Join us for a special workshop before the 2016 VPA/AP/SJP Region 2 conference in early April: Shooting and Editing Video 101 Video is hot these days. It’s never been easier to shoot, edit and then post it on YouTube, Facebook or a website. But what’s the difference between good and bad video? How can youContinueContinue reading “Shooting and Editing Video 101”
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Register for the Region 2 Spring Conference now
The SPJ Region 2 Spring Conference will be held on April 8-9 at the Hilton Hotel / Short Pump, just west of Richmond. For attendees who can arrive on Friday, April 8, we will have a job/internship fair and resume/portfolio critiques in the afternoon and social activities in the evening. On Saturday, April 9, we will have aContinueContinue reading “Register for the Region 2 Spring Conference now”
Event: “Get Your Facts Straight: Addressing Shady Politics”
Hampton University and the American Press Institute will hold a free workshop in Hampton on Feb. 22. “Get Your Facts Straight: Addressing Shady Politics” will include hands-on training in using the new Political TV Ad Archive, among other fact-checking tools; a discussion on the current state of freedom of information in Virginia; and a discussionContinueContinue reading “Event: “Get Your Facts Straight: Addressing Shady Politics””
Two losses to Virginia journalism this week
Louis Wendell Hodges Louis Wendell Hodges, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Professor of Journalism Ethics Emeritus at Washington and Lee University, died yesterday, Feb. 8, from complications of a severe head injury he received in a fall six years ago. He was 83. Hodges taught religion and ethics at W&L for 43ContinueContinue reading “Two losses to Virginia journalism this week”
Service for J. Stewart Bryan III planned for Wednesday
A service honoring the life of J. Stewart Bryan, the chairman of Media General and a George Mason Award winner, is planned for Wednesday afternoon. Mr. Bryan, 77, died Saturday from injuries suffered in a fall at his home nine days earlier. Prayers and a celebration of his life will be held 4:30 p.m. WednesdayContinueContinue reading “Service for J. Stewart Bryan III planned for Wednesday”
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