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The Utah Headliners Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists would like to extend its deepest condolences to the family of Kari Lynn Harland Higley and the staff of the Ogden Standard-Examiner. She will be missed.
EXTRA! EXTRA! Read all about it! You can now get a copy of the Utah Media Law Handbook and Open Government Guide online! Just click here to access a .pdf file (courtesy of the Utah Attorney General’s Office). Got questions about defamation? Copyright? Criminal process? Find them in this handy little (106 page) guide! The … More Utah Media Law Handbook now ONLINE!
A meeting of the Utah Headliners Chapter board will be held Saturday, September 16 at 9 a.m., at the SL Tribune building. The agenda is as follows: 1- SPJ National Convention recap (Ben)2- Financial report (Tom)3- Weber State scholarship (Ben, Allison)4- League of Cities & Towns recap (Allison, Ed)5- UJD Conference recap (Connie, etc.)6- Upcoming … More September Board Meeting
The Utah League of Cities and Towns meeting is Thursday, Sept. 14. The Utah Headliners Chapter of the SPJ will be presenting a workshop on GRAMA and the Open Meetings Act featuring our board members Allison Barlow-Hess and Ed Carter. Allison has created a handy guide on open meetings for your use and we’ve posted … More Upcoming Event.
CHICAGO — Congratulations to the student SPJ chapter at Weber State University! Here at the national SPJ convention in Chicago, WSU was awarded best campus chapter for Region 9, which includes colleges in Utah, Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico. Today, the Utah Media Coalition will receive the SPJ’s sunshine award for their efforts to fight … More National SPJ Convention!
Utah SPJ members: An important debate will take place at the SPJ’s National Convention this Thursday-Sunday regarding voting. It is called “One Member, One Vote.” You can read all about it here. It is the Utah Headliners Chapter position to vote for the “One Member, One Vote” change. The current system of electing national SPJ … More One Person, One Vote?
At this month’s national SPJ convention in Chicago, the editors of The Salt Lake Tribune and the Deseret Morning News will be honored with a national “Sunshine Award” on behalf of the Utah Media Coalition. You can read more about the honor here.
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