The South Florida Society of Professional Journalists sent a letter encouraging Sen. Bill Nelson to fight for the passage of the federal shield law, which is expected to hit the Senate floor Monday.
The National Writers’ Workshop schedule is up.
SPJ headquarters learned today that the federal shield law bill will likely hit the Senate floor for a vote Monday, July 28. President Clint Brewer is urging SPJ and SDX board members to take an active role immediately in the passage of S. 2035, the Senate version of the Free Flow of Information Act.
The Jackson Herald, a weekly published in Jefferson, Ga, took top honors Saturday at a banquet honoring winners of the 58th Annual Green Eyeshade Awards, a journalism contest that recognizes excellence in 11 Southern states.
The upheaval at the Tribune Company continued Monday as the publisher of The Los Angeles Times and the top editor of The Chicago Tribune stepped down, both at a time when their papers were preparing for major redesigns and deep cuts in their newsroom staffs.
Two Leaders to Step Down at Tribune Newspapers
The Poynter Institute in St. Petersburg will expand its journalism e-learning Web site through a five-year, $1.4 million grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
Poynter awarded $1.4M grant to expand e-learning
Apparently, Britney Spears is the future of business news. How do I know that Britney Spears is the future of business news? I know this because I recently attended a seminar in New York for business journalists where I learned that almost any story with the name Britney Spears in it will do well on […]
RCN is launching Colombia´s first Internet newscast in English on June 30. RCN News in English will be anchored by Brian Andrews, an American Journalist now living in Colombia. View a promo here.
Leaders of the Society of Professional Journalists said the are disappointed and concerned by Wednesday’s conviction and harsh sentencing of Miami freelance photographer Carlos Miller — who was found guilty of resisting arrest without violence during a jury trial.
Miller, who was arrested in February 2007 by Miami police after photographing officers on a public street, […]
The 2008 SPJ Convention & National Journalism Conference, which takes place Sept. 4-7 in Atlanta, is your chance to meet and connect with reporters, editors, freelancers and educators from across the world for three days of excitement.
