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“Communication gadgets are becoming increasingly pervasive in daily government operations, from cell phones to personal computers to handheld devices. But Sunshine Law advocates say Florida’s open government laws have failed to keep pace.”
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Event title: Alex Taylor, Editor of The Palm Beach Post speaks at the Palm Beach Economic Forum on “The Future of Newspapers”
Date: Wednesday, February 25th, 2009
Time: Noon
Location: The Kravis Center, Cohen Pavilion, 701 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach
NBR: Google’s Schmidt on Media’s Future Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt was one of the corporate leaders that met with President Obama today. After the meeting, I spoke with Schmidt on the White House lawn. Schmidt’s thoughts about the meeting and the economic recovery plan aired in tonight’s broadcast. But, I also took the opportunity to [...]
Poynter: Cloud Journalism and the Fate of Beats Jobs — including jobs in journalism — just aren’t what they used to be. Earlier this week, consultant Robert Patterson observed after reviewing trends in unemployment statistics that “the idea of a ‘job’ as a full-time object that can support a person or even a family, is [...]
I am so sad and shocked to have to write these words – Pedro Abigantus has passed away. Pedro, 44, was the treasurer of the South Florida chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists in 2002. He was a lifelong journalist, having worked as a sports reporter for the Hollywood Sun-Tattler, an editor at the Chicago Sun-Times and at the Fort Worth Star Telegram and lastly at the Broward edition of the Miami Herald. He also spent some time at the San Antonio Light. I started out with Pedro in journalism at the Sun-Tattler. I was 20 and he was 19. We were friends…
Attention journalists! It is Green Eyeshade time again. The competition, which honors excellence in journalism, has issued its official call for entries. All entries must be postmarked by February 11, 2009.
Post: Debt-Ridden Tribune Co. Considers Bankruptcy Media giant Tribune Co., saddled with billions in debt since it became a privately held company last year, has hired bankruptcy advisers, according to its flagship newspaper, the Chicago Tribune.
SPJ urges President-elect Obama to continue support for media shield law The Society of Professional Journalists, the nation’s most broad-based journalism-advocacy organization, encourages President-elect Barack Obama to make good on a campaign promise to support a bill that would protect journalists and their confidential sources.
SPJ supports Indiana newspaper in appeal of $1.5 million libel suit The Society of Professional Journalists has joined other media organizations in an amicus brief initiated by the Hoosier State Press Association that defends the essential free press reporting rights of an Indiana newspaper.