Mark your calendar for a free, in-person breakfast panel event titled “Declining Local Journalism & the Risk to Democracy” on Wednesday, Feb. 8.
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SPJVA wins grant to mentor journalism students
The national SPJ organization has awarded the Virginia Pro Chapter a $500 grant to help provide in-person journalism student mentoring, including a monthly “Dinner with a Journalist” series, for the SPJ chapter at Virginia Commonwealth University.
SPJ VA board social event – Sun., Sept. 18 at 12:30 p.m.
Virginia journalists! You are invited to meet the new Society of Professional Journalists Virginia Pro chapter 2022-2023 board on the patio of Legends Brewing Co.,321 W 7th St., Richmond, VA 23224. on Sun., Sept. 18 at 12:30 – 2:30 p.m. Cash bar. Catch up with old friends, network, bring business cards. Board meeting (open toContinue reading “SPJ VA board social event – Sun., Sept. 18 at 12:30 p.m.”
Don’t miss the Beth Macy award ceremony
Beth Macy, the former Roanoke Times journalist who has written Dopesick and other best-sellers, will receive the SPJ Virginia Pro Chapter’s highest honor — the George Mason Award — at a ceremony on April 9 in Roanoke. You can attend the presentation in person or online.
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.