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SPJ Mark of Excellence Awards Call for Entries

November 10, 2011

SPJ has issued a call for entries for the 2012 Mark of Excellence awards. Visit the awards site for rules, entry deadline (Jan. 25, 2012), past winners and categories. Cost is only $9 per entry if you are an SPJ DePaul member, $18 for non-members.

SPJ DePaul ’10-Minute Mentors’ Program

November 1, 2011

SPJ DePaul completed its professional development campus chapter requirement on Oct. 28 with a “10-Minute Mentors” event at its downtown Loop campus newsroom. Student members brought their resumes and sought career advice from some of the leading journalists in the Chicago area. The chapter would like to thank the journalists for taking time out of [...]

SPJ DePaul Named ‘Most Outstanding Student Organization’ on Campus

June 2, 2011

SPJ DePaul was named the university’s “most outstanding student organization” June 1 at a Leadership & Involvement Celebration on the Lincoln Park Campus. The Division of Student Affairs and The Student Leadership Institute selected SPJ DePaul from more than 225 campus organizations. SPJ DePaul became a fully recognized student chapter by the Society of Professional [...]

SPJ Panel Explores Chicago’s Music Scene

May 7, 2011

More than 40 students and members of the Chicago music community gathered at DePaul University’s College of Communication on May 19 to explore the ethical issues, impact of technology and the future of covering Chicago’s music scene. The event was live-tweeted using the hashtag #SPJchat. Go to the Twitter page to scroll through tweets from [...]

SPJ DePaul Student Executive Board Officers

April 15, 2011

Congratulations to our new student executive board for SPJ DePaul. Our leaders will serve from the Spring 2011 to the Spring 2012 quarters! President-Meredith Gonsalves Vice President-Lauren Camplin Secretary-Tabitha Hurley Treasurer-Ewa Lyczewska Event-Program Coordinator-Katie Karpowicz Membership Coordinator-Nick Tarantino Publicity Coordinator-Ali Trumbull

NY Times Reporter Jeff Zeleny Stresses Ethics When Covering Campaigns

April 4, 2011

New York Times Political Reporter Jeff Zeleny told SPJ DePaul students on March 30 that covering political campaigns can be a fun, challenging job, but reporters must leave their own political views out of the picture. Zeleny, who will be covering his fourth presidential election in 2012, told students he doesn’t consider himself a Republican [...]