So, where did television news go wrong?

The following content is a commentary produced by David Baxley. The comments and opinions in Baxley’s article are his own and does not reflect any opinions of SPJ Region 3 or SizingUptheSouth.com. – Sharon Dunten, editor By David Baxley, SPJ South Carolina member and Assistant Professor of Mass Communications, Francis Marion University The nasty realization of…

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Memos and Emails to Federal Agency Employees Ban Press Releases, Social Media Posts and “Outward Facing” Documents

By Lynn Walsh, president of Society of Professional Journalists The public’s access to its government and its employees is dying. Tuesday, memos and emails, obtained by a variety of news organizations, show federal agencies are being prohibited from sending press releases, posting on social media and sharing information on blogs. The agencies involved include the…

NAHJ Atlanta: Let’s talk Banjo & Facebook at Atlanta newsroom event on Feb. 6

Join NAHJ Atlanta (National Association of Hispanic Journalists) at the Embassy Suites by Hilton Atlanta at Centennial Olympic Park on Feb. 6 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. for a Banjo and Facebook event examining the evolving challenges and opportunities of today’s story cycle; discovery through distribution. This is also an opportunity to ask Facebook about the…

Three freelance program events scheduled in SPJ Region 3, maybe more, in 2017

Three states in SPJ Region 3 will be hosting a freelance programming event in 2017 including SPJ Florida, SPJ Georgia and SPJ South Carolina. SPJ Florida: Freelance Fair, Feb. 18, 2017, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., Pride Center, 2040 N. Dixie Highway, Wilton Manors, Florida 33305 FREE http://bit.ly/2jRtajT SPJ South Carolina: Operation: Freelance, March 28,…

Mouth of the South: The Talking Dead

It’s the story that never dies… College journalists are notoriously poor interviewers. So for the past three years, SPJ has trained them to chat up their sources by quizzing corpses. This free program is called Zombie Stories, and it can easily spread to your city. It works like this… Students don free white Zombie Stories T-shirts and venture…

CBS correspondent finds ways to connect heritage with reporting

By David Baxley, Assistant Professor of Mass Communication, Francis Marion University, and SPJ South Carolina member. Mireya Villarreal reporting from California wildfires near Bakersfield, Calif., in June 2016. She is the only Hispanic woman on CBS News west of the Mississippi River. Photo courtesy Mireya Villarreal/CBS News As Mireya Villarreal, her husband and young son…