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Category Archives: awards

Video & program of ceremony honoring Ray & Jean Boone

We have posted video of the ceremony we held on Thursday, Feb. 3, to present the 2020 George Mason Award to Jean Boone, publisher of the Richmond Free Press, and posthumously to her husband, Ray, who founded the newspaper 30 years ago.

Posted bySPJ Virginia ProFebruary 4, 2022February 5, 2022Posted inawards, college fellowships, George Mason Award, SDX Educational Foundation

Volunteer to judge SPJ college journalism contest

SPJVA members, can you help judge this year’s SPJ Mark of Excellence journalism contest recognizing outstanding student journalism?

Posted bySPJ Virginia ProJanuary 29, 2022January 29, 2022Posted incontest judging, Mark of Excellence, SPJ Region 2, students

George Mason Award Ceremony on Feb. 3

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.

Posted bySPJ Virginia ProDecember 31, 2021January 13, 2022Posted inevent, George Mason AwardTags:Jean Boone, Ray Boone, Richmond Free Press

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.

Posted bySPJ Virginia ProDecember 19, 2021January 4, 2022Posted inGeorge Mason AwardTags:Jean Boone, Ray Boone, Richmond Free Press

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.

Posted bySPJ Virginia ProDecember 10, 2021December 12, 2021Posted inchapter business, diversity, ethics, first amendment, George Mason Award

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