Sizing Up the South 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 Tuesday, March 13 8:30 a.m., Franconia Governmental Center, Franconia, Virginia My project is a huge one, so I decided to start by visiting someone…
By Michael Koretzky, SPJ Region 3 Director and SPJ National Board Member Meet Brittany Ferrendi. She’s the new director of the Kunkel Awards. After two years, I’m turning over the Kunkels to someone half my age, with twice my energy and a billion more hours actually spent playing video games. Read more HERE.
By Meredith Cummings, SPJ member and past president of SPJ Alabama I love road trips. The past two years my daughter and I have driven to New York, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, California (and down the coast) — all from Tuscaloosa, Alabama. On these trips I usually stop in and see friends who work in newsrooms. As a…
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 Zach Garner, SPJ Region 3 intern, SPJ student member If there’s anything my mother has taught me in my 22 years on this Earth, it’s how to tastefully dance around the word “old”. That and a family recipe for some sugar cookies that will knock your socks off. Or renew your faith in God.…
Opinion By Zach Garner, SPJ Region 3 intern, SPJ student member Members of the media and local residents gather around Bo Gritz, a former Green Beret and volunteer to then negotiate with Randall Weaver at Ruby Ridge, while he spole about what was happening at the standoff. – Spokesman Review photo When you control…
