The courts’ watchdog agency awaits the state legislature’s rule changes, and moves ahead with hiring staff, including an investigator, absent since 2015, and pushes to increase the budget to hire a staff attorney which would be an agency first, according to the Daily Report. By Julius Suber, SPJGA Board member In November voters approved a…
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SPJ Georgia freelance committee meeting
ANNOUNCEMENT: The SPJ Georgia Pro committee on freelance journalism will meet on Wednesday, April 19, 7:30 p.m. at the Starbucks on Ashford Dunwoody Road. Address: 4441 Ashford Dunwoody Road, Dunwoody, Ga. 30346. Anyone interested in this committee, which is working toward organizing and promoting a freelance job fair on May 6, should contact committee chair Mark Woolsey at…
Kennesaw State seeks part-time faculty for communication courses
The School of Communication and Media at Kennesaw State University is looking for part-time faculty with print/online journalism experience to teach one or more courses in news writing, including AP style and inverted pyramid format. The university is also looking for part-timers to teach photojournalism/TV/radio production classes as well as news writing and reporting classes….
APC After Deadline: A Mixer With Fellow Journalists
Join us for our first mixer of 2017! Hosted by Jorge Buzo, senior news anchor with Telemundo Atlanta. Sponsored by the Atlanta Press Club, the Georgia chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists and the Atlanta Association of Black Journalists. WHEN Tuesday, February 28 6 to 8:30 p.m. WHERE Gordon Biersch 3242 Peachtree Road…
WABE Seeks Freelancers
WABE, Atlanta’s NPR Station, is looking for freelancers knowledgeable about Atlanta to contribute news and feature content for our website. We’re looking for people who are open to taking assignments, and who also can pitch great stories that are unique to Atlanta. If you’re interested, please send links to writing samples and a resume to Maegan…
Journalism 8.0 : An 8-year lesson from the White House briefing room
President Barack Obama displayed his professorial chops at his final press conference, in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room, in the West Wing of the White House Thursday, afternoon, January 18, 2017. He talked about domestic and global issues; and he spoke candidly about news coverage. From where I sit, I found his…
Carolyn Carlson honored at holiday mixer in Atlanta
By Ellen Eldridge, SPJ Georgia president If it weren’t for Dr. Carolyn Carlson, I wouldn’t be president of the Georgia Pro chapter of Society of Professional Journalists. Honestly, I might not even be a working journalist. I don’t say that to discount my hard work, but to emphasize how much her caring has helped my…
SPJ Georgia Hosting Freelance Fair on May 6
Looking for more freelance gigs? Publications from all across Metro Atlanta will be here, in need of writers, photographers and other talented journalists. Plus, did you know freelancers have to file their taxes FOUR times a year? Are you writing off enough expenses? Learn more about the world of freelancing with an H&R Block tax…
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