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The Virginia Pro Chapter will host our next board of directors meeting at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 17, tentatively scheduled at the offices of WCVE Public Radio, located at 23 Sesame Street in Richmond. This meeting is open to all members. The following items will be on the agenda:1.      Report on program with Virginia TechContinueContinue reading “Virginia Pro Chapter Board meets Saturday, Nov. 17”

Join the Virginia Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists (@SPJVA) at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15 for a hands-on Twitter workshop with Fredericksburg city reporter and SPJVA board member Robyn Sidersky (@fxbgcitybeat).Learn the ins and outs of using Twitter in your day-to-day reporting. We’ll cover a range of topics, from the basics ofContinueContinue reading “Twitter for Journalists Workshop Thursday, Nov. 15”

Bruce D. Brown, a former journalist and partner with the D.C. office of Baker & Hotstetler, has been named as the new executive director of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, according the RCFP website.He succeeds Lucy A. Dalglish, who spent 12 years in the post and is the new dean at theContinueContinue reading “DC lawyer to head Reporters C’tee for Freedom of the Press”

RICHMOND – An expert in freedom of information offered tips to dig up documents and feed great stories to the newsroom during the Access Across America II Tour Thursday, July 12. The visit by Charles Davis, an associate professor at the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Journalism, was hosted by the Virginia Pro Chapter SPJContinueContinue reading “Access Across America II hits Richmond”