Ethics Week: Drone Details
Using drones to report the news has its advantages, but those advantages come with the added burden of some ethical issues specific to the unmanned aircrafts. Read more … Advertisements
Diversity Style Guide to help journalists write in complex, multicultural society
The Sigma Delta Chi Foundation, along with the Society of Professional Journalists and The Center for Integration and Improvement of Journalism announce a new Diversity Style Guide to help journalists and other media professionals write with accuracy and authority about a complex, multicultural society. The guide offers definitions and guidance on more than 700 terms…
Operation: Freelance is May 14 in Atlanta
Have some questions about your taxes as a freelance journalist? Operation: Freelance sponsored by SPJ Georgia is hosting its annual event, May 14, in Atlanta. For more information go to http://bit.ly/1XSEN7D
SDX Foundation says no thanks to monies from fabulist
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA — The Sigma Delta Chi Foundation, a foundation that supports educational programs for the Society of Professional Journalists, has declined a monetary contribution from Stephen Glass. The New York Times calls Stephen Glass one of journalism’s most famous “fabulists” who wrote articles for The New Republic and three other publications. He “completely made up,…
WXIA-TV NBC 11Alive Atlanta ‘Lost on the Line’ investigation wins Peabody
“Inspired by a single 911 call for help that failed fatally, WXIA reporter Brendan Keefe launched an ambitious, enterprising multi-media probe that revealed government oversights and technical shortcomings in supposedly smart iPhones and in telecommunications infrastructure that were causing needless deaths across the country.” View WXIA-TV NBC 11Alive Atlanta’s Peabody award-winning segments HERE Peabody Awards…
Three Pulitzer Prizes announced in Region 3 area
The Tampa Bay Times, the Sarasota Times-Tribune and the Marshall Project win 2016 Pulitzer Prizes for investigative reporting. Lenora LaPeter Anton and Anthony Cormier won for the Tampa Bay Times and Michael Braga from the Sarasota Times-Tribune for investigative journalism for an investigation in Florida’s mental health system. Ken Armstrong from the Marshall Project, along…
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