© 2011 Society of Professional Journalists South Florida Pro
BOARD MEETING MINUTES SPJ South Florida Pro Chapter 7:15 pm, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011 University Press at FAU 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton ROLL CALL Members present: Michael Koretzky, Dori Zinn, Lucy Reed, Rachael Joyner, Jason Parsley, Bill Whiting, Michele Boyet, Lisa Lucas, Sergy Odiduro, Darcie Lundsford OLD BUSINESS ACTION: Michele motioned to approve [...]
Last week, SPJ South Florida Pro was honored with the Circle of Excellence – Campus Relations and Scholarship award for the chapter’s involvement in campus events and scholarship activities. From the release: The South Florida Pro chapter is honored in the Campus Relations and Scholarship category. During SPJ Ethics Week in April, the chapter sponsored [...]
When our chapter decided to support our president’s venture to teach his students at Florida Atlantic University the history of journalism, we knew it wouldn’t be a lecture in a classroom. SPJ South Florida Pro President Michael Koretzky wanted students to know what it was like to exist in a world without computers. As volunteer [...]
<a href=”http://storify.com/spjsofla/july-meetup-writing-for-the-web-and-seo” target=”_blank”>View “July Meet-up: Writing for the Web and SEO” on Storify</a>Meet-ups are held every other month at various venues across South Florida. If you would like to host, sponsor, or present a future chapter meet-up, please contact Executive Vice President Michele Boyet.
Throwing a story online and expecting readers to flock to it just doesn’t cut it anymore in today’s media world. Now, stories need an extra level of care to shine online. Learn the basics of search-engine-optimization and what works when writing for the Web from some of South Florida’s leading online journalists at SPJ’s July [...]
In 2009, SPJ South Florida took a risk by sponsoring the inaugural Will Write For Food program. Held during our Region 3 Conference in Hollywood, the program took students who traveled from across the state and put them in the COSAC Homeless Shelter newsroom where the Homeless Voice is produced. Students wrote, recorded, edited, copy- [...]
On Friday, June 17, SPJ South Florida Pro joined forces with South Florida Gay News to challenge Fort Lauderdale’s ban on photography around the area of the filming of Rock of Ages. For weeks, the city enforced a ban on all photography – amateur and professional –around the movie set, which is currently in the [...]
UPDATE: 6/16/2011 from SPJ South Florida Pro President Michael Koretzky: We’ll meet FRIDAY AT 1 PM outside Tarpon Bend, the largest dining establishment on SW 2nd St. Here’s a map. This is a casual affair. We don’t have to sit together if you’re feeling antisocial. As long as we eat and/or drink outside and take pictures – with [...]
NEWS from SPJ South Florida Pro Chapter Contact: Tim Dodson, tim@timdodson.com / 305-562-5796 2011 Sunshine State Awards Honor Florida’s Best Journalism HOLLYWOOD, Fla., June 11, 2011 – An Orlando Sentinel night police reporter in his first year as a journalist won top honors Saturday in the 2011 Sunshine State Awards. The statewide journalism competition, which recognizes Florida’s [...]
The winners of the 2011 Sunshine State Awards were presented Saturday, June 11 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel, Hollywood, Fla. Now in its 17th year, the Sunshine State Awards recognize quality journalism from across Florida. In this year’s competition, more than 600 entries – from print, television, radio and online media – were evaluated by news professionals [...]