From SPJ member Jeff Barrus at the Tooele Transcript Bulletin: COPY EDITOR The Tooele Transcript Bulletin, a 114-year-old, twice-weekly newspaper in one of Utah’s fastest-growing areas, seeks a copy editor. Duties include editing stories for style, punctuation, and grammar; writing headlines, captions and subheads; serving as liason between the editorial and design departments; compiling a … More Job opening

The holidays are over and it’s time for another SPJ Board Meeting. Mark your calendars for 9 a.m., Jan. 12 at the Deseret News building (30 E. 100 S., SLC) Details to come soon…

Why Utah needs a reporter’s privilege rule Rule 509, as amended, should be adopted by the Utah Supreme Court because of the following reasons: Utah is one of a few states that does not grant protection to journalists.Some 47 states grant some form of protection to journalists to keep them from revealing sources. The U.S. … More Shield Rule…

The Utah Supreme Court has sent a proposed reporter’s privilege rule (Rule 509) out for an abbreviated public comment period. The public comment period ends Jan. 22, 2008. A link to the proposed rule is here. The Utah Headliners Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists is in full support of this proposed rule, and … More Proposed Shield Rule…

The board of the Utah Headliners Chapter of the SPJ will hold its regularly scheduled board meeting on Saturday, Dec. 9 at 9 a.m. at the Deseret Morning News building in downtown SLC.

Calling all journalists: There’s still six weeks left in the contest calendar year for you to come up with the perfect award-winning story . or photo . or broadcast . or blog . so you can claim one of those cute little trophies for your desk. So start thinking about your entries for the 2008 … More CONTEST TIME!

The Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City is accepting Resumes for: Associate Editor for the Intermountain Catholic Newspaper This position is responsible for the publication of the Intermountain Catholic, the official newspaper of the Diocese of Salt Lake City by participating in all phases of production of the weekly newspaper including, but not limited to … More Job opening…

This job opening is posted by SPJ member Bryan Schott at KCPW Radio… KCPW Radio in Salt Lake CIty has an immediate opening for a full-time reporter/producer. Come join a growing, independent station. Duties include producing both long-form and short features for broadcast, posting stories online, moderating live events, and occasional fill-in hosting duties. Previous … More Job opening…