Lunch & learn: Pitching Personal Journeys for The AJC

Have brunch on the Society of Professional Journalists Georgia Pro chapter from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Aug. 7 with editor Suzanne Van Atten and a handful of freelancers. Suzanne is the editor of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Personal Journeys column. This award-winning feature series is printed every Sunday on the cover of the Living…

SPJ Georgia freelance committee meeting

ANNOUNCEMENT: The SPJ Georgia Pro committee on freelance journalism will meet on Wednesday, June 21, 7:00 p.m. at Alon’s Bakery on Ashford Dunwoody Road. Address: 4505 Ashford Dunwoody Rd., Atlanta, GA 30346. Anyone interested in this committee or meeting should contact committee chair Mark Woolsey at NoozFlash@Gmail.com or SPJ Georgia board member Haisten Willis at Haisten.Willis@Gmail.com.

Freelancers: Join us for lunch June 27

To: All Atlanta-area freelance journalists.  From: SPJ Georgia.  Hey there! We are hosting a casual meet-up for freelance journalists at Café Intermezzo in Dunwoody (4505 Ashford Dunwoody Rd, Atlanta, GA 30346) at noon on Tuesday, June 27.  All are welcome and there will be no speaker, no agenda, just casual conversation among friends and freelancers….

Inspire black men brunch with AABJ

The Atlanta Association of Black Journalists will host a brunch program on Saturday, June 10 to celebrate Black men and “to help change the lives and images of Black men in the news and in society.” This brunch program will include a panel of well-known men from different mediums including radio/TV/film, sports and music. The…

Mini meetups with SPJ Georgia

The Georgia chapter of Society of Professional Journalists will be adding dates for mini meetups where anyone can come by and chat about what SPJ does or just meet local media members. These chats will each have a theme, but be open for discussion about anything media related. Our plan is for one SPJ Georgia…

After Deadline: Atlanta media mixer June 15

After Deadline: Atlanta Media Mixer Join us on Thursday, June 15 for the next APC After Deadline at Fado Irish Pub in Buckhead. Our mixers are a great opportunity for journalists to network with other media professionals. Hosted by Thomas Wheatley of Atlanta Magazine. Sponsored by the Atlanta Press Club, the Georgia chapter of the…

Tickling Giants: Film Screening

Tuesday, April 11, 2017 from 6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. At The Jimmy Carter Presidential Library Free and open to the public ($10 donation requested) Watch the trailer here. About the film: In the midst of the Egyptian Arab Spring, Bassem Youssef creates the satirical show, “Al Bernameg,” which quickly becomes the most viewed television program…