© 2011 Society of Professional Journalists South Florida Pro
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 [...]
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 [...]
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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 [...]
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, [...]
With layoffs in traditional media and new opportunities emerging online, it’s no longer enough to be just a writer, editor, designer, photographer or videographer. Today’s journalists must cover the news across multiple platforms, and SPJ’s South Florida Pro Chapter is here to help you learn how. SPJ South Florida will host its first monthly meet-up [...]