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23 October 2007: The Chess Journalist issue for September
2007 now on-line
Thanks to our editor John Hillery for providing the September
2007 issue of our journal in PDF format. To read or download this
issue go to the The Chess Journalist
page and click on the September 2007
link.
20 October 2007: Jonathan Hilton appointed Awards Committee
Chairman and Chief Judge
CJA President Jerry Hanken has announced Jonathan Hilton
of Cincinnati has been appointed Chair of the Awards Committee
and Chief Judge of Awards for next year. The Board has approved
his appointment 4-0 (Ira Lee Riddle not voting).
13 October 2007: Howard Goldowsky on John Watson's Chess.FM
Show "Chess Talk"
FYI, fellow chess journalists:
Last night I recorded an interview with John Watson that will
be aired on his chess.fm
show starting Tuesday (and which will last for a week).The interview
lasts about 1.5 hours, and covers many topics in my book (Engaging
Pieces). Unfortunately, we didn't have enough time to cover
the CJA, although we do talk about the process of interviewing
and other things of interest to chess journalists. The CJA does
come up once or twice, but only indirectly. If you're not a
member of the ICC (which I'm not) you can still listen to the
interview by taking a free 1-week trial membership.
Best, Howard Goldowsky
1 October 2007: CJA Member Howard Goldowsky Announces Special
Awards Program
Howard Goldowsky sent the following announcement:
"I've decided to sponsor an award to recognize the two
best USCL interviews (Web-based video or prose) of 2007. Here
is the link: http://www.daowoodbrighton.com/4.html.
If the competition proves popular, I will offer monetary prizes
in future years."
For full information go to the link
provided. The prizes this year will be copies of his book Engaging
Pieces: Interviews and Prose for the Chess Fan. The USCL (United
States Chess League) web site is at http://www.uschessleague.com/
7 September 2007: Cramer Committee Announces Prize Winners
Dr. Frank Brady, co-chair of the Cramer Committee, announced
the winners of their annual journalism awards.
Best Chess Columnist: Pete Tamburro for his instructional
column "Chess Lessons" in Chess Life for Kids
Best Chess Book: The Kings of New York by Michael Weinreb
Best State Magazine: Georgia Chess, Honorable Mention:
Northwest Chess, Chess Horizons
Gallery of Distinguished Chess Journalists: Yasser Seriwan,
Alex Dunne
The CJA Awards announcement has been updated with these new results.
See 2007 CJA Awards Winners.
With his announcement Dr. Brady included these interesting comments:
"The Committee voted that in the future it would operate
independently from the Chess Journalists of America. The following
committee members were elected for 2007-2008: Donald Schultz
and Frank Brady (co-chairs), Larry Price, Glenn Petersen, Mike
Cavalo."
22 August 2007: GM Susan Polgar's Texas Tech University Commencement
Address
In a rare and possibly unique experience in the USA, GM Susan
Polgar presented the Commencement Address at Texas Tech University
during the May 2007 graduation exercizes. GM Polgar was recognized
in the annual awards program in Category 23 Special Recognition
Award for her words to the graduating seniors. By permission,
her speech is reproduced here.
See Susan Polgar - Commencement Speech
13 August 2007: CJA Awards Winners
The complete list of prize winners in the annual CJA Awards program
has been posted. The Cramer Committee is responsible for some
of the awards. When we are notified we will add their choices
to the list.
See 2007 CJA Awards Winners.
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