and BP public relations manager Tom Koch and moderator Tom Duke, president of the Akron chapter of the Public Relations Society of America.

The $35 workshop will be at 1-3:30 p.m. Nov. 16 at the Center for Nonprofit Excellence, 703 South Main Street in Akron.

The center's board of directors includes vice chair Debra Adams Simmons, newly elevated to editor of the Plain Dealer.

Click on the headline for the release on the center's web site.