BEST TIME TO JOIN SPJ IS NOW! Offer ends Aug. 19
National SPJ cuts price on annual membership dues
UPDATED Aug. 20, 2019: THE OFFER HAS ENDED, but if you are interested in joining SPJ, the link below should still work. If not, contact Caroline Escobar at the email address below.
If you’ve been thinking about joining the Society of Professional Journalists, or if you’ve let your membership lapse recently – NOW IS THE TIME TO JOIN!
The national SPJ organization is running a summer special. The annual membership dues that normally are $75 per year for professionals are discounted to $50 through Aug. 19.
And SPJ DC Pro has done the math for you – with the $25 you save on national dues, you can join your local chapter and get plugged in to the organization through the fellow members in the nation’s capital.
Here are a few reasons it is a good move for you to Join SPJ and SPJ DC Pro RIGHT NOW! *
1) you’ll set yourself up to qualify for as much as $30 off a ticket to the chapter’s prestigious Dateline Awards and Hall of Fame Dinner on June 9, 2020.
2) if you decide you want to go to SPJ’s annual convention this year, the Excellence in Journalism 2019 conference in San Antonio Sept. 5-7, you can still get more than $100 off the registration price by being a member and registering before Aug. 12.
3) you’ll DEFINITELY want to be an SPJ member (and a DC Pro member, too) in 2020, because Excellence in Journalism 2020 will be in Washington, D.C. Imagine mingling with journalists from around the country and international journalists as well, knowing you got the very best registration rate for being a member of the co-sponsoring organization.
Your membership in SPJ DC Pro also positions you to help out with “the local angle” for the conference next year, as the chapter board is planning now to assist with lining up conference speakers and planning events that welcome visiting journalists to the Capital! (One example: newsroom tours. We bet you might work in one that would be a real “get” for someone coming to town from a small Midwestern newspaper!)
EIJ20 is Sept. 10-12 at the Washington Hilton. It is a presidential election year. This could be one of the most important gatherings of the media in a generation!
* To join the DC Pro Chapter, you must also be a member of the national SPJ organization.
Each DC Pro Chapter member automatically has $8.50 from the annual $25 dues contributed to the chapter’s SDX Foundation, which operates on donations to give academic scholarships to students at area colleges and universities who have a demonstrated commitment to becoming professional journalists.
There will be other opportunities in the lead-up to EIJ20 for DC Pro Chapter members to become involved and also to get discounts off tickets for local SPJ-sponsored events and programs that non-members will not have access to.
Now you see – no better time to join than NOW!
Don’t forget to add local dues for DC Pro Chapter at $25 annually. We look forward to welcoming you to the chapter.
If you are not sure if you are a member or not, you can contact national headquarters and membership manager Caroline Escobar at cescobar@spj.org with any questions about your status.
Members also may contact Caroline to ask about renewing your membership at the special offer rate.
Journalists need to stick together for the future of the profession. What better way than to be in SPJ?
Sincerely,
Amy Fickling
Corresponding Secretary and Treasurer, SPJ DC Pro Chapter
SPJ DC Pro Distinguished Service Award honoree 2019
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Questions? Email spjdcchapter@gmail.com.