Grab your favorite drink and join the SPJ International Community for a happy hour. This will be a great time to put faces with names and to talk about the future of the International Community and its programs.
Co-chair Elle Toussi has been working on a special program that will benefit our members. This program will be available only for SPJ members. International Community members will have the first opportunity to use it.
To sign up for this Happy Hour, click HERE.
Join the Houston SPJ chapter and the Amnesty International-Bay Area (Houston) for a panel discussion on violence against journalists. They will speak about violence against journalists committed at home and abroad, the extent of the action, and what we can do about it.
Monday, June 6 at 6:15PM (CT)
Panelists include
- Elle Toussi, Co-Chair of SPJ’s International Community
- Katherine Jacobsen of the Committee to Protect Journalists
- Lisa Konczal, Amnesty International-USA.
Register HERE.
Tickets
The Summit itself is free to attend and largely virtual.
The Hollywood Creative Lab is virtual and free to attend.
Tickets are needed to watch whistlebower-related films, which are shown daily
TICKET AVAILABLE: Click HERE
Overall website
Partial Schedule
Monday July 25
9:00 Plenary: Frank Serpico, former New York City detective
10:00 Continued systemic discrimination at U.S. Department of Agriculture
11:00 Congressional year of truth for whistleblower legislation (Government Accountability Project)
12:00 The perils of public information officers (Society of Professional Journalists – DC Chapter)
1:00 Global guardianship abuse
Tuesday July 26
9:00 Government whistleblowing, scientific integrity and the environment (PEER — Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility)
10:00 The EEOC needs Rehabilitation
11:00 Working with the Office of Special Council (Government Accountability Project)
12:00 Guilty of journalism: The political case against Julian Assange (Project Censored)
1:00 Righting the wrongs of a ‘shadow government’ (Justice Integrity Project)
Wednesday July 27
9:00 Hollywood Pitch Lab (Day 1)
10:00 Screenplay contest announcement
Thursday July 28
9:00 Hollywood Pitch Lab (Day 2)
10:00 Breakout sessions
Friday July 29 – being held on Capitol Hill
9:00 Closing Plenary
10:00 Hollywood creative lab pitch contest (online)
10:00 Martha Mitchell in memoriam
11:00 Detailing the whistleblower story on film (African American Women in Cinema)
12:00 Working more effectively with Congress (Government Accountability Project)
Learn more about the candidates for national SPJ offices.
Region 1 Coordinator Chris Vaccaro is hosting a forum with national candidates on Thursday, October 20, at 8 pm ET.
Chat will be open and there will be time for questions.
Registration information HERE.
The Society of Professional Journalists, Associated Collegiate Press and College Media Association bring you MediaFest22
Grand Hyatt Washington in Washington, D.C., Oct. 27-30
MediaFest22 is a unique and inspiring journalism convention experience, bringing together professional journalists, student journalists and college media advisers from every area of journalism, from across the country, to our nation’s capital. Attendees will hear from renowned speakers; benefit from hands-on workshops, general sessions and concurrent breakout sessions; enjoy networking opportunities; soak up everything the exhibit hall has to offer; celebrate during awards presentations, banquets and receptions; unwind during tours of the city and historical sites – and so much more!
Learn about journalism and media trends, new digital tools, emerging technologies and career opportunities. But that’s just the beginning. You’ll also get to delve into topics like tools for investigative journalism and newsroom diversity, as well as covering hot button issues like immigration and healthcare. MediaFest22 will provide a place to network, gain career feedback and explore new opportunities.
MediaFest22 brings together SPJ, the most broad-based professional journalism organization in the country, with ACP and CMA, who have partnered for more than 60 years to host one of the most inspiring student and professional media events.
No matter where you are in your career – an undergrad student journalist, a mid-career journalist or a retiree, MediaFest22 will create the environment for one-on-one connections, inspirational messages from keynote speakers and tools and strategies to take back to your newsroom or classroom.
Keep checking back for more details as events and sessions are added and follow #MediaFest22 on social media for all the latest information. We can’t wait to see you in D.C. this October!
The national SPJ is looking to host a terrific convention in Las Vegas, Sept. 28-30, 2023.
Interesting keynotes, networking, special events and breakout sessions will fill our time together.
That’s where you come in. We’re looking for presenters who can design and deliver engaging and interesting educational breakout sessions lasting 60, 90 or 120 minutes.
Do you know of colleagues who would be fantastic session leaders? Do you know topic and industry experts? Encourage them to submit a proposal.
Please contribute original content, compelling topics, and interesting teaching activities/tools. We want and need cultural, professional, regional, generational (and other) diversity in session leaders, presenters and panelists with topic expertise.
Interactive program design is important, and sessions should be well-planned with a strong content flow in mind. This will help you plan your session as well as give our selection committee a sense of your session goals. A panel could work, but the bar for acceptance of those will be much higher.
Fill out the SPJ Convention Call for Programs 2023 Online Form before the March 10, 2023 deadline
Previously, Mr. Baquet had been National editor of The New York Times since July 1995, after having served as deputy Metro editor since May 1995. Mr. Baquet joined The Times in April 1990 as a Metro reporter.
While at the Chicago Tribune, Mr. Baquet served as associate Metro editor for investigations and was chief investigative reporter, covering corruption in politics and the garbage-hauling industry.
More information: https://www.spj.org/convention.asp
The NJ Society of Professional Journalists, in cooperation with The Wall Street Journal, will broadcast a live panel discussing the wrongful detention in Russia of NJ-born WSJ journalist Evan Gershkovich at 10 a.m. US EST on Wednesday, February 21.
The live broadcast is free to attend. Registration is required. Audience members will be able to send questions to the panel through a text chat function.
Panelists
Jessie Gomez: Jessie Gomez is a Reporter at Chalkbeat Newark covering Newark Public Schools. She is a proud Latina and first-generation college student with experience covering local communities and Black and Latino communities. Jessie was previously a reporter at The Record/Northjersey.com covering Morris and Bergen County communities in New Jersey. Before that, Jessie had a one-year fellowship at MuckRock, a non-profit news site based in Boston, focused on public records law and FOIA work. Jessie also has experience in political communications, broadcast and digital media.
Paul Beckett: Paul Beckett is Assistant Editor at The Wall Street Journal, where he focuses on the efforts supporting Evan Gershkovich, the WSJ reporter who has been wrongfully detained by Russia since March 2023. Previously, Paul was the Journal’s Washington D.C. bureau chief, responsible for news across politics and government, economics, national security, the Supreme Court, financial regulation and the intersection of business and Washington. Before taking the helm of the bureau in 2017, Paul served in multiple overseas postings, including postings in Honk Kong and India.
Born and bred in Scotland and a graduate of Edinburgh University, Paul joined Dow Jones in 1990 at the Daily News of Newburyport, Mass., then part of Dow Jones’s community newspaper chain. He joined Dow Jones Newswires in 1993 and reported from New York, London, Mexico City and Washington, D.C. He joined the Journal in 1998 in New York, where he covered banking. In 2003, he moved to London as bureau chief and European finance and markets editor.
Michael Van Itallie: Michael Van Itallie is a longtime friend of Evan, having grown up with Evan in New Jersey. Mike and Evan both went to Bowdoin College in Maine and were roommates in New York City up until Evan got his first Russia-based reporting job at The Moscow Times
- Nadine Strossen, former head of the ACLU (Friday at 11:45 a.m. until 12:45 p.m.) – https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87230676972
- Joe Kahn, executive editor of the NYT (Friday from 1:15 p.m. until 2:15 p.m.) – https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83137751400
- Taylor Lorenz, Washington Post tech and internet culture columnist (Saturday from 3:45 p.m. until 4:45 p.m.) – https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89953372735?pwd=Ni9uSFEwOXBIL25LSGY4em0wZC9WZz09