WABE, Atlanta’s NPR Station, is looking for freelancers knowledgeable about Atlanta to contribute news and feature content for our website. We’re looking for people who are open to taking assignments, and who also can pitch great stories that are unique to Atlanta. If you’re interested, please send links to writing samples and a resume to Maegan…
Journalism 8.0 : An 8-year lesson from the White House briefing room
President Barack Obama displayed his professorial chops at his final press conference, in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room, in the West Wing of the White House Thursday, afternoon, January 18, 2017. He talked about domestic and global issues; and he spoke candidly about news coverage. From where I sit, I found his…
Carolyn Carlson honored at holiday mixer in Atlanta
By Ellen Eldridge, SPJ Georgia president If it weren’t for Dr. Carolyn Carlson, I wouldn’t be president of the Georgia Pro chapter of Society of Professional Journalists. Honestly, I might not even be a working journalist. I don’t say that to discount my hard work, but to emphasize how much her caring has helped my…
SPJ Georgia Hosting Freelance Fair on May 6
Looking for more freelance gigs? Publications from all across Metro Atlanta will be here, in need of writers, photographers and other talented journalists. Plus, did you know freelancers have to file their taxes FOUR times a year? Are you writing off enough expenses? Learn more about the world of freelancing with an H&R Block tax…
Meet Freelance Committee Chair: Mark Woolsey
Mark Woolsey is a longtime radio news anchor/reporter/newsroom manager, freelance writer/editor and meteorologist. A native of Illinois and a graduate of Southern Illinois University’s Mass Communications program, Mark has worked as a news director, assignment editor, field/in-house reporter and occasional talk show host for stations in Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas and finally, Georgia. After graduating…
Atlanta Press Club Holiday Mixer
Join fellow journalists for a special APC holiday mixer at Taco Mac in Buckhead. Enjoy appetizers and good cheer. Sponsored by the Atlanta Press Club and the Georgia chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. WHEN Tuesday, December 13 6:30 to 9 p.m. WHERE Taco Mac Lindbergh City Center 573 Main St NE Atlanta, GA 30324 R.S.V.P….
Freelance committee meeting
ANNOUNCEMENT: The SPJ Georgia Pro committee on freelance journalism will meet on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 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 workshop in May 2017, should contact Haisten Willis at Haisten.Willis@Gmail.com.
How to cover transgender people in the media
On Saturday October 29 I spoke at the MediAtlanta conference on the topic of covering transgender people in the media. My goal for the day was to focus on the GLAAD Media Guide. I feel that it is not only a good, but a necessary supplement to the Associated Press Style Guide for journalists who…
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