ANNOUNCEMENT: The SPJ Georgia Pro committee on freelance journalism will meet on Wednesday, Aug. 15, 7:30 p.m. at Alon’s Bakery in Dunwoody, (4505 Ashford Dunwoody Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30346). Anyone interested in this committee or meeting should contact committee chair Adina Solomon at adinars9@gmail.com or SPJ Georgia President Haisten Willis at Haisten.Willis@Gmail.com.
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Wikipedia: Accurate, credible, reliable? Panelists speak about pros and cons of using the site for sources
By Isaiah Singleton Misinformation and fake news are forcing journalists to re-evaluate how they navigate information online. Amid the fray, one site has become embedded in their daily consumption of information: Wikipedia. Siri and Alexa use it to answer our questions. Google brings it to the top of our search results. Facebook and YouTube are building…
Unsung Women of Tech and Journalism: A Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon
Misinformation and fake news are forcing us to re-evaluate how we navigate information online. Amid the fray, one site in particular has become embedded in our daily consumption of information: Wikipedia. Siri and Alexa use it to answer our questions, and Google brings it to the top of our search results. Facebook and YouTube are…
Freelance Committee to meet July 19
ANNOUNCEMENT: The SPJ Georgia Pro committee on freelance journalism will meet on Thursday, July 19, 7:30 p.m. at Starbucks in Lindbergh Plaza, 2571 Piedmont Rd. NE. Anyone interested in this committee or meeting should contact committee chair Adina Solomon at adinars9@gmail.com or SPJ Georgia President Haisten Willis at Haisten.Willis@Gmail.com.
SPJ Georgia event gives journalists a taste of what it takes to produce a podcast
By Isaiah Singleton, SPJ Region 3 summer intern, senior at Savannah State University student studying mass communication and journalism Podcasts are very hot in the world of news and information. It provides a positive trend for the journalism industry while other avenues to provide news to the masses are struggling to survive. And the the art of podcasting…
Freelancers: Meet us for lunch June 9 in Dunwoody
Freelancing? Want to be freelancing? Just like eating? If you answered “yes” to any of the above, come out Saturday, June 9 for SPJ Georgia’s monthly freelancer luncheon. We’ll be meeting at noon at Café Intermezzo in Dunwoody (4505 Ashford Dunwoody Rd, Atlanta, GA 30346). There’s no speaker and no agenda, just casual conversation among…
Learn to how to podcast at GPB headquarters on June 16
Podcasting is one of the fastest-growing categories of long-form journalism, with U.S. listeners rapidly trading in their playlists for daily podcasts. Roughly one quarter of Americans listen to podcasts on a monthly basis and, according to Statistica, there will be more than 100 million podcasts listeners nationally by 2021. Interested in getting in on the…
Freelancers: Meet us for lunch April 12 at Café Lily
Freelancing? Want to be freelancing? Just like eating? If you answered “yes” to any of the above, come out Thursday, April 17 for SPJ Georgia’s monthly freelancer luncheon. We’ll be meeting at noon at Café at Lily in Decatur (308 W Ponce de Leon Ave, Decatur, GA 30030). There’s no speaker and no agenda, just…
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