Society of Professional Journalists

Apply now to attend the 15th Annual Minority Writers Seminar. The event will happen April 29-May 2, 2010 in Nashville, Tennessee. Most of the costs are covered.

On Sunday, March 7 at 10am, learn about the history of journalism in South Florida on this Metromover Tour with the Historical Museum of Southern Florida’s Dr. Paul George.

PIOs and News Media are invited to attend the February 18th meeting of the South Florida Media Coalition, which will be held at the Fort Lauderdale Police Department. The special guest speaker will be Kerry Sanders, NBC national correspondent.

The Online News Association, the world’s largest membership organization of digital journalists, will conduct its second Parachute Training Initiative, a full day of free, intensive hands-on multimedia training, on Saturday, Feb. 20, in Boca Raton, Fla.

The University of Florida ’s College of Journalism and Communications will host its first Storytellers’ Summit May 14-16 in Gainesville, Florida.

Journalists in Transition’s first 2010 board meeting will be a fun one, with a business meeting at 1 p.m. on Saturday, January 30th followed by an all-journalists family fun day at 2 p.m. at Tradewinds Park…

The South Florida Media Coalition’s meeting on January 28th at 10 am will be forum focused on blog/online journalism and how it is “Changing the Way News is Covered.” The event is hosted by WIOD at the Clear Channel Studios in Miramar.

Miami-Dade College’s Journalism Speaker Series continues November 20th at the Wolfson Campus. The featured speaker will be Pulitzer prize-winning features writer, Lane DeGregory. DeGregory of the St. Petersburg Times won the prize in 2009 for her series “The Girl in the Window.”

The Florida Society of News Editors, in association with the Florida Press Association and the Asian American Journalists Association, will hold an all-day, multimedia skills workshop Saturday, Dec. 12 at the University of Miami School of Communication. The workshop is open to all print, video and digital journalists and educators who are interested in building their multimedia toolbox. There will be all day sessions and partial day seminars taught by recognized Florida experts in their fields.

Join the SPJ South Florida Chapter for its latest free event — “Launching Your Own News Organization: How to Fund, Start and Successfully Operate It.” The event will take place Thursday, October 29th at 7:00 p.m. in Hollywood. Panelists include Dan Christensen of the Broward Bulldog and Gary Kebbel of the Knight Foundation.