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Paper Cuts: Surviving and Preparing for the Layoff/Buyout

By Kate Howell • Jul 23rd, 2008 • Category: Upcoming Events

Worried about being next on the buyout/layoff list? Or has it already happened to you or a family member?



Anne Mergen: Florida Cartoons

By Kate Howell • Jul 18th, 2008 • Category: Upcoming Events

Join the members of the South Florida Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists on August 3rd as we take a tour of Anne Mergen: Florida Cartoons at the Historical Museum of Southern Florida. The exhibit will display over two dozen of Mergen’s original cartoon renderings from the Great Depression through the Cold War.



Register Early for SPJ’s 2008 Conference in Atlanta

By Kate Howell • Jun 19th, 2008 • Category: Upcoming Events

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.



SPJ South Florida Chapter Hosts New York Times Bestselling Author David Sirota

By Kate Howell • Jun 12th, 2008 • Category: Upcoming Events

David Sirota, a nationally syndicated columnist, joins the South Florida chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists for an evening of discussion, insight and a reading of his latest New York Times Bestseller: The Uprising: An Unauthorized Tour of the Populist Revolt Scaring Wall Street & Washington (Crown Publishers, May 2008).



APC’s 2008 Annual Gala/ Green Eyeshade Awards

By Kate Howell • Jun 4th, 2008 • Category: Upcoming Events

The Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) and Atlanta Press Club (APC) will honor the best in journalism from 11 states in one night at APC’s 2008 Annual Gala/ Green Eyeshade Awards.



National Writers’ Workshop ‘08

By Kate Howell • Jun 4th, 2008 • Category: Upcoming Events

Early bird registration of $100 for the National Writers’ Workshop ‘08 ends Monday, June 9. Sign up at www.sun-sentinel.com/writers



South Florida Black Journalists Association Happy Hour

By Kate Howell • Jun 4th, 2008 • Category: Upcoming Events

Who: South Florida Black Journalists Association and The Frugalista Files
What:  First Friday Happy Hour
When:  6 p.m. to midnight on June 6
Where: Mr. Chu’s, 890 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach
Cost: ree
Hook up: $5 valet parking, free appetizers and two-for-one drink specials from 6 to 8 p.m.
For more info: (954) 699-3213



Clyde Butcher to Lecture at Big Cypress Gallery

By Kate Howell • May 20th, 2008 • Category: Upcoming Events

Landscape photographer Clyde Butcher will be the kick off speaker for Big Cypress Gallery’s new Summer Lecture on May 31 at 1 p.m.



Early Birds Can Save on Florida ACES event

By Kate Howell • May 9th, 2008 • Category: Upcoming Events

The annual Florida ACES workshop will be held on June 22 in St. Petersburg. Early bird prices for those with registration postmarked by June 1 are just $8 for ACES and SND members and students; $23 for all others.



Asian American Journalists Association Unity Mixer/Dim Sum Brunch

By Kate Howell • May 8th, 2008 • Category: Upcoming Events

The Florida chapter of the Asian American Journalists Association is hosting its annual Unity Mixer/Dim Sum brunch, Sunday, May 18, from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.