Meetings


SPRING MEETING, April 15-17, 2012

Make plans now to attend the annual NAAJ meeting April 15-17, 2012 in Washington, D.C. It will be held at the Cosmos Club, 2121 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20008-2871. Room rate is $177 and reservations may be made by contacting the Cosmos Club at (202) 387-7783. The cutoff date for reserving rooms is March 15.

The deadline  for members to register for the meeting is April 5. Get a pdf or Word doc registration form.

Guests to the NAAJ-Sonja Hillgren Scholarship Benefit Dance:

The annual dinner-dance, featuring U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson and his band, will be at 5:30 p.m. April 16 at the National Press Club. The cost for guests to attend is $140.

The dinner-dance payment options for non-members:

  • Pay online via Paypal. Email ka-phillips@tamu.edu to request an invoice. State the names of people who will attend, along with the e-mail address and name of person to be sent the invoice.
  • Pay by check payable to NAAJ.  Send the names of each attendee and the check  to NAAJ, c/0 Kathleen Phillips, 6434 Hurta Lane, Bryan, Texas 77808.

The scholarship payment options:

  • Click to contribute to the NAAJ-Sonja Hillgren Memorial Scholarship online.
  • Or mail a check (payable to University of  Missouri School of Journalism) to University of  Missouri School of Journalism Development Office, 103 Neff Hall, Columbia, MO  65211. Put NAAJ-Sonja Hillgren Memorial Scholarship in the memo.

Previous meetings

North American Agricultural Journalists - Upcoming Events March 2, 2011:
Contest update – winners for 2010 articles

April 10-12, 2011:
Spring meeting, April 15-17, 2012

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2012 meeting registration form

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