By Isaiah Singleton, SPJ Region 3 Summer Intern, Savannah State University senior Savannah, GEORGIA — WSAV -TV 3 Anchor and Investigative Reporter Andrew Davis, and SPJ Georgia member, serves his community as a watchdog from the NBC-affiliated station’s newsroom but also helps stop crime while working directly with area law enforcement behind the scenes. Each day…
SPJ SOUTH CAROLINA MEMBER SPOTLIGHT By Isaiah Singleton, SPJ Region 3 summer intern, senior at Savannah State University student studying mass communication and journalism Myrtle Beach, SOUTH CAROLINA — One broadcast news leader and SPJ South Carolina member said she has become a more empathetic person and journalist during her first years working in broadcast news. “I don’t…
By Isaiah Singleton, SPJ Region 3 summer intern, senior at Savannah State University student studying mass communication and journalism For several Georgia Southern University students winning a student EMMY® was deemed “unreal” as they join the ranks of media excellence from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Southeast chapter in June 2018. The Regional EMMY® Chapter is…
By Sharon Dunten, SPJ Region 3 Assistant Regional Director; editor, SizingUpTheSouth.com and an Atlanta-based freelance journalist Atlanta, GEORGIA — Meredith Cummings remembers the day when her grandfather was killed by gun violence. “I’m just a girl from Alabama who had a family member murdered. That doesn’t matter to most people on most days, but on days like today…
Washington, D.C. – In the wake of the deadly shootings at the Capital Gazette newsroom in Annapolis, Maryland on Thursday, 200-plus organizations, including the Society of Professional Journalists, and individuals have signed a strong statement spearheaded by the Student Press Law Center calling for an end to the environment which threatens journalists. As a Washington Post story…
COMMENTARY By Sharon Dunten, Assistant Regional Director, Society of Professional Journalists- Region 3; freelance journalist based out of Atlanta, Georgia. Was the shooting at the Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Maryland, a threat to the First Amendment? Yes, it is a threat to the U.S. Constitution and the First Amendment. Whether it was a hate crime against a…
— From SPJ Georgia Misinformation and fake news are forcing journalists to re-evaluate how they navigate information online. Amid the fray, one site in particular has become embedded in their daily consumption of information: Wikipedia. Siri and Alexa use it to answer our questions, and Google brings it to the top of our search results.…
