SPJ Region 3 announces winners of the 2016 Larry Peterson Memorial Award for Investigative Journalism

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC) achieved significant recognition in 2016 by securing major honors in the Larry Peterson Memorial Award for Investigative Journalism. The AJC earned the prestigious title of Grand Champion of the Overall Professional award. Additionally, Lois Norder, AJC’s senior editor for investigations, received an individual award for her exceptional work on the investigative series "Doctors and Sexual Abuse." Her journalism…

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Atlanta Journal-Constitution wins top 2016 Larry Peterson Memorial Award for Investigative Journalism honors

(ATLANTA, GEORGIA) – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution sweeps the 2016 SPJ Region 3 Larry Peterson Memorial Award for Investigative Journalism by winning the grand prize for overall professional category for its series, “Doctors and Sex Abuse.” AJC Senior Editor for Investigations Lois Norder also wins an individual Larry Peterson Memorial Award for Investigative Journalism for her…

MediAtlanta conference highlights judge’s abuse of power after open records request

SPJ Georgia, First Amendment foundation and others credited with jailed publisher’s release By Julius Suber, SPJ Georgia Board Member Journalists hung on every word of the panel discussion, which included Fannin Focus Publisher Mark Thomason, who tried doggedly to get information on a story he believed could be authenticated or not by information obtained from…

November 9, 2016 in R3 Conference.

MediAtlanta provides journos tools to bypass tech road blocks and build new ones

By Sharon Dunten, SPJ Region 3 Assistant Regional Director MediAtlanta, the SPJ Region 3 conference and state host SPJ Georgia, presented a min-convention of sorts with a wide variety skill-building opportunities from learning how to fly a drone with SPJ Florida’s Brandon Ballenger to diving into long-form narrative writing with Suzanne Van Atten. The conference…

November 1, 2016 in R3 Conference.