“For the first time, the JQC also will make records and information regarding the commission’s administrative matters subject to public scrutiny. The new bill also establishes a mechanism by which a panel’s appointing authorities may, by unanimous vote, remove a panel member.” – Daily Report The Judicial Qualification Reform Act of 2017 now awaits the…
Member Spotlight: Anjali Enjeti
Anjali Enjeti writes a great deal about social justice issues. It’s a professional endeavor that began on a quite personal level. Enjeti, who is of Indian , Puerto Rican and Austrian descent, says that in adolescence “I realized sometimes that my gender and skin color affected how I was treated by others. Voicing my opinion…
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…
Media and the American Muslim community: An open discussion
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Interim Judicial Qualifications Commission (JQC) Looks to Experience
The courts’ watchdog agency awaits the state legislature’s rule changes, and moves ahead with hiring staff, including an investigator, absent since 2015, and pushes to increase the budget to hire a staff attorney which would be an agency first, according to the Daily Report. By Julius Suber, SPJGA Board member In November voters approved a…
SPJ Georgia freelance committee meeting
ANNOUNCEMENT: The SPJ Georgia Pro committee on freelance journalism will meet on Wednesday, April 19, 7:30 p.m. at the Starbucks on Ashford Dunwoody Road. Address: 4441 Ashford Dunwoody Road, Dunwoody, Ga. 30346. Anyone interested in this committee, which is working toward organizing and promoting a freelance job fair on May 6, should contact committee chair Mark Woolsey at…
Kennesaw State seeks part-time faculty for communication courses
The School of Communication and Media at Kennesaw State University is looking for part-time faculty with print/online journalism experience to teach one or more courses in news writing, including AP style and inverted pyramid format. The university is also looking for part-timers to teach photojournalism/TV/radio production classes as well as news writing and reporting classes….
APC After Deadline: A Mixer With Fellow Journalists
Join us for our first mixer of 2017! Hosted by Jorge Buzo, senior news anchor with Telemundo Atlanta. Sponsored by the Atlanta Press Club, the Georgia chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists and the Atlanta Association of Black Journalists. WHEN Tuesday, February 28 6 to 8:30 p.m. WHERE Gordon Biersch 3242 Peachtree Road…
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