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SPJ Board Minutes 10/15/11 Members present: Jim Fisher, Tom Haraldsen, Linda Petersen, Renai Bodley, Ben Winslow, Allison Barlow-Hess, Shane Farver, Sheryl Worsley 1- Minutes from Aug. 27 meeting approved. 2- Treasurer’s report – Linda presents the report. The banquet was a loss compared to the contest. The national convention expenses have been submitted. The account … More October 15 SPJ Board Minutes
From Utah SPJ member Jeff Barrus: The Tooele Transcript Bulletin seeks a full-time community news editor. Duties include managing the features section of the newspaper, including assigning out long-form feature stories and editing them for content; some beat reporting; compiling a listing of community events; and editing other community news submissions to the newspaper. Applicants must have a … More Job opening at Tooele Transcript-Bulletin
The Utah Headliners Chapter of the SPJ posts events related to the journalism industry. The APME is hosting NewsTrain. Details here.
SPJ Meeting 8/27/11 – Members present: Chad Curtis, Amy K. Stewart, Jim Fisher, Don Meyers, Nate Carlisle, Tom Haraldsen, Sheryl Worsley, Shane Farver, Ben Winslow. 1- Minutes from 5/14/11 approved. 2- Treasurer’s report – Tom says we have approximately $7,000 in the account. We also received a $1,200 check from the Colorado chapter for the … More Utah SPJ meeting minutes for Aug. 27, 2011
The board of the Utah Headliners Chapter of the SPJ will hold its regularly scheduled meeting on Saturday, Oct. 15 beginning at 9 a.m. The meeting will take place at the FOX 13 studios at 5020 W. Amelia Earhart Drive in SLC. The agenda is as follows: Approval of minutes from August 27 Treasurer’s report … More Utah SPJ Board Meeting
Former Utah SPJ president and current treasurer Linda Petersen was given the prestigious Howard S. Dubin Service to Journalism Award. Linda was praised for her efforts in leading the battle against HB477, which would have gutted Utah’s open records law. Her longtime devotion to Freedom of Information and First Amendment issues was noted by the … More Congratulations to Linda Petersen!
The following is a recap of the SPJ/RTDNA Excellence in Journalism convention held recently in New Orleans: SPJ’s star system for ranking chapters is gone. The national board voted 12-8 to adopt the regional directors’ caucus recommendation that the star system be scrapped and chapters will for now be judged on whether they are in … More A note from SPJ Region 9 director Don Meyers…
From Utah SPJ Board member Linda Petersen: The Sunlight Foundation is coming to Salt Lake July 14-16! The group plans to hold a training on July 14 at the SLC Library on watchdogging local government. It begins at 5 p.m. with a meet and greet, training at 6 p.m. and sign making for a rally … More Sunlight Foundation comes to Utah
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