Freelancer lunch and hangout

Freelancing can get lonely, so let’s get together and dish over lunch. No speaker. No agenda. Just casual conversation among friends and freelancers hosted by the Georgia chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. Where: Cafe at Pharr, 4300 Paces Ferry Rd SE #244, Atlanta, GA 30339 (located inside Vinings Jubilee) When: Tuesday, Aug. 29 at…

Mingle with fellow freelance journalists

Freelancing can get lonely, so let’s get together and dish over lunch. No speaker. No agenda. Just casual conversation among friends and freelancers hosted by the Georgia chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. Where: Apres Diem, 931 Monroe Drive NE, Atlanta When: Tuesday, July 25 at 12 p.m. Attendance is free for members and non-members alike,…

Digital Hyperlocal Journalism Panel at Manuel’s Tavern

Join us at the legendary Manuel’s Tavern as we focus on one of the newest forms of journalism — digital hyperlocal websites. Often just a few years old and edited by their founders, hyperlocal digital websites are the startups of the journalism world, a 21st century take on the community newspaper. The panel will be…

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….

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…

SPJ Georgia and Savannah Morning News host inaugural investigative journalism awards luncheon and workshop

The Society of Professional Journalists – Georgia celebrated its first winners of the 2015 Larry Peterson Memorial Award for Investigative Journalism on Saturday, Nov. 14, at the Larry Peterson Award Workshop and Luncheon at the Savannah Morning News auditorium in Savannah, Georgia. Savannah Morning News investigative journalist and environmental reporter Mary Landers won the award…