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		<title>SPJ responds to DOJ seizure of AP phone records</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[SPJ President Sonny Albarado today condemned the Department of Justice&#8217;s secret seizure of two months&#8217; worth of business and personal phone records of reporters for The Associated Press. Calling the action &#8220;shameful and outrageous,&#8221; Albarado said the incident once again points up the need for a federal shield law. The full text of Albarado&#8217;s statement [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spjva.com&#038;blog=1827991&#038;post=583&#038;subd=virginiaspj&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Scholarship application deadline extended to June 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 16:47:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[May 7, 2013 Dear College Journalists, Students, Professors and Financial Aid Officers: The application deadline the for two college journalism scholarships of $1,500 each, available to rising juniors or seniors attending a Virginia college or university, has been extended. The Virginia SPJ,SDX Educational Foundation awards the scholarships annually, with support from Society of Professional Journalists, [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spjva.com&#038;blog=1827991&#038;post=581&#038;subd=virginiaspj&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Virginia students bring home five national MOE awards</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 17:55:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Fletcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Students at four Virginia universities won five national first-place awards in the 2012 Mark of Excellence Awards, announced today by the Society of Professional Journalists. The competition honors work that was published or broadcast during 2012. Three schools won their MOE awards in the newspaper category: Breaking News Reporting, Small School Division National Winner: “UVa-Wise [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spjva.com&#038;blog=1827991&#038;post=578&#038;subd=virginiaspj&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Virginia high court to weigh cameras in the courtroom</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:12:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Fletcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court of Virginia has taken up a case that could resolve some inconsistencies in the commonwealth&#8217;s cameras-in-the-courtroom statute. One part of the law says cameras come in only if the judge lets them and another passage indicates they come in unless the judge can state a good reason not to allow them. SPJ [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spjva.com&#038;blog=1827991&#038;post=576&#038;subd=virginiaspj&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A great Region 2 Conference and two more events this week!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:24:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks for your support this weekend as we hosted the Region 2 Spring Conference concurrently with the Virginia Press Association&#8217;s annual meeting in Norfolk. We had nearly 100 student and pro members in attendance and about 20 volunteer panelists, moderators and presenters. Students learned their places in the Mark of Excellence Awards contest, and everyone [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spjva.com&#038;blog=1827991&#038;post=574&#038;subd=virginiaspj&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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