The Virginia Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists will present its 2020 George Mason Award to Jean Patterson Boone, publisher of the Richmond Free Press, and her late husband, Ray Boone, who founded the award-winning weekly, at a ceremony Feb. 3 at Virginia Commonwealth University.
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Tickets on sale for Feb. 3 George Mason Award event
Tickets are now on sale for the Feb. 3 ceremony at which the SPJ Virginia Pro Chapter will present its 2020 George Mason Award to Jean Patterson Boone, publisher of the Richmond Free Press, and her late husband, Ray Boone, who founded the award-winning weekly.
George Mason, a man ‘full of contradictions’
It’s overdue for SPJVA to clarify its relationship to George Mason. We abhor his role as an enslaver and his failure to live up to the ideals that he espoused. But we appreciate and celebrate his words defending a free press.
Support the future of journalism on Giving Tuesday
Financial support from the Virginia SPJ,SDX Educational Foundation has helped more than 90 people launch careers in journalism and other communication fields. Here’s how to donate.
Celebrate George Mason’s birthday with us
Join the SPJ Virginia Pro Chapter as we mark the birthday of George Mason, principal author of the First Amendment and the Bill of Rights, at his ancestral home, Gunston Hall, on Saturday, Dec. 11.
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