(ATLANTA, GEORGIA) – Monica Kaufman Pearson, a SPJ member for more than 40 years, received the Robert S. Abbott Memorial Award for Meritorious Service in Mass Communications on Feb. 18 at the Southern Regional Press Institute at Savannah State University. Pearson also was the keynote speaker at the Milledge-Owens Awards Luncheon on Feb. 19. Pearson…
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SPJ Georgia press release on Secretary of State exemption of open records laws
Secretary of State wrong to cite exemption of open records laws regarding data breach FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dec. 3, 2015 CONTACT: Ellen Eldridge, President, SPJ Georgia EMAIL: Ellen@EllenEldridge.com The Georgia chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists strongly urges the Secretary of State to release public records involving its massive data breach that occurred last…
SPJ Georgia and Savannah Morning News host inaugural investigative journalism awards luncheon and workshop
The Society of Professional Journalists – Georgia celebrated its first winners of the 2015 Larry Peterson Memorial Award for Investigative Journalism on Saturday, Nov. 14, at the Larry Peterson Award Workshop and Luncheon at the Savannah Morning News auditorium in Savannah, Georgia. Savannah Morning News investigative journalist and environmental reporter Mary Landers won the award…
Police, the Media, and the Public: ‘Don’t believe your lying eyes’
By Mary Silver SPJ—Georgia ATLANTA—Two police chiefs, two journalists, an elected official, two activists, a lawyer, and a professor walk into a bar. They talk in a thoughtful, civil way about police shootings, protests, and what the media gets wrong about that story. It was Society of Professional Journalists—Georgia’s “Police, the Media and the Public”…
Operation: Freelance Part 2 returns on Sept. 12 in Midtown Atlanta
The popular workshop hosted by SPJGA returns Sept. 12 to Taco Mac in Atlanta. Do you have questions about becoming a freelance journalist? Have you been recently laid off from your journalism job? Do you want a new direction with your journalism career? Consider joining SPJ Georgia Professional Chapter for an informative and intriguing workshop, “Operation: Freelance,”…
Tragic deaths
SPJ and SPJ Georgia responds to death of Virginia journalists “The Society of Professional Journalists is deeply saddened and shocked by the news today regarding the fatal shootings of WDBJ-7 journalists Alison Parker, 24, and Adam Ward, 27,” said Paul Fletcher, president-elect of the Society of Professional Journalists. Parker, a reporter, and Ward, a videographer,…
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SPeachJ full of features including member spotlight, and Haiti connection; 4 committees meetings scheduled
WATCH FOR SPEACHJ’S NEW REDESIGN Welcome new SPJ Georgia member Jennifer Matthews, Associate Producer at CNN Katja Ridderbusch: Freelancer works in U.S. and Europe By Erica Relaford, SPJ Georgia intern, Savannah State University, senior, majoring in journalism Katja Ridderbusch, a senior foreign correspondent, author and multimedia journalist has been working in the journalism industry for more…
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