About AOJ and the NCEW Foundation
3899 N. Front Street
Harrisburg, PA 17110
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aoj@pa-news.org
Association of Opinion Journalists is a non-profit professional organization representing opinion writers and editors at newspapers and radio and television stations.
Membership is open to editorial writers at newspapers of general circulation and at radio and television stations, to teachers of journalism in schools of journalism and in journalism in-service training institutions, to students of journalism, and to others who devote a substantial part of their time to preparing editorial copy, columns, or broadcast commentary, or to the determination of editorial policy.
AOJ publishes a quarterly online journal, The Masthead. The group holds an annual convention in a different section of the country each fall consisting of critique sessions of members’ pages or broadcast editorials, professional seminars, and speakers and panel discussions on a theme topic. It sponsors conferences, seminars, and foreign tours throughout the year.
Organized in 1947 as National Conference of Editorial Writers, AOJ has members from around the world.
PRESIDENT
Froma Harrop
Columnist, The Providence Journal
75 Fountain St.
Providence RI 02902
fharrop@mac.com
Work: (401) 277-7438
Fax: (401) 277-7439
VICE PRESIDENT
Bob Davis
Executive Editor, The Anniston Star
P.O. Box 189
Anniston AL 36202
bdavis@annistonstar.com
Work: (256) 235-3540
Fax: (256) 241-1991
SECRETARY/TREASURER
Miriam Pepper
VP/Editorial Page, The Kansas City Star
1729 Grand Blvd.
Kansas City MO 64108
mpepper@kcstar.com
Work: (816) 234-4421
Fax: (816) 234-4940
NCEW Foundation was created in 1981 to “conduct, sponsor, and support educational programs and projects in the field of journalism.”
Projects sponsored by NCEW Foundation include:
- Minority Writers Seminar, held each spring to attract experienced minority journalists to opinion writing.
- Barry Bingham Sr. Fellowship, presented annually to salute a journalism educator who gives special effort to recruiting minority students and preparing them for successful careers.
- Scholarships enabling college students to attend AOJ's annual convention.
- Educational seminars and professional meetings.
- Funding for research studies.
- Two volumes of Editorial Excellence previously published, with plans for a third.
- Publication (with Scripps Howard Foundation) of Beyond Argument: A Handbook for Editorial Writers in April 2001 and reprinted in 2010.
PRESIDENT
David Holwerk
Communications Director
The Kettering Foundation
200 Commons Road
Dayton OH 45459
dholwerk@kettering.org
Work: (937) 439-9818
Fax: (937) 428-5353
VICE PRESIDENT
vacant
SECRETARY
Jill “J.R.” Labbe
Editorial Director
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
P.O. Box 1870
Fort Worth TX 76101
jrlabbe@star-telegram.com
Work: (817) 390-7599
Fax: (817) 390-7294
TREASURER
Miriam Pepper
VP/Editorial Page
The Kansas City Star
1729 Grand Blvd.
Kansas City,MO 64108
mpepper@kcstar.com
Work: (816) 234-4421
Fax: (816) 234-4940
TRUSTEES
Froma Harrop
Columnist
The Providence Journal/Creators Syndicate
75 Fountain St.
Providence, RI 02902
fharrop@mac.com
Work: (401) 277-7438
Fax: (401) 277-7439
Marjorie Arons-Barron
WCVB-TV Ret.
Barron Assoc. Worldwide, Inc.
57 Edgefield Road
Newton, MA 02468-2118
aronsbarron@barronAW.com
Work: (617) 423-7770
Fax: (617) 969-6640
Tom Bier*
Vice President and Station Manager
WISC-TV
7025 Raymond Road
Madison, WI 53719
tbier@wisctv.com
(608) 277-5171
Neil Heinen
WISC-TV
7025 Raymond Street
Madison, WI 53719
nheinen@wisctv.com
Work: (608) 277-5133
Fax: (608) 271-0800
Gene Policinski*
First Amendment Center
1207 18th Avenue South
Nashville Tennessee 37205
gpolicinski@freedomforum.org
Work: 615-727-1303
Fax: 615-727-1329
*Non-AOJ members