SAVE THE DATES for these upcoming SPJ-DC chapter programs!!
March 28-29, 2014: Our chapter will co-sponsor the Region 2 SPJ Conference in conjunction with Georgetown University’s student APJ chapter at the school’s new campus center at 640 Massachusetts…
Jenny Chen is new contest coordinator for annual Dateline Awards
Freelance journalist Jenny Chen is the new contest coordinator for the Washington, D.C. SPJ chapter’s Dateline Awards contest. A freelance editor…
Al Jazeera America aims to bring fresh approach to news gathering, say speakers
By Julie Asher Hebah Abdalla, senior interview producer with Al Jazeera America, and Lisa Fletcher, host of the network’s “The Stream” program, talked about the launch of the cable…
Remembering Lee Thornton
By Kait Lavinder Lee Thornton, who died Sept. 25 at age 71 after a brief illness, was a trailblazer in the fields of broadcast journalism and higher education. …
Political cartoonist says job is to ‘create discussion,’ not form people’s opinions
By Julie Asher The political cartoonist’s job is “to create a discussion,” Christopher Weyant told an SPJ-DC group Nov. 20. “My job is not to make you think like…