Utah SPJ

The Utah Headliners chapter board will hold its regular meeting on Saturday, August 25 at 9 a.m. The meeting will take place at the Deseret News building, 30 E. 100 South.

From SPJ member Jeff Barrus: The Tooele Transcript Bulletin, a 112-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 section of community news briefs; and occasional … More Job Opening at Tooele Transcript Bulletin

The 2007 SPJ Convention & National Journalism Conference, which takes place Oct. 4-7 in Washington, D.C., is your chance to meet and connect with reporters, editors, freelancers and educators from across the world for three days of excitement. You’ll participate in hands-on training sessions that will explore topics and issues relevant to the journalism industry. … More SPJ National Convention!

A few things in the aftermath of the banquet. We hope you had a great time. If your name was misspelled on your award or if you want to order extras, please feel free to contact us and we can get it taken care of. Send an e-mail to linda@valleyjournals.com Also, please take the following … More Banquet aftermath…

Utah SPJ member Jeff Barrus wanted to pass along a job opening at the Tooele Transcript-Bulletin. They are looking for a local reporter with a few years experience who is interested in joining their staff. Send your resume and clips to jbarrus@tooeletranscript.com

The Utah Headliners Chapter of the SPJ will hold its next board meeting on Feb. 17 at 9:30 a.m. at the SL Tribune building. The Agenda is (so far): 1- Regional conference2- Contest3- Other biz

For those of you who are having a little trouble narrowing down which of your many award-worthy clips to enter, here’s a little good news: the deadline has been pushed back to FRIDAY, FEB. 23, so you get a whole extra week to decide. A few things have changed from last year’s contest administration: New … More SPJ Contest Time!

The next SPJ Board Meeting will take place on January 13, 9 a.m. at the SL Tribune building. The Agenda: 1- SPJ Regional Conference (update)2- Financial report3- Contest update4- Membership updates5- Sunshine Week6- UFOG