Join Mid-Atlantic journalists in Roanoke April 8-9 for SPJ’s Region 2 conference. The event starts Friday evening with a reception sponsored by the School of Communication at Virginia Tech. The conference opens at 8 a.m. on Saturday with sessions on using Google tools, starting out as a freelancer, startups in the new media climate and much more.
At an evening reception on Saturday the SPJ Virginia pro chapter will honor Beth Macy with the George Mason Award. Macy is the author of the bestselling book “Dopesick,” which was made into a series starring Michael Keaton. The reception will be held at the O. Winston Link & History Museum of Western Virginia.