The Colorado Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists will sponsor two programs in June at the Denver Press Club. The events are free and open to the public.

Social Media and Breaking News

A panel of reporters will discuss how social media affects breaking news coverage at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 18.

The panelists are Tak Landrock of Fox 31; Vikki Migoya, Denver Post suburban and community news editor; and Phil Tenser of the 7News digital team. The moderator will be Rob Reuteman, a Reynolds Foundation visiting business journalism professor at Colorado State University, former business editor at the Rocky Mountain News and a past president of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers.

The State of Community Public Radio

Harvest Public Media reporter Luke Runyon and KUNC reporter Grace Hood will discuss community public radio in a Fireside Chat at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 26.

Harvest Public Media, based at KCUR in Kansas City, is a network of reporters and partner stations throughout the Midwest that covers agriculture and agribusiness. Runyon joined KUNC in Greeley in 2013 after spending two years as a reporter at Aspen Public Radio.

Since joining KUNC in 2008, Hood has won a number of state, regional and national awards. She received the Daniel Schorr Journalism Prize in 2012 from the Boston NPR news station for her series “Investigating Colorado’s Online K-12 Schools.” She also received the national Edward R. Murrow awards in 2010, 2011 and 2012 for her feature and investigative reporting.