– From WYFF- TV Spartanburg, SOUTH CAROLINA — Visitation and funeral services were announced Wednesday for WYFF-TV News 4 anchor Mike McCormick, who was tragically killed earlier this week, along with WYFF News 4 photojournalist Aaron Smeltzer. The two journalists were reporting on heavy rain and mudslides Monday in Polk County, North Carolina, when a…
Editor’s Note: SPJ Region 3 and SPJ South Carolina sends condolences the families, friends and WYFF TV colleagues of anchor and reporter Mike McCormick and photojournalist Aaron Smeltzer who died Monday. – From USA Today By Catherine Rogers and Gabe Cavallaro, The Greenville News Greenville, SOUTH CAROLINA — Foul weather along the North Carolina-South Carolina border killed…
2018 SPJ Sunshine State Awards finalists in each category are presented in alphabetical order by organization. First-, second- and third-place finishers will be announced at an awards ceremony on Aug. 4, 2018 at the University of Miami’s Newman Alumni Center in Coral Gables, Florida. Congratulations to all the finalists of the SPJ Florida 2018 Sunshine State Awards…
– From SPJ Florida SPJ Florida board member and Palm Beach Post reporter Lulu Ramadan participated in an April 28 panel discussion on mass shootings alongside Neki Mohan, a WPLG anchor; Lance Dixon, a reporter at “New Tropic;” and Tania Francois, a WFOR assignment desk editor. The South Florida Black Journalists Association (SFBJA) website states…
COMMENTARY Journoterrorist By Michael Koretzky Attention newspaper reporters: I’ll pay you $1,000 to interview this attorney about her latest case – even though I don’t care if she wins or loses. Her name is Harmeet Dhillon. We spoke on the phone recently, and we agreed only on this… Google is mocking its new slogan (Do the right thing)…
COMMENTARY Baxley Bites By David Baxley, SPJ South Carolina member and Assistant Professor of Mass Communication, Francis Marion University When Jessica Imbimbo arrives at the parking lot at WLTX-TV in Columbia, South Carolina, she never knows what the day may bring. From writing for an evening newscast to updating the station’s social media platforms, Imbimbo…
COMMENTARY Journoterrorist By Michael Koretzky Two lucky but struggling college newspapers will receive just that. Want to be one of them? The Society of Professional Journalists and CMBAM (short for College Media Business and Advertising Managers) are teaming up to send an advertising expert to your school. They’ll scrutinize your business and show you how sell more,…
