SizingUptheSouth.com is catching up with Meredith Cummings on her journey through hundreds of newsroom this summer throughout America. By Meredith Cummings, SPJ member and past president of SPJ Alabama Friday, March 17 10 a.m., Bleacher Report, New York City It is interesting that when I tell my cab driver, who is an older man in his 60s,…
INDIANAPOLIS — The Society of Professional Journalists recognizes the 2015 Mark of Excellence Awards winners from Region 3. The MOE Awards honor the best of collegiate journalism from a calendar year. SPJ’s Region 3 comprises Alabama, Florida, Georgia and South Carolina. First-place winners will move on to the national MOE competition among category winners from…
By David Cuillier, Director, Associate Professor, University of Arizona School of Journalism, past SPJ National President The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation commissioned this study to better understand the landscape involving public access to government records by gathering information and insights from 336 freedom of information experts—journalists, advocates, record custodians, technology companies, scholars…
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…
Join SPJ Region 3 and SPJ Georgia at MediAtlanta on Oct. 29, and and learn tools to help you become a more efficient journalists with speaker Maggie Lee. http://bit.ly/2dfEwfr Meet some tools that can help you bypass roadblocks and time-sucks on your beat. You’ll go back to your newsroom with some ideas about how to track…
By Meredith Cummings I’m often asked why I keep practicing journalism, since I teach full-time. Our children watch us. Whether it is in the kitchen, classroom or the conference, they are always watching and listening. Ideally, we model good behavior. So why shouldn’t I do the same with other people’s children as I do my…
From SPJGeorgia.com The Georgia professional chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists has made a formal complaint to the Judicial Qualifications Commission against a judge who had a journalist jailed over an Open Records Request. Brenda Weaver, Chief Superior Court Judge of the Appalachian Judicial Circuit, had Fannin Focus publisher Mark Thomason and his attorney…
