Journalism job alert! The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is looking for two great writer-producers on a short-term (two month) basis, working on a very newsy multiplatform project. You’ll be brainstorming, creating (writing, reporting, researching) and packaging all kinds of content around a specific topic. Atlanta-based is preferred. Know anyone or interested yourself? Email Adam Carlson (adam.carlson@ajc.com)…
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Call for Submissions, September Deadline
It is award season for professional journalists. Win $400 for your investigative journalism work from the SPJ Region 3 and the Savannah Morning News by entering the Larry Peterson Memorial Award for Investigative Journalism. If you win, you will also travel to beautiful Savannah, Ga., all expenses paid to pick up your award at the Larry Peterson Investigative…
Immigration Reporting Panel, April 23
Register Here What: The scope of the Society of Professional Journalists Georgia pro chapter immigration reporting panel is to begin a discussion on issues involved with immigration reporting and offer tips and best practices to reporters covering the often sensitive issues associated. Where: WSB at 1601 West Peachtree Street in Atlanta When: Saturday April 23…
Attorney General fines Hospital Authority
Open Government training ordered VALDOSTA – The State Attorney General’s Office has ordered the Hospital Authority of Valdosta and Lowndes County to pay a $500 civil penalty to the State of Georgia and to participate in an open government training session with the Attorney General’s Office. The Attorney General’s Office admonished the Hospital Authority following…
Freelance committee meeting
ANNOUNCEMENT: The SPJ Georgia Pro committee on freelance journalism met on Wednesday, March 23 at 7 p.m. at the Taco Mac in Lindbergh. Address: 573 Main St NE, Atlanta, GA 30324 Anyone interested in this committee, which is working toward promoting a tax workshop for freelance writers on May 14, should contact Mark Woolsey at noozflash@gmail.com
Local SPJ member announces findings from crime reporter and PIO surveys
INDIANAPOLIS – Much like other journalists, crime reporters say Public Information Officers (PIOs) often make their jobs more difficult by creating barriers to agency experts who have information the public needs to know. In two separate reports, released by the Society of Professional Journalists today as part of Sunshine Week, crime reporters and police public information…
Haiti News Project Meeting, March 31
The SPJ Georgia committee on Haiti will meet at the end of this month on Thursday, March 31 at 7 p.m.. The group will discuss upcoming events and the possibility of funding a trip to Haiti. Location: Hudson Grille Brookhaven, 4046 Peachtree Road, Atlanta, GA 30319 The Haiti News Project committee is working with a…
Sunshine Laws in Georgia, Toolkit
Jim Zachary, editor of the Valdosta Daily Times and director of the Transparency Project of Georgia, discusses open government in Georgia in the article, “Government business must be open; Media must help hold officials accountable.” He writes: “Government must be held accountable. The only way for the public to hold government accountable is for all of the…
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