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…
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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…
Kickoff to Sunshine Week, March 14
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…
Monica Pearson wins award at Southern Regional Press Institute
(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…
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”…
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,”…
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