Moving forward
This is my last post on the LDF Shield. Thank you for allowing me to serve as the chairman of this great committee for the past two years. As many in SPJ know, I was elected president-elect Saturday in Washington D.C. I am grateful for the opportunity and looking forward to working with and serving the membership for the next three years.
Thank you for your support of LDF and I urge you to continue to support the efforts under the direction of Molly McDonough of Chicago, who is the new chairwoman. She is passionate about LDF and will be a great chair.
LDF issued seven grants worth more than $18,000 since August of 2006. Heading into the new year, LDF has more than $100,000 in the account to help journalists with legal battles.
We raised about $19,000 at the auction Thursday night and sold a chair Saturday at the banquet for $1,500 that had the autograph's of Woodward, Bernstein, Ben Bradlee and the rest of that great panel from Saturday. A Bob Shieffer autographed auction-paddle sold for $200.
We had a great year. Good luck, Molly and thank you for your support of LDF.
Dave Aeikens