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; Stephany Fisher, CBSAtlanta 46, anchor; Alvie Hackle, staff writer, Statesboro Herald; Karen Huppertz, columnist for Atlanta Journal-Constitution; J Kenley Jones, Statesboro, Georgia; Sandee LaMotte, Executive Producer, Special Projects, CBS Atlanta 46; Cristy Lenz, Supervisor, CNN National Desk; Paige M. Peebles-McDuffie, Freelance journalist, Independence Day Publishing; Andy Miller, CEO/Editor…

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…

Georgia SPJ student chapters hold events in November

Student Chapter News SPJ GSU presents, “How to put the ME in your social media” SPJ Georgia State presents, “How to put the ME in your social media,” on Nov. 6 at 7:30 p.m., at SIDEBAR, 79 Poplar Street, Atlanta. RSVP for this FREE EVENT.  SPJ Georgia Professional Chapter is one of the sponsors for…

SPJ focuses on freelancers

Don’t forget that YOU CAN JOIN SPJ Georgia as a charter member and further your journalistic ambitions and the industry in Georgia.   NEW AVENUES FOR FREELANCERS As a freelancer, it is music to my ears that SPJ now has a freelance community, active and gaining strength, catering to the freelance members in the organization. The…