Denver Post sports columnist Benjamin Hochman will be featured in a Fireside Chat at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 1, at the Denver Press Club, 1330 Glenarm Place.
The program, sponsored by the Colorado Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, will be free and open to the public.

Hochman joined the Post in fall 2007 and covered the Denver Nuggets. He previously worked at the New Orleans Times-Picayune where he wrote a Katrina-themed book “Fourth and New Orleans” which was published in 2007. During his career, he has covered a Super Bowl, NBA Finals, BCS championship game and the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Hochman has finished top 10 in the Associated Press Sports Editors national sportswriting awards five times in the past five years. In the June issue of Mile High Sports, he is described as a “new generation” sports columnist. According to interviewer Doug Ottewell, in additon to Hochman’s Post column, “he’s tweeting, blogging, chatting, texting. He’s on the radio, on television, on stage.”

His columns range from traditional sports commentary to human interest stories. He also employs self-deprecating humor. On Aug. 30 he wrote about running with Ralphie’s handlers before the Colorado-Colorado State game at Sports Authority Field. “Another friend in the press box asked, “When was the last time you ran that fast?” As I pondered, he then said what we both were thinking: “I don’t think there was a last time.”

In his free time, Hochman performs stand-up comedy around the Denver area.

Metered street parking is available in front of and near the Press Club is available on Glenarm Place. The meters accept credit cards. Parking is also available in a public lot on the southwest side of the Press Club.