Author Archives: SPJ Virginia Pro

What: AP Day at the Capitol When: Dec. 4 Where: Richmond Times-Dispatch The board of the Virginia Pro Chapter SPJ has voted to support AP Day at the Capitol. It’s an annual seminar organized by Virginia APME to help reporters, editors and editorial writers prepare for the legislative session. Please join us!

Virginia Union University needs someone to teach introductory-level TV production one class, one day a week (tentatively scheduled for Tuesdays 9:30-11:30 a.m., but flexible to include evenings). Master’s degree or higher preferred. Interested candidates should contact Dr. Randy Fitzgerald, chair of mass communications, 257-5649 or 353-7747; jrfitzgerald@vuu.edu or rfitzger@richmond.edu.

I just received this today. If we can put together a proposal for an ethics program, there is grant money available. Here are the details: To encourage promotion of Ethics in Journalism Week, $1,000 grants are available to chapters for ethics programming. The grant is made possible through a generous donation from the Sigma DeltaContinue reading “$1,000 Call for Ideas: Ethics Program”

If you’ll indulge me … I’d love to extend an invitation to any SPJ member to attend Style Weekly’s 25th Anniversary Party. It’s next week, Tuesday, Oct. 30, in Richmond. Please e-mail me at jason.roop@styleweekly.com if you’d like to attend (some of you already are) and I’ll send you the details ASAP! — Jason Roop

SPJ-Virginia Pro Chapter (then Sigma Delta Chi, Richmond Pro Chapter) received its charter in April 1958. To mark the occasion, the chapter is beginning to plan a celebration. Caroline Cardwell and Brian Eckert are co-chairs of the 50th Anniversary Committee. If you have a suggestion about celebrating the anniversary, please contact Caroline or Brian. InitialContinue reading “Our Golden Anniversary”