The Society of Professional Journalists, Virginia Pro Chapter, seeks nominations for its 53rd George Mason Award, to be presented in September 2016. The annual award recognizes a person in Virginia has done something extraordinary for journalism and the public: reporting and writing that has righted a wrong, caused a sea change in attitudes, changed aContinueContinue reading “Call for Nominations: 2016 George Mason Award”
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SPJVA board meeting planned
The Board of Directors of the Virginia Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists will meet via phone at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, May 17. The call-in number is 641-715-3580 and the access code is 583987. Any member is welcome to call in and listen. This post will be updated with the agenda. TentativeContinueContinue reading “SPJVA board meeting planned”
Join SPJVA for happy hour in Norfolk
Join the Virginia Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists for happy hour at Jessy’s Taco Bistro in Ghent (328 W. 20th St.) from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday. Here’s a recent food review of Jessy’s. Paul Fletcher, the national president of SPJ and the publisher of Virginia Lawyers Weekly, will be visiting fromContinueContinue reading “Join SPJVA for happy hour in Norfolk”
SPJVPA16: ‘Disturb the Peace and Get it Done,’ Post Reporter Tells Journalists
By Matt Chaney Rees Shapiro, the keynote speaker at the SPJ Region 2 Spring Conference, advised journalists to get out of the office, report from the ground and talk to people face to face. Shapiro, an education reporter for The Washington Post, emphasized how getting out, going places and relating to people on a personalContinueContinue reading “SPJVPA16: ‘Disturb the Peace and Get it Done,’ Post Reporter Tells Journalists”
SPJVPA16: Case study in tragedy: WDBJ
By Alyssa Sims “Don’t listen to what we have to say here and be afraid,” Kelly Zuber, news director of WDBJ in Roanoke, told a mix of veteran journalists and journalism students attending the VPA/SPJ joint conference on Saturday (April 9). Zuber spoke at a panel about the impact that the shooting of WDBJ reporterContinueContinue reading “SPJVPA16: Case study in tragedy: WDBJ”
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