By Sharon Dunten, editor of SPeachJ News; president, SPJ Georgia Every year since 1950, the Green Eyeshade Awards have been given to the best in professional and collegiate journalism in southeastern U.S. Re-scored as the Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Award by the Society of Professional Journalists, it still stands as an annual award in…
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Five journalism groups host first Media Mix Atlanta
ATLANTA, GEORGIA —Five journalism groups coordinated the first Media Mix ATL on May 18 at the STATS Food & Drink in downtown Atlanta. With a mixture of conversation and cocktails, SPJ Georgia, along with the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA), the Southern Asian Journalists Association (SAJA), the National Association of Black Journalists (NAJB) and the…
CCJ students embed and report with global mission teams
MACON, GEORGIAÂ — As part of the Mercer On Mission program for Mercer University-Macon, the Center for Collaborative Journalism will embed its journalism students this summer with the university’s global mission teams including in Cambodia, Honduras, Kenya and Vietnam. Director of Center for Collaborative Journalism Tim Regan-Porter says the journalism students will learn the craft of…
New investigative journalism award — Larry Peterson Memorial Award
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA — SPJ Georgia chapter is launching an award this June to present the best in investigative journalism in SPJ Region 3: Â Georgia, Florida, South Carolina and Alabama AND both professionals and students may apply. Â The Larry Peterson Memorial Award for Investigative Journalism was developed to celebrate the life of Larry Peterson and his…
Welcome new SPJ Georgia members! Ingrid Arnesen, national television station producer, Atlanta Laurel-Ann Dooley, Atlanta writer Hadil Maarouf, freelance television producer, Atlanta Christopher Monroe, Traffic Reporter/Director of TCC Ops, Salem Media Group, Atlanta Neha Negandhi, freelance writer, Atlanta Lanie Lippincott Peterson, freelance writer, Savannah Katja Ridderbusch, Senior Foreign Correspondent, Atlanta Kathleen Saal, freelancer, FlyingKat LLC …
Operation: Freelance is a go; SPJGA board member exposes $80K discrepancy of Georgia campaign
Welcome new SPJ Georgia members Ingrid Arnesen, senior producer at CNN Lanie Peterson, freelance writer based in Tybee Island, Georgia Mary Silver, reporter, The Epoch Times Dan Whisenhunt, editor of Decaturish.com and SPJ Georgia board member Rescheduled Operation: Freelance is Saturday, March 28 at Kennesaw State University; registration still open SPJ Georgia and SPJ Kennesaw State student…
Get ready to become a freelancer; couple finds love for community journalism
Welcome new 2015 SPJ Georgia members: Jim Crane, Executive Director of Standards and Practices, CNN;Â Stephany Fisher, CBSAtlanta 46, anchor;Â Alvie Hackle, staff writer, Statesboro Herald;Â Karen Huppertz, columnist for Atlanta Journal-Constitution;Â J Kenley Jones, Statesboro, Georgia;Â Sandee LaMotte, Executive Producer, Special Projects, CBS Atlanta 46;Â Cristy Lenz, Supervisor, CNN National Desk;Â Paige M. Peebles-McDuffie, Freelance journalist, Independence Day Publishing;Â Andy Miller, CEO/Editor…
GET READY FOR A FULL CALENDAR OF SPJ GEORGIA EVENTS IN 2015
Freelance?  Talk to editors and writers who work in the fastest growing segment of journalism What:  Operation: Freelance – Learn the ins and outs of freelancing from editors and freelance professionals When: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., Feb. 21 Where:  Kennesaw State University, Social Science Building, Room 1017, 402 Bartow Avenue, Kennesaw, Georgia  30144 Who:…
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