© 2011 Society of Professional Journalists South Florida Pro
SPJ South Florida partnered with the Florida College Press Association to present the 2011 FCPA Awards, the “Student Division” of the Sunshine State awards. And the winners are… College Journalist of the Year • First Place: Rebekah Shepherd – University of Florida • Second Place: Karla Bowsher – Florida Atlantic University • Third Place: Joshua [...]
MEETING MINUTES SPJ South Florida Pro Chapter Wednesday, May 25, 2011, 7:30-9 p.m. Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood Roll Call Members present: Michael Koretzky, Rebekah Monson, Dori Zinn, Lucy Reed, Jake Cline, Rachael Joyner, Jason Parsley, Bill Whiting, Arlene Satchell, Tim Dodson (chapter administrator). Excused absences: Michele Boyet, Sergy Odiduro, Darcie Lunsford, Lisa Lucas [...]
SPJ annually awards scholarships to help members attend the national conference. This year, SPJ has teamed up with RTDNA to present Excellence in Journalism 2011, to be held Sept. 25-27 in New Orleans. There are two opportunities to help SPJ members attend. Both scholarships include a conference registration, three nights at the Sheraton hotel, airfare [...]
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Down here in South Florida, our board members live and work up to two hours apart. So board meetings can be a royal commuting pain in the butt. Conference calls don’t work much better – 13 journalists on the phone all talking over each other. So we recently tried something brand-new… GoToWebinar is a super-sized version [...]
If you thought careers in journalism were just working for newspapers and television stations, you thought wrong. There are good jobs for journalists in places you might not think to look. Learn how to apply for them – and how to separate yourself from all the other applicants. On May 19, SPJ South Florida brings you [...]
MEETING MINUTES SPJ South Florida Pro Chapter Thursday, April 7, 2011, 7-8 p.m. Virtual Meeting
MEETING MINUTES SPJ South Florida Pro Chapter Saturday, Feb. 23 2011, 7 p.m. Hollywood Beach Marriott, Hollywood
What would a newspaper look like if we didn’t follow the SPJ Code of Ethics at all? During SPJ Ethics Week (April 25-29), SPJ South Florida sponsored a uniquely unethical event at Florida Atlantic University. The student newspaper, the University Press, was recreated as the Unethical Press. Click here to see how it all turned out. [...]
On Thursday, March 24, SPJ South Florida Pro held their first meet-up, bringing journalists from Palm Beach through Miami-Dade together to discuss the advances, struggles, and changes multimedia is doing for the journalism industry. Three South Florida journalists, including the Miami Herald’s Bridget Carey, South Florida Gay News’s Jason Parsley, and the SunSentinel’s Geo Rodriguez, [...]