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South Florida International Press Club Luncheon

By Kate Vilches • Jan 2nd, 2009 • Category: Upcoming Events

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 7TH, 2009 – NOON
MIAMI SHORES Country Club 10000 Biscayne Blvd, Miami Shores
SPEAKER: Julie Kay, chair of the national Legal Defense Fund for the Society of Professional Journalists



Post: Debt-Ridden Tribune Co. Considers Bankruptcy

By Kate Vilches • Dec 8th, 2008 • Category: News About News

Post: Debt-Ridden Tribune Co. Considers Bankruptcy
Media giant Tribune Co., saddled with billions in debt since it became a privately held company last year, has hired bankruptcy advisers, according to its flagship newspaper, the Chicago Tribune.



Holiday Fundraiser for Women’s Shelter

By Kate Vilches • Dec 4th, 2008 • Category: Upcoming Events

The Association for Women in Communications South Florida Chapter (AWC), in partnership with the Miami-Dade County Commission for Women (CFW), will hold a holiday fundraiser social to benefit The Lodge, a shelter for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. The fundraiser will be held at Brosia Restaurant in Miami on December 18th from 6:00 [...]



SPJ urges President-elect Obama to continue support for media shield law

By Kate Vilches • Nov 25th, 2008 • Category: News About News

SPJ urges President-elect Obama to continue support for media shield law
The Society of Professional Journalists, the nation’s most broad-based journalism-advocacy organization, encourages President-elect Barack Obama to make good on a campaign promise to support a bill that would protect journalists and their confidential sources.



SPJ supports Indiana newspaper in appeal of $1.5 million libel suit

By Kate Vilches • Nov 25th, 2008 • Category: News About News

SPJ supports Indiana newspaper in appeal of $1.5 million libel suit
The Society of Professional Journalists has joined other media organizations in an amicus brief initiated by the Hoosier State Press Association that defends the essential free press reporting rights of an Indiana newspaper.



NYT: Web Sites That Dig for News Rise as Watchdogs

By Kate Vilches • Nov 18th, 2008 • Category: News About News

Web Sites That Dig for News Rise as Watchdogs



NYT: Newspapers Jettisoning Top Talent to Cut Costs

By Kate Vilches • Nov 18th, 2008 • Category: News About News

Newspapers Jettisoning Top Talent to Cut Costs



FAU Invites Application for Environmental Fellowship

By Kate Vilches • Nov 13th, 2008 • Category: News About News, Upcoming Events

Florida Atlantic University invites applications for the 4th annual Scripps Howard Institute on the Environment in South Florida, a weeklong educational fellowship for print, broadcast or electronic journalists to be held June 1-6, 2009.



Panel Discussion on Diversity Issues

By Kate Vilches • Oct 29th, 2008 • Category: Upcoming Events

Please mark your calendar for Wednesday, Oct. 29, the date of SFBJA’s next media workshop, which will take the form of a panel discussion on media diversity issues.
We’ll focus on diversity in the media and sensitivity in the portrayal of minorities, with an emphasis on the Miami Herald’s recent front-page photos from Haiti following Hurricane [...]



Press Luncheon: Analyzing the 2008 Election

By Kate Vilches • Oct 23rd, 2008 • Category: Upcoming Events

Party leadership of both the Republicans and Democrats and several political journalists and writers have been asked to a press luncheon and panel discussion of the November 4 election.