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.
Category Archives: SPJ Region 2
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?
Pro & student chapters receive SPJ honors
Regional honors for SPJVA and the SPJ Virginia Tech Chapter.
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 personalContinue 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 reporterContinue reading “SPJVPA16: Case study in tragedy: WDBJ”
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