Society of Professional Journalists

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

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

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.

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.

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.

Will the News Media Still Be the Public’s Watchdogs in 21st Century Journalism? — a talk by Bill Hirschman

The Sunshine State Awards ceremony will be Saturday, May 31 at the Empire Ballroom at the Sheraton Fort Lauderdale Airport Hotel in Dania, Florida.

“Reporting On and From Latin America,” a workshop sponsored by Florida International University’s Latin American and Caribbean Center (LACC), will be held May 2 at the Biscayne Marriott Hotel. The workshop attracts journalists, editors, policy-makers and scholars from throughout the U.S., Latin America and Europe.

Books and Books, Coral Gables presents: Night Fire: Big Oil, Poison Air and Margie Richard’s Fight to Save Her Own (Amistad, $24.95) Miami Herald journalist Ronnie Greene’s passionate look at how humble grassroots activism can eventually unsettle a corporate Goliath.

The 2008 IRE Conference will be held in Miami from June 5-8, 2008 at the InterContinental.
This great training opportunity will offer more than 100 in-depth sessions.