Sunshine week is back! The SPJ Georgia Pro chapter is hosting a discussion on police public records on Monday, March 14 at 11:30 a.m. with guests: Dr. Carolyn Carlson, journalism professor at Kennesaw State University Bert Roughton, senior managing editor of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Dr. Carlson will release findings on police public information officers and…
Category: Ethics & FOIA
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…
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”…
Florida student editor cries “plagiarism” on local newspaper
MIAMI, FLORIDA/REGION 3 — Read the SPJ Region 3 Director Michael Koretzky’s column post “Bloch and Tackle.” Read how the editor of the Florida Atlantic University student newspaper allegedly was plagiarized by the Boca Raton Tribune. “At FAU, if I get caught plagiarizing a paper, I’ll get an F. It would go on my transcript and on…
First Amendment rights and freelancing top the topics for 2015
After GA journalists’ arrests at city protest, let’s talk about the First Amendment, again SPJ Georgia invites members and guests to discuss the ongoing battle of First Amendment violations against working journalists in Georgia on Monday, Jan. 19, 2015, at Taco Mac, Lindbergh Center, 573 Main Street, Atlanta, Georgia (room upstairs), from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Talk to…
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