Chapter News
Register for SPJ’s National Journalism Conference
The SPJ Convention and National Journalism Conference will be here before we know it! The event is Oct. 3-5 in Las Vegas, but early registration ends Sept. 8. We hope you can all attend. The convention is a fantastic opportunity for all journalists – veteran or newbie – to learn and stay ahead of the game in this ever-changing climate.
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TECH TUESDAY presents THE GREAT MEDIA MORPHSenior executives of South Florida ’s leading business publications will tell us what their organizations are doing to adapt to the new social and economic realities of news gathering and distribution. July 27, 6:00pm – 8:00pm. Ecco Pizzateca & Lounge, Miami, FL.
Early Bird Registration Deadline for AASFE ConferenceThe American Association of Sunday and Features Editors invites newspaper and freelance writers and editors to its national conference at The Poynter Institute in St. Petersburg , Fla. , Oct. 6-9, 2010. This promises to be an innovative conference — one focused on giving you the best journalistic training available at the nation’s premier school [...]
FOI/First Amendment News
SPJ urges Florida Atlantic University administration to lift threats against student pressINDIANAPOLIS – Leaders of the Society of Professional Journalists wrote a letter to the president of Florida Atlantic University, Mary Jane Saunders, voicing concern over news reports that university administrators have threatened to punish a student journalist…
Shield Law Passes Senate Judiciary CommitteeWe’d like to share this breaking news with you about one of the issues SPJ has been tracking closely for several years: The shield law bill, S. 448, has passed the Senate Judiciary Committee. It will now go to the full Senate.
