Welcome new SPJ Georgia members! Ingrid Arnesen, national television station producer, Atlanta Laurel-Ann Dooley, Atlanta writer Hadil Maarouf, freelance television producer, Atlanta Christopher Monroe, Traffic Reporter/Director of TCC Ops, Salem Media Group, Atlanta Neha Negandhi, freelance writer, Atlanta Lanie Lippincott Peterson, freelance writer, Savannah Katja Ridderbusch, Senior Foreign Correspondent, Atlanta Kathleen Saal, freelancer, FlyingKat LLC …
Operation: Freelance is a go; SPJGA board member exposes $80K discrepancy of Georgia campaign
Welcome new SPJ Georgia members Ingrid Arnesen, senior producer at CNN Lanie Peterson, freelance writer based in Tybee Island, Georgia Mary Silver, reporter, The Epoch Times Dan Whisenhunt, editor of Decaturish.com and SPJ Georgia board member Rescheduled Operation: Freelance is Saturday, March 28 at Kennesaw State University; registration still open SPJ Georgia and SPJ Kennesaw State student…
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…
GET READY FOR A FULL CALENDAR OF SPJ GEORGIA EVENTS IN 2015
Freelance? Talk to editors and writers who work in the fastest growing segment of journalism What: Operation: Freelance – Learn the ins and outs of freelancing from editors and freelance professionals When: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., Feb. 21 Where: Kennesaw State University, Social Science Building, Room 1017, 402 Bartow Avenue, Kennesaw, Georgia 30144 Who:…
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…
Happy Thanksgiving to SPJ Georgia members
MEMBERSHIP SPOTLIGHTS SPJ’s Stephany Fisher says journalists need to value their skills By Lauren Booker, for SPeachJ Working through the 21st century’s journalism evolution, Stephany Fisher, co-anchor at CBS46 Atlanta News, said she has had to adapt to survive. She advises journalists to learn the necessary skills to continue to thrive in this industry. “There…
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 and ONA hold social media panel in September
NEW SPJ GEORGIA CHARTER MEMBERS Welcome to the new charter members of SPJ Georgia! Don’t forget that YOU CAN JOIN SPJ Georgia as a charter member and further your journalistic ambitions and the industry in Georgia. Ilene Heller, freelance editor LOOKING TO THE FUTURE WITH SPJ GEORGIA Almost a year has passed since we planted the seeds…
