By Sharon Dunten is editor of SizingUpTheSouth.com and is SPJ Region 3 Assistant Regional Director. She is also a freelance journalist/photojournalist. Workforce sexual harassment may no longer be the elephant in the room. Fueled by the #MeToo movement, the defining of sexual harassment in the newsroom and the organizations spun out of this movement are holding news…
COMMENTARY Journoterrorist By Michael Koretzky Today is Save Student Newsrooms Day. It’s kind of stupid. The concept isn’t. College newspapers are bleeding to death. “The student media landscape has been shaken in the last two years by plummeting revenues and changing reading patterns,” The New York Times reported – in 2013. Five years later, it’s only gotten worse.…
By Sharon Dunten and SPJ staff for SPJ Ethics Week As a journalist you hear these words being screamed on the TV and see them on social media timelines nonstop these days. And you can spot fake news pretty easily. You are by nature a fake news sleuth. But the normal reader of the news…
The Society of Professional Journalists is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2017 Sigma Delta Chi Awards for excellence in journalism. The SPJ Region 3 area which includes Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands won four Sigma Delta Chi Awards; all from Florida. Congratulations to Alicia Zuckerman, WLRN…
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Indianapolis, INDIANA – The Society of Professional Journalists‘ 15th annual Ethics Week is April 23-27. The aim for 2018 is clear: SPJ is showing the public that responsible, ethical and accurate journalism is, and will always be, the bedrock of democracy. “The public needs ethical journalism,” said Andrew Seaman, SPJ Ethics Committee chair. “Journalists all around the…
By Sarah Jones, SPJ Region 3 intern, SPJ student member from Francis Marion University As working journalists, the barrage of name calling, fake news accusations and the fight between propaganda news versus professional newsgathering is leading to tighter inspection of our work and higher expectations for reporting the truth and good journalism. To provide continued awareness…
